And obviously the floor leader used her positions power to sexually abuse you. Thank you for your comment! I do believe Cedarville gets a lot of things right, especially in the area of academics. No TEA???? Thats how many of those regulations mentioned in the synopsis I broke while attending the sixth college on this list. In America, people can express their opinions and say what they want. Dictatorial societies (from countries to colleges) always invoke claims of protecting people from themselves or the protecting the society, but are always first and foremost about preserving the power structure of an elite and repressing any who might challenge the dogma they use to maintain that control. I know Id want someone to visit me. Articles are submitted and written anonymously in order to protect the identities of students and non-students alike who could face backlash or punishment for expressing their viewpoints that differ in any way from Cedarville University. Furthermore, the views expressed in this article certainly do not represent those of Cedarville University. because These places really need to get it together, damn. DRESS AND APPEARANCE Our approach to standards for dress and appearance seeks to honor biblical principles of modesty as humility expressed in dress and to provide general guidelines appropriate for a Christ-centered educational institution. 1 Corinthians 8:8 argues, Food will not commend us to God. The Catholic Church, for example If you think that sheltering yourself in colleges such as these is a good way to prepare for the world, then youre absolutely wrong. In the most recent statistical year 5,223 prospective students applied, and 3,251 were granted admission . Welcome to Cedarville University, an exceptional Christian university in southwest Ohio. Cedarvilles prohibition of alcohol simply diversifies students tactics to engage in the habits they will inevitably choose to form. Welcome to a nation who makes each individual feel entitled to make his own god based on his opinion. I went to Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles and the school is laid back we can have alcohol on campus go to dance clubs if we want to,so I say this GO FUCK yourself you religious nuts, I attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles They dont have strict rules lie BJU which I think is a little extreme If I want to go to Dance Clubs or a bars I will Let them try to stop me because I will Tell to where to go and how to get there. Eliane There are some rules that I whish didn't exist, but I understand why they are inplace, so they don't bother me all that much. Since, as was noted in the introduction, it usually remains the students choice to partake of such environments, I dont think that we can disapprove of these schools on ethical or legal grounds. No they really dont. Reviewed: 9/28/2019. There are so many problems with this statement. When asked why not, her response is always that she lost a lot of her motivation and dedication for faith development because of the Asbury rules you were not allowed to grow up into responsible adulthood. What if that rule is not to be a legalistic, archaic kill-joy? She came from a wonderful Christian church in Atlanta with tremendous faith, knowledge, and ability. Sexual abuse and incest are very understandably considered a violation due to their illegality and penchant for psychological damage, but legal activities like abortion, premarital and extramarital sex (even within the confines of an open marriage), and homosexuality are held up as just as appalling. One of my professors at UK went to my church (Southern Hills in Lexington), another of my UK professors dedicated his life to improve conditions for the poor in South America. -Supporting or practicing religious beliefs in line with occult (This is not entirely true. Students are not permitted to attend parties where alcohol is being used in a manner that violates University standards. People have parties all the time. The student body is also expected to maintain a standard of modesty at all times while on campus. Church attendance is required once a week, but it is not monitored. This Florida institution takes its honor court very, very seriously going so far as to issue demerits for a number of completely legal offenses. While this article certainly peers into their doings from the perspective of an outsider, it admits that the real answers remain entirely subjective and highly nebulous. Openly homosexual students are allowed to attend classes, but they must commit themselves to the same standards of staunch chastity as their heterosexual peers. But some schools, most especially those affiliated with the evangelical Christian movement in the United States, raise a number of extremely difficult questions with their adherence to a highly restrictive code of values. Students are also prohibited from recreational drug use, misusing legally prescribed medications, or using synthetic street drugs or medical marijuana. Public displays of affection beyond handholding are highly discouraged, as is fraternizing with those of the opposite sex on co-ed camping trips. Degree: Allied Health. The university itself is also strongly anti-alcohol, arguing that consumption of alcohol is inconsistent with a Biblical lifestyle, even though Jesus drank wine and the Bible is filled with positive references to alcohol. No video games may possess an M rating, nor are students allowed to own movies above the PG-13 rating. Woah this blog is great i really like reading your posts. Perhaps they are harmless. 13:13; Rom. Here are private colleges that want to set They cant dance, cant gamble, and cant even lightly use alcohol or tobacco even if of legal age. And was to that if I wear modest clothing my tattoos should not be a problem. Mixed groups of males and females must agree to confer in the presence of a chaperone. 