2008 Woodie Awards
Naming the Off-campus housing
"OCH" has to go
Pat Sommer
Issue date: 9/26/06 Section: Entertainment
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Whenever Rockhurst refers to the new Off-Campus Housing, I always have to stop and try to figure out what they mean because they always refer to it using the abbreviation "OCH." To me, "OCH" is like some kind of government initials, like something you would see on an IRS tax form. So, in order to build a sense of community and homeliness on campus, I think it's time we come up with a better name for the "OCH", a name that doesn't sound like a learning disorder. Just as we refer to the "Student Activities Hall" as "The Party Barn," OCH needs a nickname, and needs one fast. Rockhurst needs some serious lessons in finding good names for the buildings on campus. Does everyone remember the horrid name of "Health and Wellness Center" for the proposed Massman extension?
We need some flare, so here are a few suggestions. If you, the reader, have any good suggestions, send them to the Sentinel. We'll reprint our favorites - if we get any - and maybe find a way to vote on the best name:
One suggstion for naming the OCH community is to take the names of famous neghborhoods. For example, one side of OCH could be "Greenwich Village" and the other could be "Beverly Hills." Or we could go the other extreme, and name OCH after notoriously bad neighborhoods with one side called "East St. Louis" and the other "South Central L.A."
Because we're at a Jesuit school, we could choose the two traditional names of everything else on a Jesuit campus: Xavier and Loyola. I guess we could name each neighborhood after these hallowed saints, but there are a lot of other great Jesuits. Why can't we name more building after them for a little variety?
Of course, we could give the naming rights to the highest bidder. I would buy the naming rights for about $10, seeing as how that is the amount of cash in my wallet right now, but something tells me that a Helzberg might have the resources to outbid me.
Following in the footsteps of profession sports teams, we could lease the naming rights for a certain number of years, raking in millions of dollars. Of course, you lose the charm of names like Maple Leaf Gardens or The Spectrum, but for a couple million dollars, I'm willing to forgo tradition. But I don't think the Troostwood neighborhood would appreciate a huge flashing sign with the name of the new sponsor, and residents of "The OCH" might not be able to sleep with a glaring sign. In that case, we'll just make the sophomores live there. Anything is better than X-L…
We could play off the acronym "OCH". How about "The OCHO?" Okay, so that last suggestion sounded a lot more clever in my head before I put it in print.
But regardless, anything is better than the IRS tax form name Rockhurst has chosen.
We need some flare, so here are a few suggestions. If you, the reader, have any good suggestions, send them to the Sentinel. We'll reprint our favorites - if we get any - and maybe find a way to vote on the best name:
One suggstion for naming the OCH community is to take the names of famous neghborhoods. For example, one side of OCH could be "Greenwich Village" and the other could be "Beverly Hills." Or we could go the other extreme, and name OCH after notoriously bad neighborhoods with one side called "East St. Louis" and the other "South Central L.A."
Because we're at a Jesuit school, we could choose the two traditional names of everything else on a Jesuit campus: Xavier and Loyola. I guess we could name each neighborhood after these hallowed saints, but there are a lot of other great Jesuits. Why can't we name more building after them for a little variety?
Of course, we could give the naming rights to the highest bidder. I would buy the naming rights for about $10, seeing as how that is the amount of cash in my wallet right now, but something tells me that a Helzberg might have the resources to outbid me.
Following in the footsteps of profession sports teams, we could lease the naming rights for a certain number of years, raking in millions of dollars. Of course, you lose the charm of names like Maple Leaf Gardens or The Spectrum, but for a couple million dollars, I'm willing to forgo tradition. But I don't think the Troostwood neighborhood would appreciate a huge flashing sign with the name of the new sponsor, and residents of "The OCH" might not be able to sleep with a glaring sign. In that case, we'll just make the sophomores live there. Anything is better than X-L…
We could play off the acronym "OCH". How about "The OCHO?" Okay, so that last suggestion sounded a lot more clever in my head before I put it in print.
But regardless, anything is better than the IRS tax form name Rockhurst has chosen.
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