Hoffman: C-Word Once 'Term Of Endearment'

[Doglips]

OK with OUT getting into the politicas of this football recrutiting scandle....not why IM posting this....I just think this lady??? must be a stong Bill Clinton supporter...why? Read how she does the Clinton deffition of "is" and "sex" thing with the C word that rymes with Hunt.....I could not have kept a stright face and heard this in person.


Hoffman: C-Word Once 'Term Of Endearment'
CU Spokeswoman: Term Not Negative Centuries Ago

POSTED: 5:45 am MDT June 15, 2004

DENVER -- The president of the University of Colorado would not say in a sworn deposition whether she considered a certain slur against women "vile," and later said she had heard it used as "a term of endearment," according to media reports.


CU President Elizabeth Hoffman (pictured, left) made the statement in a deposition for lawsuits filed by three women who allege they were sexually assaulted by football players and recruits who went to a party at one of the women's apartments in 2001, the reports indicated.

The deposition that was scheduled to be released Tuesday.

During Hoffman's deposition, one woman's attorney said the slur had been used by a CU football player against a female teammate. The attorney asked Hoffman if she thought the term was "a filthy and vile word."

Often described as the "c-word," the slur became the subject of a protracted exchange between Hoffman and the attorney.

Hoffman replied that it was a "swear word" and that its meaning depended on the circumstances in which it was used, the station reported.

When asked if it could ever be used in a polite context, Hoffman replied, "Yes, I've actually heard it used as a term of endearment."

University spokeswoman Michele Ames said Hoffman knows the current use of the word has "negative connotations" but in its original use, centuries ago, it was not a negative.

"Because she is a medieval scholar, she is also aware of the long history of the word dating back to at least Chaucer," Ames said. Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the earliest English writers, lived in the late 1300s and used the word in "The Canterbury Tales."

The comment drew the ire of Regina Cowles, president of the Boulder National Organization of Women, who called Hoffman's response outrageous and not acceptable.

She said Hoffman's defense of the word, "doesn't even pass the red-face test."

"It is so clear what that word is about," she told the Boulder Daily Camera. "It's used to dehumanize a woman, and strip her of her decency."

The three women suing the university accuse CU of failing to protect them under federal Title IX law, which guarantees equal access to an education. They seek unspecified damages.

Earlier depositions in one of the lawsuits plunged the university into a scandal over its recruiting practices. An independent commission found that some players used sex and alcohol to entertain promising athletes, and that CU officials failed to supervise recruiting practices closely enough.

No criminal charges have been filed, but a grand jury has heard testimony from athletes and a former recruiting aide accused of paying $2,000 to an escort service.

Some CU critics planned to meet with Gov. Bill Owens Tuesday, to discuss the university's handling of the football-recruiting scandal.

[Shaun]

MOre PC BS

[ScottD]

It's my favorite word.

[Big Dog]

I have it on good authority it's an old Navy term. It means:
"Civilian Under Naval Training". Bwahahahaha!

I've read too many of Dick Marcinko's books . . .

[BattleRifleG3]

Originally Posted by Doglips

During Hoffman's deposition, one woman's attorney said the slur had been used by a CU football player against a female teammate.

Co-ed football?

Yup, co-ed football.

[colt45]

Originally Posted by ScottD

It's my favorite word.

its my favorite food :nod:

[ScottD]

Bad. That's just Baaad!