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Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Faculty at Pennsylvania State University have voted to replace traditional descriptors like "freshman" and "sophomore" with "1st year" or "2nd year," citing the former's "male-centric academic history." The decision came as part of a Faculty Senate bill on the "Removal of Gendered & Binary Terms from Course and Program Descriptions." The introduction states that "[t]he University, as with most all academic institutions world-wide, has grown out of a typically male-centered world." "As such, many terms in our lexi...

'Upperclassmen' No More: Penn State Gets Rid of 'Male-Centric', 'Sexist' & 'Classist' Terms Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202105151082897622-upperclassmen-no-more-penn-state-gets-rid-of-male-centric-sexist--classist-terms/ The new changes reportedly come in response to a policy that allows students to be recognised “by their self-selected name and gender”. Pennsylvania State University has moved to curb the use of descriptors such as "freshman" and "sophomore" as part of the changes brought by a Faculty Senate bill which passed last month. According to Fox News, the cha...

Faculty at Pennsylvania State University have voted to replace traditional descriptors like "freshman" and "sophomore" with "1st year" or "2nd year," citing the former's "male-centric academic history." The decision came as part of a Faculty Senate bill on the "Removal of Gendered & Binary Terms from Course and Program Descriptions."

(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) In this week’s edition of campus madness, we return to Penn State, where administrators are striking another blow against the patriarchy by banning more words. The vile, forbidden speech in question has nothing to do with slurs against women, however. There are going to be new designations for students entering each of the four standard years of college progression. Newly arriving students will no longer be referred to as “freshmen.” Gone also will be the terms junior and senior for third and fourth-year students. Why? Because those words are apparently n...

Our new era just got a little newer. Do you remember the excitement of college? Do you recall the energy of your freshman year? As a sophomore, perhaps, you were hitting your stride. As a senior, per chance, you were large and in charge. Well, that was then and this is now. Perhaps you’re still large and in charge or — like a lot of us — maybe only one of those. Either way, a new generation won’t be stepping on the same ladder rungs your cool Reeboks — or Chuck Taylors or Dr. Martens — once did. At least, that is, in terms of terms.