Word: wesleyan
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...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 there ever was one. "Freshperson" was presumably considered an insulting substitute, and so, perhaps, were "freshindividual," "freshhuman," "freshgirl" and "freshboy." Henceforth, a first-year student at Nebraska Wesleyan will be a "first-year student." A second-year student will ; continue to be called "sophomore" -- from the Greek sophos (wise) and moros...
Norman R. Shapiro '51, a professor at Wesleyan University and an affiliate of Adams House, studied under Solano as a graduate student. Shapiro describes his former teacher as a "gentleman and a gentle...
Marquand graduated from Wesleyan University andserved on his alma mater's board of trustees. Helived in Cambridge...
Saturday was a better day for the Crimson, as it went three for three against Brown, MIT and Wesleyan...
After that, it was Easy Street for the Crimson, as it trounced Wesleyan, 17-9. Gahan and Brummond again led the Crimson in scoring, with six and three tallies, respectively. Brummond also chipped in three assists...