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border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>There is no such thing as an undignified path to a <a href="/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a> degree… unless of course you got that degree from Bob Jones University</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—King Crocoduck<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bob Jones University</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Fundie_school" title="Fundie school">fundie school</a> located in Greenville, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>. It was founded by <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a> evangelist Bob Jones, Sr. and is now led by former evangelist Steve Pettit, the first president of the college not in the Jones family.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> The institution is infamous for taking the most extreme <a href="/wiki/Fundamentalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Fundamentalist">fundamentalist</a> positions imaginable. It finally entered the 20<sup>th</sup> century, just as the 21<sup>st</sup> century was beginning, by dropping its ban on interracial dating in 2000 and seeking and gaining <a href="/wiki/Accreditation" class="mw-redirect" title="Accreditation">accreditation</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Transnational_Association_of_Christian_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools">Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools</a> in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> In 2017, BJU gained regional accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> </p><p>Until 2005, Bob Jones University held the position that accreditation was a compromise with the sinful world of academia. As such, the university was an unaccredited one for most of its history, in effect conferring degrees that might as well have come from a <a href="/wiki/Diploma_mill" title="Diploma mill">diploma mill</a>. While BJU was unaccredited for most of its existence, credits easily transferred to Clemson University (which is regionally accredited and has excellent graduate programs). Credit transfer to Clemson was so common that many of the staff who got their undergraduate degrees from BJU earned Masters and Doctoral degrees from Clemson. </p><p>BJU's most infamous student was the late <a href="/wiki/Fred_Phelps" title="Fred Phelps">Fred Phelps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Intergender_Relations"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Intergender Relations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Electronics.2C_entertainment.2C_and_communications"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Electronics, entertainment, and communications</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Music"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Music</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Audiovisual_media"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Audiovisual media</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Homophobia"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Homophobia</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Handling_of_sex_abuse"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Handling of sex abuse</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Academics"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Academics</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#.22Science.22_Programs"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">"Science" Programs</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Other_programs"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Other programs</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Questionable_Qualifications"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Questionable Qualifications</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Bob_Jones_Academy"><span class="tocnumber">6.4</span> <span class="toctext">Bob Jones Academy</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Excerpts_from_Student_Handbook"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Excerpts from Student Handbook</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#BJU_Press"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">BJU Press</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Down in Carolina way<br />Lived a man named a big B.J.<br />B.J. went and got a school<br />Founded on Caucasian rule<br />Bumper sticker on his Ford<br />Says "Honkies if you love the Lord"</div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The university's history of <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a> is well known. They refused to admit black students until 1971, and from 1971 to 1975 they only admitted married black couples but not unmarried students. When they finally began admitting single black students in 1975, they coupled it with a ban on <a href="/wiki/Miscegenation" title="Miscegenation">interracial dating</a>, finally dropped in 2000. Their policies also cost them a whole lot of money after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jones_University_v._United_States" class="extiw" title="wp:Bob Jones University v. United States" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Bob Jones University v. United States">1983 SCOTUS ruling</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> upheld the right of the IRS to revoke their <a href="/wiki/Tax-exempt" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax-exempt">tax-exempt</a> status.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> </p><p>They remain about a century behind the times, which for them is an improvement. Students are banned from dancing, going to movie theaters, watching television, having DVD players in the dorms, surfing the Internet without filters, and listening to any kind of unapproved music (including jazz, country-western, and <a href="/wiki/Christian_Rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Rock">Christian Rock</a>). Anything displaying the Abercrombie & Fitch brand is also banned because they "have shown an unusual degree of antagonism to the name of Christ and an unusual display of wickedness in their promotions," or in other words, their catalogues showed pictures of <a href="/wiki/Nudity" title="Nudity">naked people</a>! </p><p>The BJU "science" department promotes <a href="/wiki/Young_earth_creationism" class="mw-redirect" title="Young earth creationism">young earth creationism</a> exclusively.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> The university does not have a real <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a> program. Can't let geological facts get in the way now, can we? </p><p><a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a> infiltrated Bob Jones University while researching <i>Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them</i> by pretending to be a family friend of a prospective student who was a Christian, while making it clear he is <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> and noting their uncomfortable er-um-er-WTF reaction. Many BJU students recognized him from <i>Saturday Night Live</i> — odd, given they are supposedly banned from watching television — although the faculty didn't. </p><p>In the Coen Brothers' 2004 remake of <i>The Ladykillers</i>, the fiercely religious <a href="/wiki/African_American" title="African American">African American</a> landlady, having unknowingly avoided assassination and unexpectedly come into possession of a large quantity of stolen casino money, decides to donate all of the cash to Bob Jones University. