The stupidity never ends.
The University of Mary Washington’s student newspaper, the record of campus events since 1922, is changing its name from The Bullet to The Blue & Gray Press.
The first edition of the weekly paper under the new name will come out Sept. 4.
The paper’s editor-in-chief, Alison Thoet, said the staff wanted to change the name to reflect the changing nature of the field of journalism and “really be reflective of the student body.”
The newspaper announced the change in a release to the UMW community Monday.
“The editorial board felt that the paper’s name, which alludes to ammunition for an artillery weapon, propagated violence and did not honor our school’s history in a sensitive manner,” the release said. “The board intends to remain faithful to the history our university stands upon, and we continue to honor this history both in a respectful and meaningful way.”