Yup, this is the old "Give em and inch and they'll take a mile" approach to blocking moderate reforms by imagining ridiculous extremes.  Hey, how about when the Rajneeshees named their landfill the "Adolf Hitler Memorial Dump?"  And speaking of Russians, hiding Trotzky was a great one, but how about changing Stalingrad to Volgograd?

Seriously Mr. Bush, , do you care if Mathew Deady was considered slavery's strongest proponent in Oregon, and had he prevailed we  possibly could have been fighting  on the side  of the South in the Civil War?  (though Deady himself was anti-secession).  If names don't matter, lets' just number our buildings, 'eh?
This is not to argue that Deady Hall should or should not be denamed, simply that this is a serious  issue that deserves more than a flip response.

Incidentally, Eugene and Mary Skinner were among the  many good local folks who were NOT racist and would have fit quite well in today's Liberal Eugene.