31:30). As for dancing it is entirely allowed. Any and all work must not interfere with weekday prayer sessions, either. Same reason why youre allowed to practice pretty much any religion and go here. But once again, if you believe in supporting them or neutral, they wont do anything to you or criticize you. I was there when the movie came out, and I remember some other students calling me unspiritual because I chose not to watch the movie with them. Women have to wear a dress or skirt and hose most of the time. Shorts, sweatpants, and pajama pants should not be worn to class or chapel. Nearly 70 percent of our undergraduates are under the legal drinking age. America as a whole is definitely not a good indicator of Gods standards as displayed in the nature of his Son and set forth in his commands. The college actually will accept you no matter whatever religion you are, even if you are atheist. Clothing should not have slogans that are inconsistent with University values. However, the rule only worked one way. Premarital sex is wrong,the bible clearly states so amongst other things. On a related note, outright banning things often just makes them more appealing. They understandably discourage illegal and discourteous behaviors such as excessive drunkenness, but generally harmless actions like possessing legal pornography, moderate drinking, disciplined gambling, dancing, sensuality, premarital sex, and homosexuality all remain condemned and held up as just as harmful to young, educated minds. 23:3135; Prov. Stay up the great paintings! Shoes should be worn in academic buildings, chapel, and the dining hall at all times. Theres a long thread on the forums at home-school.com about Pensacola Christian College by a former student who thinks its a cult, and its not accredited. Wow, the writer of this article is very intolerant. I know several students who attended these schools and went nuts due to teh strictness of the rules.alot of them transferred to Liberty. its not mans law they are concerned with, its, you know, His law.. Feb 25 (Sat) 3:00 PM. I would like if you can wright me. Leave your intelligent feedback down below or consider following CollegeTimes on Facebook or Twitter to stay updated or to get in touch! Some rules are ridiculous. they as adults need freedom to make own choices. Submit Maintenance Work Order. todays society are those who want to ban guns because they kill people, yet want to drink, smoke, and do whatever the hell they want because its there right. It is a choice for the student to go there, they arent forced. The biblical expectation of modesty is that the conduct of both men and women, which includes but is not limited to dress, serves to enhance rather than detract from the reputation of the Gospel (1 Tim. If your God did these things (and science shows Sodom was the victim of a meteor strike, not magic) that makes your God evil and you should be ashamed to be promoting evil and defending the murder of gay people. and the campus is primarily pro-life, yes. Other than in the residence halls, shirts should be worn everywhere on campus, including the Callan Athletic Center. Anyone caught in such a position faces discipline or dismissal. IT IS WRONG. Only God can do that. It will introduce you to our Cedarville Covenant and Community Guidelines, and it will include advice that will help you maximize your success as a university student. Tons of guys here have Call of Duty and Halo, Skyrim and Gears of War, heck, many have Mortal Kombat and Devil May Cry. God bless. If you dont stand for something youll fall for anything. Most are Christians, majority of them from teh south and alot of them are athletes. For example, skirts/dresses should fall mid-thigh, midriff and underwear should not show, leggings/tights should have a skirt, dress, or shirt over top that falls mid-thigh (except during exercise), and shirts should not be low-cut and should have modest straps. Adding onto my last post you must have been reading a 40 year old manual when you wrote this stuff about Asbury. Faith College Largo Florida. Wow. Will students at uber-Chritstian universities have this? Look it up. If you dont like it find somewhere else to go to college. Feb 25 (Sat) 5:00 PM. Popular majors include Nursing, Mechanical Engineering, and Early Childhood Education. their own standards, and this writer makes fun of them as hopelessly pathetic. So go ahead and get offended on the internet because someone you dont even know wrote down the rules of strict colleges and made snarky comments about them. Ballroom dancing? Cedarville ought to take this Biblical message to heart and change their policies to allow responsible use of alcohol. To be sure, the school was known more for its strict rules back in the 1980s than for its educational prowess, and those rules were sexist (women had to wear skirts) and ridiculous (movie theatres were banned but VCRs weren't). put a sock in it. After dusk, mixed groups are not allowed to fraternize without chaperones because having a group of friends including males and females alike is not normal psychosocial behavior it is improper and apparently leads to premarital sex and dancing and other alleged affronts to Jesus. everybody who reads this will be without excuse when they get o the Great White Throne judgment before God. Oddly left out are West Point Academy, Air Force Academy and other military schools. Access Gmail. I attended Asbury in the early 2000s, and I think some rules have changed since then. There is a fence with razor wire enclosing the entire campus. Therefore, students are encouraged to portray servant attitudes toward Christ and other people in their dress and appearance. 