Erase 'confederate' from the dictionary...

Well, Vanderbilt University is yet another institution falling over itself in the name of political correctness.

Vanderbilt University has been barred from stripping the word "Confederate" from the name of a dormitory built in honor of Confederate soldiers -- unless it is willing to pony up a good amount of cash.

In 2002, Vanderbilt chancellor Gordon Gee announced the Nashville school was planning to drop the word from the name of the building to create a more diverse campus environment. The school stated at that time that the word "Confederate" had overtones of slavery and was offensive to some current and prospective students and employees.

But in a unanimous decision, an appeals court in Tennessee has ruled that Vanderbilt must leave the name "Confederate Memorial Hall" intact or pay the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) the current value of the $50,000 given by the group when the dorm was built in 1935. According to one news report, that could amount to as much as $700,000.

Deanna Bryant, Tennessee Division president of the UDC, says the school claims it wants to promote more diversity on campus, but instead is trying to rewrite history.

"Apparently they don't want anything to do with the Confederacy on any part of their campus," she says, "but that is history. And our great, great grandmothers started this as a memorial to the Confederate soldiers -- and that is what it is. It is a memorial."