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<h2 class="">U. of Colorado Backs Away From Renaming Dorms Using Arapaho Spellings</h2>
<p>The University of Colorado has backed away from a proposal to
rename two of the dormitories on the Boulder campus using traditional
spellings of the Arapaho Tribe, <em><a href="http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_26380229/no-nowoo3-cu-boulder-wont-rename-dorms-using">The Daily Camera</a></em> reported.</p>
<p>A campus planning group had approved a plan to rename two dorms—which
are known as Kittredge West and Kittredge Central—Nowoo3 Hall and
Houusoo Hall, respectively. Those names are taken from Arapaho words for
two tribal leaders.</p>
<p>But a proposal that will go before the university’s Board of Regents
seeks to rename the buildings Niwot Hall and Little Raven Hall, using
English spellings. The English spellings were part of an earlier
proposal.</p>
<p>More than 20 faculty members had signed a letter to the regents
asking them to approve the plan with traditional spellings. Student
groups and others also supported that idea, according to the newspaper.</p>
<p>Ryan Huff, a university spokesman, said the Boulder administration
was “committed” to the original proposal with English spellings. “We
believe these names will be more easily recognized and referenced to by
students, visitors and emergency responders,” he said.</p><p><a href="http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/u-of-colorado-backs-away-from-renaming-dorms-using-arapaho-spellings/84453?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en">http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/u-of-colorado-backs-away-from-renaming-dorms-using-arapaho-spellings/84453?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en</a><br>
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