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Tuesday, November 10, 2026Nov 10

Greeson: A royal tribute to smarter condoms and terrible typos

Jay Greeson
Jay Greeson Jay Greeson

And here we go again.

The University of Minnesota, in a grand effort to protect the delicate sensibilities of the ever-frail future leaders of our world, has come up with this glorious idea of gender neutrality:

photo Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 4/15/14. Staff Mugs

To not offend anyone on any perch on any part of any planet, instead of having the traditional “Homecoming King” and “Homecoming Queen” titles, the annual titles will be known simply as Homecoming Royals.

Wow.

Forget graduation rates, job placements, advanced studies or preparing students for a virtually unknown virtual world, we have too many college leaders concerned with the ever-expanding fear of the catastrophic offense of offending someone.