Word: fops
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Freshman Outdoor Program (FOP) announced earlier this week that it was officially changing its name to the First-Year Outdoor Program. The change to gender neutrality, which will not affect the FOP acronym or its logo, was first proposed by the group's steering committee last year...
...recognizing that language does affect the way people think," said Benjamin E. Tubb '92, a FOP steering committee member. "We are trying to avoid the undesirable effect of an unintentionally gender-specific term...
...leaders of FOP, a week-long outdoor camping expedition held each fall before Orientaion Week, said that the move to gender neutrality was in line with the organization's overall philosophy of equality...
Politics. Get involved in the environmental movement. Wear a bandana, get a hackey-sack, hug a tree and you're home free. Relive the glory days of FOP. As long as you're close to nature, nobody will ever question whether that doo rag hides hairy temples...
...FOP survivor, Paul B. Mishkin '94, said heapproves of the delay. And anyway, he added, "I'llprobably never wear my FOP tee-shirt because Ihave better shirts I like to wear...