Hey Christopher Columbus, what can Brown do for you? They can take your name off a holiday.
The faculty at Brown University voted to drop the name Columbus Day after protests from a Native American student group on campus
The fall school holiday will now be known as the more generic "Fall Weekend" The faculty has control over the academic calendar and Brown officials don't plan to intervene
Some Native American groups maintain Columbus Day should not be celebrated, citing his "violent mistreatment of Native Americans"
Officials from Italian American groups in Providence slammed the decision telling The Providence Journal that Columbus should be recognized as a hero who discovered America
Check out one internet debate over celebrating Columbus Day
It's a federal holiday but several states and some other colleges have changed the name. Should they?
