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Yale administrators consider replacing ‘freshman’ with gender-neutral term ‘first-year’
The College Fix ^ | March 14, 2017 | by Dave Huber

Posted on 03/14/2017 1:56:17 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Since apparently there is nothing more pressing than stressing over “proper” language, administrators at Yale are pondering eliminating the term “freshman” and replacing it with non-gendered “first-year.”

“I think there comes a time when you want to make sure that the way you’re calling things reflects the values that you have,” said Dean of Student Affairs Camille Lizarríbar, who is “leading the conversation” on the issue.

The Yale Daily News reports Lizarríbar said college officials have been considering the change for some time now, adding that other Ivy League schools have already made the switch.

Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway said that “for as long as he can remember” students and parents have expressed “frustrations” over the gender-specific nature of “freshman.”

But of course. It’s Yale.

(Excerpt) Read more at thecollegefix.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: eli; eloi; padlockschool; yale; yimyohansonfromyale
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To: Paladin2

Fixing New Haven would involve REAL mental work. And even worse, failure at that task would be obvious. To even “try” would risk a judgment of failure. And that would violate the bureaucrats’ First Directive: CYA.

It is SO much easier for Yale’s self-perpetuating academic grandees to display their power by whimsically changing the “definitions” of a few helpless words.


41 posted on 03/14/2017 3:12:01 PM PDT by pfony1
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To: hoosierham
good enough for Harry Potter!

I'll text my Brit daughter in law, now a naturalized U.S. Citizen about "First Year" traditions.

42 posted on 03/14/2017 3:12:47 PM PDT by Ace's Dad (BTW, "Ace" is now Captain Ace. But only when I'm bragging about my son!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
FreshFlakes.

SophFlakes.

JunFlakes.

SenFlakes.

5YearProgramFlakes.

43 posted on 03/14/2017 3:13:54 PM PDT by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

First-year, second-year, third-year, and fourth-year are used at the University of Virginia. It’s a very traditional thing there. In UVA’s case, it’s not done to avoid the terrors evoked by use of a term containing the letters “m-a-n.”


44 posted on 03/14/2017 3:24:14 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The freshman year of college should teach the little crumb crunchers not to be big babies that are offended by mere words.


45 posted on 03/14/2017 3:26:02 PM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wouldn’t that be insulting all of the trans males?


46 posted on 03/14/2017 3:29:29 PM PDT by FrdmLvr ("A is A. A thing is what it is." Ayn Rand)
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To: ptsal

Especially since it comes from root words which can be loosely translated as “wise fool”, quite accurate for many second year know-it-alls.


47 posted on 03/14/2017 3:29:51 PM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever.)
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To: ptsal

Abundance-ism!

That should be sopho-LESS.


48 posted on 03/14/2017 3:54:38 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: All

What if you are a student who has completed your first two semesters at Yale but have not done well enough to pass enough credits to be considered a sophomore. Wouldn’t being still called “First Year” when you are actually there for your second year be extremely offensive to you?


49 posted on 03/14/2017 3:59:54 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Since language usage is discriminatory, freshman and all other words should be dropped in favor of meaningless noises. Meaning is also oppressive, so all Yale students and staff must enter a permanent vegetative state, and I don’t mean just Connecticut.


50 posted on 03/14/2017 4:00:53 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Ace's Dad

At my alma mater, Virginia, students have always been first-year, second-year, etc., even when it was all-male (before 1970).


51 posted on 03/14/2017 4:18:56 PM PDT by riverdawg
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I guess

FRESHPUSSY

Just doesn’t have the same ring.


52 posted on 03/14/2017 4:41:25 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

University of Virginia has used “first” “second” year, etc. roughly since Tom Jefferson founded the place.


53 posted on 03/14/2017 4:48:24 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

More meaningless drivel from people who should know better.


54 posted on 03/14/2017 5:14:36 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

FRESH HERMAPHRODITE he he


55 posted on 03/14/2017 5:15:19 PM PDT by hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998 (------>VMFA 235- '69-'72 KMCAS <------- "Death Angels")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Freshperson is no good because it has “son” in it.
This will never stop. After this they will discover something else that shocks their sensitive ears.


56 posted on 03/14/2017 5:59:12 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Liberalism is the denial of human nature.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Newbs or nubes...use inventive spelling.,


57 posted on 03/14/2017 6:00:13 PM PDT by lightman (Trump = A glourius amalgamation of Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Call them “Snowflakes” for each year they are there.


58 posted on 03/14/2017 8:12:03 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Covenantor
Eloi now and forever!

Just so long as we remember that the Eloi, both Mr. Wells' fictional ones and the former Elis, are nothing but food for the Moorloks.

59 posted on 03/15/2017 2:47:04 AM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The University of Virginia has used the “First Year”, “Second Year”, etc. nomenclature for decades...


60 posted on 03/15/2017 2:53:48 AM PDT by Andy from Chapel Hill
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