re: Vanderbilt pays $1.2M to remove 'Confederate' from dorm name

It should be important to note here that Vanderbilt isn't just going against the United Daughters of the Confederacy and striking the "Confederate" name from the building. They tired that a decade ago and failed.

They're using donated funds to repay the UDC for their original donation in 2016 dollars. The UDC probably isn't too upset to be receiving $1.2 million.