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Excerpt for the Bob Jones University Handbook 1986-87
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 2:06 pm
by RobertMadewell
This image was scanned by a former student from Bob Jones University. There's several more scans of material from there at
http://ektachrome.wordpress.com/
With so many needless and stifling rules, it's a wonder that anyone could ever graduate from there.
Re: Excerpt for the Bob Jones University Handbook 1986-87
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 2:18 pm
by Doug
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When news of this interracial dating ban came out a few years ago, BJU changed the policy so that interracial dating was allowed as long as the students have parental permission.
And people wonder why the GOP is considered racist? The GOP candidates often start their campaigns (ever since Reagan) at BJU, using code words like "states rights" and such.
Shameful.
Re: Excerpt for the Bob Jones University Handbook 1986-87
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 8:06 pm
by Dardedar
Holy Cow. I had forgotten about this. This is so racist.
Re: Excerpt for the Bob Jones University Handbook 1986-87
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 10:24 pm
by kwlyon
RobertMadewell wrote:
With so many needless and stifling rules, it's a wonder that anyone could ever graduate from there.
More to the point...who would want to graduate from there....
Re: Excerpt for the Bob Jones University Handbook 1986-87
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 3:45 pm
by RobertMadewell
It is the business of Bob Jones University to know where its students go and with whom they associate.
In my opinion, it's nobody's business what a student does in his/her off-campus time. These are young adults. They don't even try to hide the strict control. Frankly, I wouldn't want the job of micromanaging the lives of thousands of students.
Re: Excerpt for the Bob Jones University Handbook 1986-87
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 5:14 pm
by redheadedskeptic
That's terrible!
Different school, same sort of rules and expectations. My brother was expelled from Pensacola Christian for having a PG-13 rated movie in his room. He said that he knew a couple of kids that got expelled because they violated the off-campus rules for men/female socializing . . . 100 miles away. A professor happened to see them and they all got canned. I don't know HOW anyone graduates from schools like these. How do they manage perfection for 4 years? The rules and expectations are simply ridiculous.
He's an atheist now, so I guess there is a good side to everything.
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Re: Excerpt for the Bob Jones University Handbook 1986-87
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:53 pm
by kwlyon
pretty redheaded girl wrote:My brother was expelled from Pensacola Christian for having a PG-13 rated movie in his room.
Is everyone in Pensacola just batshit crazy?
Re: Excerpt for the Bob Jones University Handbook 1986-87
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 10:26 am
by RobertMadewell
PCC is actually unaccredited. Bob Jones was unaccredited until 2005.
These poor kids work so hard to live by these horrible zero tolerence rules to graduate, then find out that prospective employers may not even accept that degree as being valid. Also, if they get expelled, the credits they earned will not even transfer to most other colleges. The poor student would have to start all over again if he/she wanted to go to another school. Not worth the freaking trouble, I'd say.
Re: Excerpt for the Bob Jones University Handbook 1986-87
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:17 pm
by redheadedskeptic
RobertMadewell wrote:PCC is actually unaccredited. Bob Jones was unaccredited until 2005.
Interesting! I did not know that. Bet my parents didn't either when they sent my brother off to PCC. (They let him graduate a year early as long as he went there. To prove a point: that they weren't as strict as some people. Oh, yes, we had lots of fun in my house growing up, hehe.)
Re: Excerpt for the Bob Jones University Handbook 1986-87
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 5:58 pm
by Dardedar
Lucky buggers. My parents belonged to a religion (Jehovah's Witnesses) that strongly condemned even allowing your kids to attend college, accredited or not. Talk about intellectual cowardice. They softened that policy in the early 90's. I graduated high school in 1984.
D.