The fact it is view as Bowie's University should be a indication of exactly what kind of esteem Bowie is held in by other characters. It matter little what you tell us OOC about how he won't do this or that. You will have to work IG to correct the IG views that characters hold of the institution.
I fully agree with De-Legro. You can make all the OOC claims on the forum you want. But the forum isn't the game. You need to be doing all that in-game. Convincing people in the forum, then expecting them to change what they do IG, is a blatant violation of the spirit of the game.