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Yale Replaces 'Freshman,' 'Upperclassman' With Gender-Neutral Terms
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:27 am
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:27 am
What a miserable little world we live in...
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Yale University has kicked off the new school year by officially scrapping the terms “freshman” and “upperclassman” and replacing them with the gender-neutral terms “first year” and “upper-level students."
“It’s really for public, formal correspondence and formal publications … we’re not trying to tell people what language to use in their everyday casual conversations,” Dean Marvin Chun told the school newspaper. “We’re not trying to be language police.”
Chun applauded the “modern" terms, saying he hopes they will be used exclusively in all communications by next academic year.
Rumblings for more inclusivity began last year, and by spring administrators began using the new terms.
Cornell University, Columbia University and Dartmouth College have all inched away from the old labels in official documents as well.
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Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:29 am to Cassius
so it will be like when 1-A and 1-AA changed their names 10 years ago and still nobody knows wtf their new names are.
but hey someone somewhere will sleep better at night because they can tell themselves they care!!!
but hey someone somewhere will sleep better at night because they can tell themselves they care!!!
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:30 am to Cassius
Why not freshperson and upperclassperson
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:31 am to Cassius
Does not affect me. Do not care. Does not make me miserable. Sorry for the pain and anxiousness that you are feeling, though.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:31 am to el Gaucho
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Why not freshperson and upperclassperson
some people identify as cats, fish, attack hellicopters, etc. you bigot
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:32 am to Cassius
When the libtards at the Simpsons make fun of you, like they did with Yale, you know you're standing on the precipice of absurdity.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:33 am to el Gaucho
What if someone identifies as a system though? (I didn't make that up) you're discriminating against systems that identify as more than one person.
"First part" is better than "first year." In case an entity identifies xerself as outside the bounds of time.
"First part" is better than "first year." In case an entity identifies xerself as outside the bounds of time.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:34 am to Cassius
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“upper-level students."
As in superior?!?!?? NO! THAT'S NOT OKAY!!!! DISGUSTING!!!!!
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:34 am to HubbaBubba
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Does not affect me. Do not care. Does not make me miserable. Sorry for the pain and anxiousness that you are feeling, though.
You were triggered just enough to post in this thread though?
Nobody put a gun to your head.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:34 am to Gusoline
"Attack helicopters" is offensive. The correct term is "rotary aircraft of peace".
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:34 am to Cassius
Colleges are becoming a joke.
They have lost their mission.
They have lost their mission.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:40 am to chity
Yea, I don't get the point about students being able to use their own terms to discuss the new names. The school has officially indoctrinated the designation and people are sure to correct you if you use the wrong designation now.
That's how these things work. You're a bigot if you don't call them by new names.
That's how these things work. You're a bigot if you don't call them by new names.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:45 am to Cassius
So, I guess this is how the higher education bubble burst. Piss enough parents off that they refuse to send the kids to college anymore? 
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:52 am to Cassius
A downward spiral to see who can present themselves as the most ideologically pure.
Insanity.
Insanity.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 8:55 am to Cassius
I laugh at people who are "triggered" by words, like Freshman. When the shite eventually hits the fan, and it will, they aren't going to make it.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 9:19 am to RTRinTampa
Is woman/women a trigger?
Posted on 9/16/17 at 9:20 am to Cassius
The adults left a long time ago
Posted on 9/16/17 at 9:21 am to Cassius
This is what they use in Britain and have for years. Why not just use that as the justification?
Posted on 9/16/17 at 9:30 am to Cassius
A word is just the projection of a thought, you must change the language to eliminate thought crimes.
Posted on 9/16/17 at 9:31 am to Cassius
I like Freshdudes and Freshchicks much better.
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