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‘Freshmen’ Out, ‘First-Years’ In? Possible Plan Underway at Yale to Redo Wording

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To avoid offending people, Yale is considering changing the name of first-year students from “freshmen” to “first-years.” Why? “Freshmen” is too gendered.

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