Mu Name Deal Ruffles Some Feathers ; Umsl Faculty Senate President Calls It an `Insult.'

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KANSAS CITY - Campus leaders from around the state have mixed feelings about MU's ability to use the name "University of Missouri" to describe the Columbia campus for public relations, recruiting, student and faculty purposes.

In a deal brokered between University of Missouri-Columbia Chancellor Brady Deaton and Interim system President Gordon Lamb, approved by the curators yesterday, MU dropped its request for a full name change that would have eliminated the hyphen and "Columbia" in favor of a "limited use" compromise.

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Mu Name Deal Ruffles Some Feathers ; Umsl Faculty Senate President Calls It an `Insult.'

"It provides the flexibility that a lot of our constituents were looking for," Deaton said after the curators gave unanimous approval afte...

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