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Brown said yesterday that the experience will not deter him from planning future hiking expeditions for the Outdoor Club and cited Fowler's level-headedness and his experience in the First-Year Outdoor Program (FOP) as major factors in their survival...
...interested to learn that the FOP Steering Committee has changed the meaning of its acronym to "First-Year" Outdoor Program, ridding themselves of the politically incorrect, gender un-neutral word "Freshman." I have also noticed that a similar decision has been made by the editorial powers-that-be at The Crimson. While I respect the motives behond such decisions, I wonder if too much concern for gender neutrality might lead to some confusion...
...interviews yesterday, however, some former FOP participants said the steering committee overreacted...
...personally don't see it as necessary; the title `freshman' doesn't bother me," said Nicole Jampol '94, a FOP participant. "The use of `first year' is sort of unnecessary. `Freshman' is a neutral term...
...Many FOP participants said they thought the steering committee was making much ado about nothing...