The rules at Falwell's Liberty "University"

[pstokely]

http://www.liberty.edu/media/1210/Code%20of%20Conduct%20Revised%201_08%20LATEST.pdf

People actually pay to go to this prison. Every student has to follow these rules (not just undergrads) and at all times (even off campus and during breaks, like they can enforce them then)

[Ellen Forradalom]

1. Yeah, these fundy schools are short on trust

Not sure what short hair and not dancing has to do with being Christlike, but whatever.

[Hayabusa]

40. Some Funny Potential Breakings of the Rules (Hopefully)

1: While your mom visits, she drops her coat off in your bedroom. $250 fine and community service.
2: While visiting, you go to a resteraunt and she has a glass of wine. The same punishment as above.
3: Two or more individuals of the opposite sex together in motel room without proper permission. I don't even want to know...
4: The fact that making love with someone is greater in their minds than academic dishonesty... I swear to God...
5: Involvement with witchcraft, séances or other satanic or demonic activity. Goodbye weekly D&D game. And that fantasy novel and comic book collection has to go!
6: Immorality: Nice blanket term...

[Muttocracy]

2. I've been to their creation science museum... n/t

[Manifestor_of_Light]

3. Arbeit macht frei.

What in hell is a "durag"???? :wtf:

I guess they mean do-rag, as in hairdo-rag on head.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Kinda rhymes with 'gulag,' huh?

[Muttocracy]

4. Hmm, monetary fines - God's wrath is not enough?? n/t

[Minimus]

5. I worked for a Republican, Southern Baptist holier than thou family whose son went there

he got his girlfriend pregnant and they had to drop out and get married.

Oh the irony!

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. This sort of infantalization disempowers the individual and causes them to follow authority.

It's one of the worst aspects of our "culture".

[Hobarticus]

8. Sadly, some people actively seek this out

No one HAS to go here. They want authority, they crave it. Some people can't function without it.

[Orsino]

13. And some parents love it.

Expensive babysitting plus a sort-of real college ejjycation.

[pstokely]

17. Fundie helicopter parents

At least this place has accreditation (somehow) unlike Bob Jones. If the parents refused to pay for a real education, they might be able to transfer to community college.

[Muttocracy]

7. My high school govmt teacher went to Liberty Univ.

or maybe it was still Liberty Baptist College back then. Anyway, she was young and super-cool and from Cleveland (i.e., not Virginia) so we couldn't figure out how she ended up there.

She coached the cheerleading squad. But perhaps that counted as phys ed... or was her way of rebelling AFTER college.

[IntravenousDemilo]

9. They have a lot of gall naming the place "Liberty" and then laying down these arbitrary rules.

Fascists...

[Reverend_Smitty]

11. Maybe it's a whole 1984 doublespeak thing

[PittPoliSci]

12. 500 dollar fine for an abortion?

what, are the having it in the middle of campus or something? during church?

[Muttocracy]

18. good catch! I missed seeing that one. And, yeah, how would they know?? n/t

[pstokely]

19. Do they even have access to abortion services near the campus?

[Muttocracy]

25. Lynchburg is not going to be an abortion-friendly town

It would be a struggle to find an abortion provider I expect. I wouldn't doubt they would "tell on you" even if you were 22 years old.

There are several hospitals in Lynchburg and quite good medical care considering its size and location.

(edit for typo)

[Frank Cannon]

14. "Cheating on a quiz = 12 reprimands"?

WTF is that all about? As I recall from my college days, getting caught cheating on a quiz meant you were kicked out of the class with an "Incomplete" at best. You never even wanted to think about the worst.

But then I went to one of those "liebural" arts colleges that taught evolution as an accepted theory on par with gravity.

[pstokely]

16. Dancing is a bigger sin than cheating apparently

[IronLionZion]

24. My friend, gravity is a law. Sorry to nitpick! nt

[Taverner]

15. Not only that, but if another student sees you breaking a rule

They have to tell on you, or get punished with the same measure of punishment.

[Muttocracy]

21. great quote from their history page

https://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=6905

"Washington, D.C. is approximately four hours north of Lynchburg and offers outstanding opportunities to visit our nation’s capital."

Uh, yeah.

[FloridaJudy]

20. Do not click on that link if

You're running Firefox on Vista! My whole system froze, and I had to reboot.

I effin' hate Adobe! Even more than I hate Vista. Either that, or Falwell's heirs somehow figured out that a heathen computer was trying to access its information.

[IronLionZion]

22. Fundies need lots of rules, because they don't trust themselves to make the right decisions. nt

[baldguy]

23. No liberty at Liberty.

[pstokely]

29. They don't teach irony in homeskools

[baldguy]

31. Irony is th' Devil's Werk

[alphafemale]

26. They can have a gun in the dorm. But a Gun's & Roses CD is grounds for expulsion.

It does seem to be be making infants of young adults.

But Al Franken did a segment in one of his books on this. From what I remember he came out feeling bad for having mocked them. It is their choice to be there after all.

[Rob H.]

27. Controlling assholes

They want to control and punish student behavior on and off-campus. What's the point of being an adult and attending college if they're going to treat you like a six-year-old?

[pstokely]

30. If these students want these kind of rules, how do they survive after they graduate?

[bidenista]

28. prospectus photo

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LU students pay close attention to their morning lectures.

[baldguy]

32. But their Homecoming parades are fantastic.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

33. that school is not accredited either. right?

[pstokely]

36. yes it is, somehow

[CreekDog]

34. Makes BYU seem like Hippytown

:eyes:

[ashling]

35. How Dare you! These are God's Rules !!!

:rofl:

[texas1928]

37. Well, let's all go back to the 50's and go to the malt shoppe.

"AWW Jeez, Betty Sue smiled at me. :blush:

Think she will let me hold her hand?"

So make sure you have your nice knee length khaki shorts to wear after 4:30, and your button down oxfords. If you put pennies in your loafers make sure Lincolns head is pointing up.

What a bunch of anal jerks.

[pstokely]

38. They don't even allow hand holding

[texas1928]

39. I guess you better watch and not touch her petticoat either...

They will cut your hand off.