"How to Get a Building Named After Yourself"
An article looking into many of the university officials/donors, etc. that have buildings and streets on campus named after them. This article could possibly look into whether some people should have a building named after them that do (one example is James Vardaman, a senator and white supremacist for which Vardaman hall is named) and those who might deserve to have a building named after them that don't. I could interview somebody who knows the history of the university, perhaps somebody in the history department. I could interview somebody in the archives on the third floor of the library as well.
Possible angle: Is money the reason a building, named after a white supremacist, has been allowed to stand after all these years, on this "diverse" and "inclusive" campus? What other notables, with shady pasts, have buildings named after them on campus?
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