2 min read. Well I attended Pennsacola and BJU and frankly PCC was much better. I will be praying for you and I pray that God works in your life and makes you realize that saying nasty words about something is not going to take away the scars of what someone did to you, or the anger that results from it. No more needs to be said. All serious and dastardly crimes against the institution. Often parents make that choice, not the students. But honestly, the teachers and student body are just as lenient about the rule as they are in K-12 schools. Which brings up the question Why go there if you dont fit? Expressions of dance performed in a manner that honors God and promotes holiness are permitted. I often hang out in large groups without a chaperon at like 2am. A lot of the comments here seem to be objecting to what the author said by defending these schools. Of those admitted 972 enrolled in the . Sports is taken seriously and we do very well in the Div One level.Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow etcthese are outstanding Christian athletes/men and went to secular schoolsyou dont have to be christian and goto to a christian college to stay christian.some students like the positive atmosphere and some just like the locationeveryone has their own preference. If your radar is accurate, it will not take you long to bag a highly-repressed freak. However, his ultimate conclusion is that Christians must make decisions based on whether they will be further sanctified. I transferred to PCC my sophomore year and had a great floor leader. I got to Oral and they dont follow you around but they are strict, I have piercings and Ive been told to put clear retainers in during class and school events. BUT, they do not have any rules against you watching them on your own, or even on things like violent video games. right), rather than having anything go and reaping the consequences of debauchery, 5:1921; Eph. The point is, in my opinion, someone needs to establish guidelines for our youth. While some rules are debatable, yet this writer seems to think We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. Just like if we do a 270 double front flip on our jet ski, we are no better or worse off. Penalties may include fines and/or imprisonment. 3) If God destroyed a city because there were some gay people there, the takeaway shouldnt be that homosexuality is wrong, the takeaway should be that the Old Testament God is an evil monster who at best needs to be disobeyed and at worst needs to be destroyed. Getting drunk is still a sin. All colleges, whether religious or secular, conservative or liberal, have written codes of conduct for their students and faculty. If you give your kids a firm understanding of probability, they wont even *want* to gamble. It is for our own health and safety that these rules are in place: rules which we WILLINGLY submit to. Feel free to email me at [emailprotected]. Or would he rather you come to him of your own free will and respect him because you want to not because you have to. When you look at little children laughing, or animals playing, or men and women gathering together to talk and experience the presence of others, youre witnessing God at work. Lets see,,, marry a girl from a christian college who has conducted herself appropriately, has good manners, no baggage, no std`s, is modest and will make a good wife and mother. In addition, all freshmen with jobs must consent to being chaperoned by a prayer captain or one of their assistants or an upperclassman while working. You willingly agree to their rules when you come here and they arent a secret. Thanks for the timely reminder of how far weve come. They offer many different styles and levels of dance. D.A. I can tell from what you wrote, you were definitely enrolled at the wrong college. However, these organizations listed in this article are forcing students to live by ridiculously strict rules and I dont see how anyone can think this is the right way to live. A little bit of bleeding and discomfort is not the end of the world at PCC. Above all, we pray God would be honored by our deliberations and actions. They do not prepare you for the real world unless you want to work at and be totally immersed in a strict, judgmental and very dogmatic church for your whole life. They try to teach young adults how to dress in the business world when I went. The veritably Orwellian Florida Christian College combs through its students media collections, banning any books, movies, music, magazines, or video games it deems detrimental to Christianity. But do you know which degree is still highly valuable? Hey Amos, youve got a very urgent meeting with Dr. Wood tomorrow. The second problem is that Cedarville seems oblivious to the fact that the same thing has happened at Cedarville. No one is going to forbid interracial or homosexual relationships, no one is going to forbid occult religions, no one is going to forbid fornication, and you wont be able to handle that. Movies again, the handbook gave the wrong message. Here are two rules that are across the board on campus (that your RA will be giving you more detail about once you arrive on campus) . If you tell your kids what smoking does to their lungs, they wont even *want* to smoke. Please rethink your mission before writing on something destructive. I transferred to and a public univ and found it to be a great fit for me, realizing that everything along my journey (both good and bad) helped to make me stronger and teach me about life sono regrets. that these colleges should countenance clearly un-Biblical behaviors, Just food for thought. We all wore makeup, etc. Incidentally, the D.A.R.E. Alcohol is held up as equally detrimental as illegal substances regardless of whether or not a student partakes responsibly and remains at or above the drinking age and the University does not discriminate on whether or not consumption or possession takes place on- or off-campus, either. As Paul said, Be not drunk with wine, but we filled with the holy spirit. These risks include, but are not limited to, physical and mental dependency, damage to the heart