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Stories and comments across the archive that link to beaver.edu.

Stories · 2

  1. Censorware Filters Cause College To Change Name

    Yro · Censorship · · posted by michael · from the those-damn-filters dept. · 24 comments
    lee writes: "Beaver College voted to change their name because censorware filters prevent people from browsing to beaver.edu. Full story at http://web.philly.com/content/inquirer/2000/06/13/city/BEAVER13.htm. To add insult to injury, the same censorware filters would probably not let anyone view the story, either..." We mentioned this story previously; just following up with the actual decision.

  2. Web Censors Prompt College To Consider Name Change

    Education · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the linguistic-abdication-by-moral-high-ground-refuseniks dept. · 254 comments
    babbage writes: "The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Beaver College is considering a name change. The president of the formerly all-girls college commented that she worries about derogatory remarks and jokes." And now she has Web censorship to deal with, too.

    While insults and jokes have been around a long time (as has the word "beaver" as sexual slang), Web-filtering software has not. And some Web filters, which are by necessity based on logic not suited to all situations, block the college's Web site and e-mail. Check out the Inquirer article.