[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by Torture

I agree. The City of Winnepeg is selling naming rights to pretty much everything in the city to raise money - parking meters, heart defibrillators, you name it. While that may be taking it to the extreme I don't see why other faculties at the UofC can't follow Haskayne and Schulich's example.

I know I wouldn't give a damn if something like Science Theaters was renamed.

To be fair, they aren't exactly selling the naming rights.
They're renaming buildings after guys who have made HUGE donations to the university, which is a little different than getting cash to call it the Pepsi Science Theatres.