As part of broader attempts to make Northeastern University a more modern campus, university President Joseph Aoun announced that from now on, Centennial Common will be known as Centviginseptennial Common. “The times are changing, but so too is Northeastern University,” he said in an interview with the Trusty Husky. “The cruel and relentless passage of time means that our school is now 127 years old, instead of 100 years old, and now our campus can better reflect this change in times– er– time.”
School administration was quick to tout the benefits of the renaming, emphasizing that no other university in the country is celebrating its centviginseptennial anniversary. Responses were mostly positive. “It’s a bit of a mouthful, but it is nice to know that our university is literally staying up to date with the times,” freshman Cole Ejj told the Trusty Husky.
Despite a general sense that the new name made the campus “sound more smarter” and “is just awesome,” the change is not without its critics. “Frankly, I’d rather we get back to the essentials, like naming parts of campus after myself,” local ghost George Snell informed the Trusty Husky, after haunting two of our reporters during the writing of this article.
At press time, confidential sources at Boston University suggest that they may be renaming their “BU Beach” to “Centioctoginsextennial Beach” in a feeble attempt to one-up Northeastern.
