Boise State University will rename Cesar Chavez Lane, and has passed along three possible names for the campus thoroughfare.

City and county officials will review the new options — Friendship Lane, Campus Lane and Peregrine Lane — and university officials expect to receive a decision in four to six weeks.

The university began considering a name change in March, after a New York Times investigation linked the civil rights and labor union figure to a series of sexual abuse complaints.

Nearly 2,500 members of the campus community responded to a survey on the issue. A majority supported renaming the street.

“We recognize that discussions about renaming spaces dedicated to historical figures and movements can be deeply personal and complex, particularly when new information comes to light that challenges our understanding of those we have chosen to honor,” Boise State said in a campuswide email Monday.

The campus survey included 10 nominees for a new name — picked, in part, to be “more general, rather than associated with any one person.” Two of the three finalists appeared in the survey: Peregrine Lane and Campus Lane, the street’s name until 2006, and the Cesar Chavez Lane rebrand.

Friendship Lane “was a write-in suggestion proposed by students, faculty and staff,” Boise State said in its Monday email.

The renaming question is not unique to Boise State. In Pocatello, city officials are considering renaming Cesar Chavez Avenue near the Idaho State University campus.

Kevin Richert

Kevin Richert

Senior reporter and blogger Kevin Richert specializes in education politics and education policy. He has more than 35 years of experience in Idaho journalism, and extensive experience covering state politics and the Legislature. He is a frequent guest on "Idaho Reports" on Idaho Public Television. He can be reached at krichert@idahoednews.org

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