[NU Sports] Music School to be named for Bienen

[Eric West]

SjT (Stephen J. Truog) wrote:
> Could not agree more - the school's name should have
> something to do with the school, and while I'd have no
> problem if a library, stadium or general building on
> campus were named for Bienen ... I do have a problem
> naming the school of music after someone who is not
> identified with that school.
>
> Medill works with journalism. Paynter would work with
> music. Bienen does not.
>   
I agree and would go even further: Bienen brought in a new dean 
purportedly known for raising/saving money, then basically forced her to 
cut out one program and severely gut another before he'd even think of 
giving her any funding. Many parts of NU are surely better off thanks to 
Bienen, but the School of Music is not one of them. As a Music alum, I 
was excited about the planned new facilities, but the Bienen name leaves 
a bad taste in my mouth.

Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if less than half the current School of 
Music faculty/staff even knows who John Paynter was.


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Eric West
e-west at northwestern.edu