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UNC drops term ‘freshman’ in favor of ‘gender inclusive language’

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  1. JD88

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    PC getting out of hand, or was this an inevitable move considering the world we live in?

    http://www.campusreform.org/blog/?ID=4458

    The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill has removed the word “freshman” from official university documents, citing as their reason an attempt to adopt more “gender inclusive language.”

    We are “committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our community,” reads a statement administrators sent to Campus Reform on Monday.

    “Consistent with that commitment, gender inclusive terms (chair; first year student; upper-level student, etc.) should be used on University Documents, websites and policies,” it continues.

    A spokesperson for UNC declined to further elaborate on the university’s reasoning for implementing the language change.

    Some students, however, expressed discontent over the change in policy.

    Brandon Hartness, Executive Vice Chair for the school’s college Republicans chapter, told Campus Reform he feels the university is allowing political correctness to drive their decisions.

    “I feel like they are making a big deal out of nothing,” said Hartness. “Girls are not going to deem the word [freshman] as sexist.”

    “I feel like most people don’t even think about it,” he added.

    Karen Moon, Director of UNC News Services, did note that the policy change occurred in 2009. It has recently garnered attention after the libertarian news personality, John Stossel, highlighted it in his show earlier this month.
     
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    I don't get it
     
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  3. JD88

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    The term 'FreshMAN' may be deemed offensive, to females, and thus, they are dropping its use from anything related to the school.
     
    #3 JD88, Oct 24, 2012
  4. AroundTheWorld

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    What are they going to call it, then?

    "Freshperson"?
    "Freshhuman"?
    "Freshling"?
     
    #4 AroundTheWorld, Oct 24, 2012
  5. Mr. Clutch

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    What about the word "human"
     
    #5 Mr. Clutch, Oct 24, 2012
  6. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    Dumb move Tar Heels.
     
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    How about Freshmeat? I think that's fair to both genders.
     
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    "First-year Student" according to local radio here in NC.

    FRESHMONEY seems to capture a lot.
     
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  9. The Real Shady

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    "All right you little freshman b****es...AIR RAID!!!!"
     
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  10. AroundTheWorld

    AroundTheWorld Insufferable 98er
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    Nice :grin:.
     
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    This is clearly a foretold sign of the end of the world.
     
    #11 thadeus, Oct 24, 2012
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    Love that movie. :grin:
     
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    I'm not sure how I got out of bed this morning.
     
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    That's idiotic. Not really of any consequence, but definitely idiotic
     
    #14 FranchiseBlade, Oct 24, 2012
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    That would be offensive to the monkeys.

    [​IMG]
     
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    There are some seriously bored administrators at that university.
     
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    For the life of me, I cannot remember what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise.
     
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    Her placenta falls to the floor.

    Oh wait, wrong crappy mid-90s ballad.
     
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    You son of a b****. Now that song is stuck in my head.

    It's a small world, after all.
     
    #19 leroy, Oct 24, 2012
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    For all the fun being poked at gendered focus (and I agree this might not be the most productive example), is it telling that this is the only gender-based thread in the D&D, while we have 4560 telling us Islamists will do this and that?

    After all, the vast majority of Islamist extremists who commit violent crimes are males. Funnily enough, so are a lot of the far-right extremists. In fact, most violent criminals are male.

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=are-men-the-more-belligerent-sex

    Yet this is the only thread that comes close to at least being somewhat on this topic. I eagerly await the spate of threads about the alarming gender-based division in crimes, but something tells me the regular diet of posting about "others" will obscure that. I'm not saying UNC is doing anything particularly productive with this regards, but that has to be the elephant in the room in terms of debate topics.

    You can see it here in the D&D. Threads about "blacks!", "Islamists!", "far-right crazies!", and 99% of the time I click on those threads, I know the people are going to be majority-males. It's also something that never gets reported in the media, or not much anyways.

    My two cents on a topic that would otherwise degenerate into (again) mockery of this and that "PC" trend.
     
    #20 Northside Storm, Oct 24, 2012
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