ST. GEORGE As a debate in southern Utah continues to rage about whether or not to change the name of Dixie State University, a local lawmaker said national events like the death of George Floyd last year politicized the name change and damaged the school s efforts to include residents. All these things blew up in our face, I would say, before we could even have what I would call a good conversation in the community about the name. And so all of the sudden it became about racism and about all these things that yes, are part of the conversation, said Rep. Brad Last, R-Hurricane, who works at the university.