and lungs, and, in some cases, death. In addition, anyone considering dating a classmate or other attendee must refrain from any sign of affection beyond handholding. Here are just four, from least to most problematic: 2:1317; 1 Pet. Free thinkers, thanks! Use of food and drink is listed by Paul in a discussion of disputable matters. We are advised to be careful not to place stumbling blocks in a brothers way. The only strict rule they have is drinking and they wont kick you out if they find out you drank. They are private institutions and can set their own policies. In fact, Amos 9:14 says, I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.. Most of the punishment is reserved for any involving impropriety, however. Also, the writer makes it sound as if the faculty of these schools were placing the students under arbitrary rules that go beyond reason. DO you know what these strict colleges are invoking by making these kinds of religious standards? Official MBA partner of The Economist. Use of alcohol was simply pushed underground out of regulatory bounds and resulted in the creation of a black market. Any interaction with alcohol, innocent or not, may result in dismissal. So next time you see a bud light in a gas stationrun for your life. According to a blog post made last November by the school president Dr. Thomas White, and referring to Philippians 4:8 (which honors "whatever is pure"), Cedarville will soon institute a new. They claimed to preach the message of God, but in his hour of need, while he struggled with substance abuse and depression, they kicked him out of the school. I go to Oral Roberts University. Students are not allowed to use, purchase, share, or possess alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, or any illegal drug on or off campus. What if the rule was actually because the majority of other schools have Title IX sexual assault cases involving the influence of alcohol? And its true men may not wear makeup. INVOLUNTARY ADMINISTRATIVE WITHDRAWAL This is a special, non-disciplinary process used when a student appears to pose a significant risk to self or to others, or when that students behavior infringes on the rights or educational process of others. You should research before you post something. Being used to overbearing, micro-managing or fear-based parenting, it is difficult for many kids to realize at that young age that they are actually capable of making their own decisions! There are as many answers as there are people to consider the questions, because the world exists in shades of grey. By the time we were ready to graduate and go to college, that important decision, like most others, had either already been made for us or pushed so strongly onto us that we felt there were no other options. We should not drink alcohol around underage students or those who struggle with alcoholism. Forgery, providing incomplete or misleading information, scanning and not attending chapel, or misuse of your student ID card are examples of dishonesty that will result in discipline. Possessing legal pornography, light to moderate drinking (even non-alcoholic versions of beer or cocktails), gambling, premarital or extramarital sex (regardless of whether or not the latter take place within an open relationship), dressing immodestly, supporting or practicing religious beliefs in line with the occult (with the lines of what constitutes such practices never explicitly stated), using profanity, tobacco, engaging in or supporting homosexuality, and having or supporting abortions are also very much in violation of the schools strict moral guidelines. Your moral compass seems to be spinning. Please reply, This is not a comment, but a request. My e-mail address is You should consider Faulkner Univsersity for one of these top 10. I Attended LMU in Los Angeles we do to have strict rules about clothes we can wear pants So nyah nyah yah. She told me that I was uncapable of loving because i had not experienced Gods Love. How rude of her to think she knows my life and that I had not experienced Gods love! If an institution dedicated to the service of Christ becomes abhorred by those who dont serve Christ, this might suggest that it is doing something right not always, just sometimes. Cedarville's policy on alcohol is simply another notch in the post of treating students like children rather than adults. I attended Asbury for four years, the handbook is terribly written, but the rules are not as strict as they are presented here. Students hoping to visit any friends of the opposite sex must receive permission from their families and keep it on file with the school as well.. Some people feel safer if there isnt a lot of drinking and other rowdiness going on. they are legal. But premarital sex, homosexuality, aligning oneself with occult religions (though the handbook never actually specifies which belief systems they consider occult), using expletives, tobacco possession or use, dancing, and working at any establishment that encourages or involves any such things apparently constitute impropriety and stand as offenses worthy of expulsion. Look at the corrupt Catholic Church, and look at how many pastors are child molesters. You might want to take a closer look at everything that was going on at the time. You are loved. My mothers beliefs were disliked, so when I became an orphan I was put into foster care by my family and forbidden to speak with my cousins or brother; I was a gateway for satan to taint them.. at 12 years old. Allowing dancing at any school-related function on or off campus is strictly prohibited, though students are allowed to bust a few chaste, pre-approved moves at weddings, military balls, graduation exercises, church, and family occasions provided they refrain from attending clubs, bars, or parties that allegedly lead to temptation no matter what.
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