Obama State College?

Probably not. But it is one of the suggested name changes for Palm Beach Community College, which seeks to take advantage of the Florida law allowing community colleges to change their names along with their missions when they begin offering four-year baccalaureate degrees.

"I kind of lament the loss of the community college moniker but we just have to work real hard so that the community knows that the community college mission won't change," said PBCC board of trustees member Ken Kirby.

The trustees are scheduled to review the survey results at a meeting Tuesday.

The survey had four suggested names for people to vote. The title Palm Beach State College was preferred by a majority - 40 percent - of respondents. But people were also given the opportunity to suggest their own names.

Those include[:]

• Alligator Community College
• Treasure Coast State College (of course, it's in the Gold Coast.)
• Juan Ponce De leon State College
• Mike is Awesome State College
• Colbert University
• The School of Intellagince (sic) and Performance
• The "Other" State College

The survey was open for about a month beginning in early April and was available on the school's Web site.

"Colbert University?" I love it ...

Lest anyone question PBCC trustee Kirby's allegiances, though, he chimed in with his own idea:

Kirby hadn't seen all of the proposed names on Thursday. He favors Palm Beach State College, but wasn't as partial to one respondent's suggestion of John F. Kennedy College.

"That's nice, but what about Ronald Reagan State College," he joked.

Yeah, great idea there, Ken. I mean, if you're going to name it for someone who, like you, hates public education (not to mention minorities, alternative lifestyles, and sanity), why not go all the way and name it for the man who originally appointed you to the Board (before Gov. Crist reappointed you): "Jeb! Bush State College?" You could even call it "B.S. College" for short, which would be apt indeed ...