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In keeping with the widespread effort to cleanse the English language of any word that might offend anybody, any animal or, for that matter, any thing, officials at Nebraska Wesleyan University have decided to avoid "freshman," deemed by a sufficient number of people to be a filthy, sexist term if...
"Cogen" plants produce power by burning oil, natural gas or coal, translated into electricity or steam. The CSX Greenbrier project was designed to burn both oil and Otisca Fuel to produce electricity for Virginia Electric & Power, the local utility. Even if they don't get federal assistance, Shelor hopes to...
"People tend to be real scoffing and cynical about the idea of spirituality here," says Mary T. Teichert '93, president of the Catholic Students Association. "They tend to dismiss spirituality as being a substitute for real thinking."
Councillor Francis H. Duehay '55 said he agreedand managed to push through a substitute order,replacing Walsh's original one, which simply askedthe prince to find alternative housing.
And a new breed of young boys will lack this vital entreā into the female world. Offering a stick of ossified gum will no longer spark intergender friendships. Sure, boys can always substitute Bazooka (owned, incidentally, by Topps) or Trident, but it won't be the same. It...