Date:  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 11:17:44 -0500

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: PC Language



>Unfortunately, I have no conclusive academic answer,

>but I can say from experience that on my campus

>the most regular users of PC language (with

>serious intent) are administrators in the

>Campus Housing department.

>

>Buzzwords like "diversity," "multi-culturalism,"

>and many, many others never saw the light of

>day on this campus until Housing used them in

>promotional materials around 1990-91.

>

>I don't really know the significance of

>Campus Housing's role in revisionism,

>but I do know that ever since, PC language

>has been adopted by almost the entire

>administration.

>

>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

>;Kathleen M. O'Neill



Come to think of it, much of the PC activity (multiculturalism, globalism,

etc.) on our campus comes from the Student Activities Office. The housing

folks have long been into euphemism/revisionism. We can't call the dorms

anything but "residence halls." The housing director is "director of

resident life." On a related issue, we no longer have PE classes: we have

classes in "wellness." Speaking of wellness, I am going to the doctor

today for an annual check-up: our insurance program will completely cover

this examination under a "wellness benefit."



An interesting note on campus revisionism: Recently "Procurement" was

changed to "Purchasing" to avoid unsavory associations with prostitution.





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu