Middle Tennessee State University is again focusing on political correctness in considering changing the name of the Forrest Hall ROTC building. State Senator Bill Ketron, who is one of the fifteen who will decide told NewsRadio WGNS that the issue comes-up each generation . . .

State Representative Mike Sparks commented, "Thank you Senator Bill Ketron for having the vision and foresight when you ran the 'Historical Preservation Act of 2013'. Unfortunately political correctness is destroying this once great nation. Ironically, Intolerance in the Name of Tolerance Is Hypocrisy. http://www.tennesseepreservationtrust.org."

Senator Ketron shared that his battle with cancer is impacting how he perceives things . . .

During the broadcast, MTSU's Vice President and Spokesman Andrew Oppmann e-mailed information to WGNS. He confirmed, "The Forrest Hall Task Force currently has 15 members, 14 of which are full voting members. Of the 14, five of them are faculty, four are students and five are alumni or community members. Our one non-voting member is State Historian (and MTSU Professor) Carroll Van West, who heads the state's sesquicentennial commission on the Civil War."

Using that breakdown, it appears the committee might be weighted toward the university. Using that information, nine have direct ties to MTSU (the students and faculty), while five are either alumnus or a leader in the community and one is a non-voting faculty historian.

Radio show host Bart Walker quipped, "Wonder if the two public meetings will be on Christmas and New Year's Day to assure that the public has adequate time to share their thoughts?"

Oppmann quickly responded via e-mail during the broadcast, "And, no, we won't be holding the public forums on Christmas and New Year's Day, as was suggested in jest (but, unfortunately, some in our audience might not have heard the twinkle in y'all's eyes). I think the first one will be Dec. 2 and the second will be in January, sometime after the holidays."

From what Senator Ketron has already heard to community investors, he is very concerned for the university . . .

Protesting students told channel 4 TV in Nashville that Nathan Bedford Forrest has no place on campus. "He's a Confederate general, a member of the Ku Klux Klan," Cante said. "In a university that boasts diversity and that we're a cross-section of students, I think it's about time to take it down."