Venn Diagram Solves Colorado University Name Dispute

Written by Pat's Papers | Wednesday, 27 April 2011 11:21 AM

For more than a year, officials in Colorado have been mulling a name change for Mesa State College. Rocky Mountain University was floated as a possibility. University of Western Colorado was another. But as negotiations became increasingly hostile, the Denver Post says school officials turned to a Venn diagram to decide on the new name, Colorado Mesa University. The eight final choices were placed in three overlapping circles, one representing the “importance of heritage to the 86-year-old institution,” another that “gave weight to geographic identification” and a third “devoted to brand clarity.” Only two names surfaces as winners: Colorado Mesa University and Mesa University of Colorado. But the former won out because of the latter’s unfortunate acronym—MUC.

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