George Washington University has been under assault from the usual bored student radicals over the use of “Colonials” as ... and in the 1920’s the football team was known as the “Crummen ...

"Colonials means colonizers who stole land and resources from Indigenous groups, killed or exiled Native peoples and introduced slavery into the colonies." The committee said George Washington ...

By April Rubin George Washington University will soon ... Axemen and Crummen (for Henry Crum, a football coach). Opposition to the Colonials nickname erupted in 2019, when the student body voted ...

George Washington University has joined the move by changing the nickname for its teams. Known as "Colonials," the university's sports teams were the source of controversy when students said the ...

George Washington University’s sports teams will no longer be known as the Colonials. The school said in an announcement Wednesday the school’s board of trustees and a special committee ...

George Washington University is ditching its Colonials moniker ... RELATED: Washington Football Team reveals Commanders as new name The committee reviewed hundreds of pages of historical materials ...

George Washington University officials announced the school will retire the “Colonials” name used by its athletic teams, citing “division among the community about the moniker.” The name ...

The George Washington University will stop using the name "Colonials" for its teams by the 2023-24 academic year, the school announced Wednesday The Colonials name has been criticized in the ...

George Washington University, responding to years of pressure from student activists, will stop using its “Colonials” nickname by the 2023-24 academic year, the school announced Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — George Washington University is dropping its “Colonials” moniker because “it can no longer serve its purpose as a name that unifies,” the school announced Wednesday.