Challenging the ivory tower dress code

Challenging the ivory tower dress code: "owever, the curtain didn't go down. The scenario of naming academic buildings after companies has already been widely observed at major universities, or even middle schools in small cities on the mainland.

Another round of discussions was heated and spread to Hong Kong, where such donation-and-naming tradition had existed for a long time.

What took place on that unforgettable day of May 23 was one of those watershed events, capable of generating currents of energized outrage buzzing through the venerable hallways of the venerable Tsinghua University. Alumni were thrown into a tizzy. Some students responded to the effrontery with acts of minor vandalism."

Sears sues university to get name on building

Sears sues university to get name on building: "Ted Rogers, founder of Rogers Communications Inc., paid $15-million to see his name immortalized above the door at Ryerson University's business school. Sears Canada says it donated $10-million to Ryerson for a similar honour, and got a lowly plaque instead. Now, the retailer is suing the downtown Toronto university over what it claims is a long-standing -- and so far unfulfilled -- promise to name an academic building after the company. In what may be a legal first, Sears wants a Toronto court to make Ryerson follow through on the alleged naming agreement, or pay unspecified damages for breach of contract."