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Rice U. does away with ‘master’ term, cites ‘negative historical connotation’
The College Fix ^ | April 11, 2017 | by CONOR BECK

Posted on 04/11/2017 7:32:52 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: Dante3

I wish I could quit donating to Rice U, but I never went there.


21 posted on 04/11/2017 7:58:12 AM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m going to stop calling it rice-a-roni because some people may have a “negative connotation” based on Rice U.

I’ll serve crap-a-roni for those people who can’t grasp the concept of a word having multiple usages and who would rather think of crap than Rice U when they eat.

I’d bet those same people who have a problem with different usages for “master” are fine with the word “woman” being used both for someone without a penis and someone with an unwanted penis.


22 posted on 04/11/2017 7:58:34 AM PDT by LostPassword
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To: Dante3; day10

...The potential for abnormal outrage is endless...

Especially considering the deep South location of the “Masters.”


23 posted on 04/11/2017 7:58:46 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not tired of Winning)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

BAtion


24 posted on 04/11/2017 8:00:31 AM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I, for one, am totally sick of this PC $6/+.


25 posted on 04/11/2017 8:05:34 AM PDT by FrankR (FULL REPEAL, OR NO DEAL)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I vaguely recall some group manufacturing outrage when they started complaining about slave amd master hard drive arrangements.


26 posted on 04/11/2017 8:11:00 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Will the libertines no longer point to the work of Masters and Johnson to support their proclivities?
27 posted on 04/11/2017 8:14:46 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Massa’s Degree is to be replaced by the Overseeah’s Degree.


28 posted on 04/11/2017 8:36:06 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Guess that there can’t be,

a master Drummer
a master Violinist
a master Carpenter

a Master Sergeant. ????


29 posted on 04/11/2017 8:56:25 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Only idiots have a College degree.


30 posted on 04/11/2017 9:05:21 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
This nursery rhyme is now highly politically incorrect because it includes both a black sheep and a master:

Baa, Baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir! Three bags full.
One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the flapper girl
Who struts down the lane.

31 posted on 04/11/2017 9:09:30 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

right after banning the term ‘master’ they all ‘jumped down, turned around, and picked a bale of cotton’


32 posted on 04/11/2017 9:15:30 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Fiji Hill

Let’s not forget the marginalization of the flapper girl.

/sarcasm


33 posted on 04/11/2017 9:21:14 AM PDT by Ueriah
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They’re always looking for another “proof” that this country is evil and racist. After they go through the dictionary looking for words to excise, then what? What’s next after that?


34 posted on 04/11/2017 9:34:17 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Islam mandates warfare against unbelievers and is absolutely incompatible with Western society.)
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To: Maine Mariner

Howard Hughes briefly attended Rice, but dropped out when his father died.

Rice’s school colors are blue and gray, supposedly because William Marsh Rice made much of his fortune during the Civil War, smuggling and selling to both sides.

Personally, I think it would have been interesting if college masters had been called “magisters” from the beginning. But to do it now, for PC reasons, hell no.


35 posted on 04/11/2017 9:47:10 AM PDT by Burma Jones
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“University” denotes educational ranking so should be done away with, too.


36 posted on 04/11/2017 9:54:18 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Dilbert San Diego
will colleges do away with bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees, due to the potentially offensive nature of those terms???

I believe it entirely depends on how those terms make people feel.

37 posted on 04/11/2017 10:17:43 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

God, please help America. Half of our people are truly lost souls.


38 posted on 04/11/2017 11:20:00 AM PDT by polymuser (There's a yuuuge basket of deportables.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gee, I wonder what this means for my Master of Science degree?


39 posted on 04/11/2017 11:39:21 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster
wonder what this means for my Master of Science degree?"

The term "master" will be stricken from the language.

And science, strictly speaking, no longer exists.

40 posted on 04/11/2017 11:55:48 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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