Today Medill sent out an e-mail inviting students to be on faculty committees. That message mentioned one very special group:
Name of Medill, chaired by Prof. Steve Duke. This committee will solicit input from students, alumni, advisory board and industry leaders on a possible name change for Medill.
At first we at NBN were shocked. Name change?! But then we got to thinking: Maybe the Medill School of Journalism is a terrible name for our school.
What would better reflect Medill? We came up with a few ideas:
- The Medill School of Lowered Expectations
- The Medill School of Charticles
- Integrated Marketing Communications
- Qatar West
- The myMedill School of Web Design
- The Medill School of Firing Our Best Professors
- The Jonathan Love School of Nice Hats
- Muck Fedill
- The North by Northwestern School of Failed Devo Writers
- The John Lavine School of Relevant, Differentiated Bullshit
- The Medill Memorial Parking Lot
More importantly, we want to hear from you! What do you think Medill should call itself?
UPDATE, 2 A.M.: The Daily’s story is here; apparently parodies don’t go far enough. The quote:
Lavine did not comment on specific names being discussed, but said that in informal conversations he’s had with students and others, adding “Integrated Marketing Communications” to the name was a popular idea.
Um, what?