Students Vote To Remove Roger Ailes’ Name From Ohio University Newsroom

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The Ohio University Graduate Student Senate voted Tuesday night to remove former Fox News boss Roger Ailes’ name from the school’s newsroom after his departure from the network amid allegations of sexual assault, CNN Money reported.

Ailes, who is an alum of the university, gave a donation to the school in 2007, which it used to build a newsroom that was later named the Roger E. Ailes Newsroom. But the decision to keep his name on the door as a thank you for his contribution had been called into question after the allegations of sexual assault surfaced.

The university’s Graduate Student Senate, unanimously voted to remove the name from the newsroom during the meeting, according to an announcement on its Twitter feed.

While the vote does not force the university to take Ailes’ name off the newsroom, Carly Glick, a university spokeswoman, told The Athens News that “appropriate decisions” will be made.

“OHIO [sic] University is carefully evaluating facts surrounding allegations against Roger E. Ailes as they come to light,” Glick wrote in an email to the paper. “As a University, we must be deliberative when faced with matters of such great significance to our students, faculty and staff.”

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  1. Ailes: I have no sympathy for OH ever since it ditched Romney.

  2. Why in the hell would they have ever used it in the first place?

    Was the Roger the Hutt newsroom where they did their senior salutes, like Owen Labrie?

    Seems like the Ailes factor is still present.

    Two rapes reported on Ohio University campus over the weekend

  3. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    Slow and easy wins the perv…

  4. Avatar for meri meri says:

    Actively work to undermine democracy? That’s fine.

    Being a creep, however, is TOO FAR.

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