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10-25-2012, 12:44 PM
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Re: UNC drops term ‘freshman’ in favor of ‘gender inclusive language’
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Re: UNC drops term ‘freshman’ in favor of ‘gender inclusive language’
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11-03-2012, 12:09 PM
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Re: UNC drops term ‘freshman’ in favor of ‘gender inclusive language’
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As former Lady Vols' basketball coach Pat Summitt once put it: The correct term for the defense she used is "man-to man"--not "woman-to-woman." Perhaps, after we enshrine the freshly minted word, "freshperson," in our collective lexicon, we can go on to include such terms as "presonhole" cover, "personhunt" for a fugitive, and "personhandle" an innocent person...
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