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Dixie State University opens survey up to the public for new name recommendations


ST. GEORGE Dixie State University has opened up a survey to the public to provide input to the university s Name Recommendation Committee, said Dixie State University officials.
The survey comes after Utah Gov. Spencer Cox recently signed the Dixie State name change bill after the Legislature passed it with some reluctance. Some legislators worried that the name change amounted to cancel culture while others pointed to the negative connotation of the term Dixie could hold. The Utah Senate voted 26-3 in favor of the first substitute HB278, and the House of Representatives re-voted after the substitution with a 48-23 vote. ....

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'I can see the views on both sides': Utah Senate passes Dixie State renaming bill — with some reluctance


SALT LAKE CITY A bill that seeks to rename Dixie State University advanced to through both houses of the Utah Legislature on Wednesday following a passionate debate at the Utah Capitol.
The Utah Senate voted 26-3 in favor of the first substitute HB278, sponsored by Sen. Don Ipson, R-St. George. Since the bill was substituted after it passed the House of Representatives last month, the House was forced to re-vote the measure; the legislative body voted 48-23 late Wednesday afternoon in favor of the amended bill. It s now on its way to Gov. Spencer Cox s desk for consideration.
The original HB278 had cleared the House of Representatives with a 51-20 vote on Feb. 10, but the bill wasn t taken up by the Senate Education Committee until earlier this week. In fact, a group of the university s students traveled up from St. George to the Utah State Capitol last month to protest the Senate s pause of the bill at the time. ....

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'I can see the views on both sides': Utah Legislature passes Dixie State renaming bill — with some reluctance


SALT LAKE CITY A bill that seeks to rename Dixie State University advanced to through both houses of the Utah Legislature on Wednesday following a passionate debate at the Utah Capitol.
The Utah Senate voted 26-3 in favor of the first substitute HB278, sponsored by Sen. Don Ipson, R-St. George. Since the bill was substituted after it passed the House of Representatives last month, the House was forced to re-vote the measure; the legislative body voted 48-23 late Wednesday afternoon in favor of the amended bill. It s now on its way to Gov. Spencer Cox s desk for consideration.
The original HB278 had cleared the House of Representatives with a 51-20 vote on Feb. 10, but the bill wasn t taken up by the Senate Education Committee until earlier this week. In fact, a group of the university s students traveled up from St. George to the Utah State Capitol last month to protest the Senate s pause of the bill at the time. ....

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