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Intergender_Relations">Intergender Relations</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Intergender Relations">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>It is utterly untrue<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> that the sidewalks are LITERALLY painted pink and blue, as BJU's recruitment material for teens makes very clear. Rather, you're supposed to memorize from a map which public outdoor areas you are prohibited from by virtue of gender. It is also untrue that no dating is allowed whatsoever. There is good clean fun to be had at "couples' days" where young men and women are allowed to mingle under the watchful eyes of <s><a href="/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale" title="The Handmaid's Tale">Aunts</a></s> <s>eunuchs</s> chaperones in designated community areas. Since sexual tensions are the strongest forces in the universe, BJU forbids the extended touching of a member of the other sex (who is not currently married to you). Other rules include having a chaperone present on any intersex group trips off campus. A 9pm curfew for off-campus trips is also strictly enforced. </p><p>The requirement for young ladies to cover their hair in a biblical fashion was lifted in the early nineties when they realized that church hats actually look really pimpin' and hence are evil. Women are still required to wear dresses that fall below the knees, and denim pants for either sex are generally frowned upon.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9">[9]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:p.28</sup> </p> <h2><span id="Electronics,_entertainment,_and_communications"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Electronics.2C_entertainment.2C_and_communications">Electronics, entertainment, and communications</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Electronics, entertainment, and communications">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Music">Music</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Music">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>BJU has a strict music philosophy, clearly stated in its student handbook. It states that one's musical taste is to be "intentionally conservative in style and are to avoid the markers of our current corrupt culture", and categorically prohibits "rock, pop, jazz, country, rap and hip-hop," <a href="/wiki/Christian_rock" title="Christian rock">even the crappy Christian kinds</a>. </p><p>This ban on modern music, and exaltation of classical and sacred Western music, isn't just for the music department; it "is a biblical boundary, and as such applies to personal listening," including in video games. Students are not allowed to bring modern music recordings or paraphernalia on campus, nor are they allowed to stream such music. </p><p>It even describes this rule as helpful for a student's "maturing" – as if a mature person can't enjoy a little metal or '90s techno in the background. "An important part of maturing as a believer is establishing personal values and boundaries that are in alignment with Scripture, that promote spiritual growth and holiness and that are within the boundaries of your own conscience" – yet you are essentially asked to disregard your own conscience. "Further, maturing necessitates a sensitivity to those around us and their personal spiritual growth and conscience" – as if being an insecure person with a lot to prove were a marker of a maturity. </p><p>Additionally, while dancing isn't categorically prohibited, most modern freestyle dances are prohibited, no matter how vaguely provocative or innocent. Don't expect to do the YMCA with impunity.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> </p><p>The digital handbook also provides a link to a PDF manifesto titled "Music and the Image Bearer: A Philosophy of Musical Stewardship for BJU". <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> </p><p>The school prides itself on its musical snob-, I mean, excellence, and all undergraduate students are required to attend their Concert & Opera Series.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Audiovisual_media">Audiovisual media</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Audiovisual media">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Students are not allowed to view live TV or movies on campus, and in their homes they may only view G rated movies (or PG with a counselor). They <i>are</i> allowed to own TV's for video gaming purposes, but the games can't be rated higher than E10, and the games cannot contain any gore, violence, or (God forbid) rock music.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9">[9]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:p.27</sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Homophobia">Homophobia</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Homophobia">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div role="note" class="hatnote">See the main article on this topic: <a href="/wiki/Homophobia" title="Homophobia">Homophobia</a></div> <p>Bob Jones University is so antigay that a support group, BJUnity, recently formed for students who came out after graduation. Its members demand the university apologize for a 1980 comment made by then-president and current chancellor Bob Jones III that “it would solve the problem posthaste if homosexuals were stoned.”<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup> In 2015, he finally apologized for that remark, even as he visited the White House to protest extending the Civil Rights act to homosexuals.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Handling_of_sex_abuse">Handling of sex abuse</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Handling of sex abuse">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Many students tried to get counseling over sex abuse that happened before they entered the university. These students typically were members of <a href="/wiki/Fundamentalist_Christianity" title="Fundamentalist Christianity">Christian fundamentalist</a> communities and abusers were part of the same social group. The university typically <a href="/wiki/Blaming_the_victim" title="Blaming the victim">accused the victims of lying and sinning</a>. </p><p>One former student stated a counselor told her that reporting the abuser to the police would harm <i>"the cause of Christ"</i>. The counselor said the victim was responsible for the abuse, and told her to forgive the abuser.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup> </p><p>In an attempt to stave off criticism, the university hired GRACE (<b>G</b>odly <b>R</b>esponse to <b>A</b>buse in the <b>C</b>hristian <b>E</b>nvironment) to study their response. GRACE, however, <a href="/wiki/Irony" title="Irony">blasted them</a>, and specifically called out former president (and the founder's grandson) Bob Jones III, saying: </p> <blockquote class="letter" style="width:auto; background:#f8f8ff; border:1px solid #C9C9CF;"> <p>Dr. Jones, III has also repeatedly demonstrated a significant lack of understanding regarding the many painful dynamics associated with sexual abuse ... Due to the central role Dr. Jones, III played in the many issues outlined within this report, it is recommended that the university impose personnel action upon Dr. Jones, III.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Academics">Academics</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Academics">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span id=""Science"_Programs"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".22Science.22_Programs">"Science" Programs</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: "Science" Programs">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>BJU offers Bachelor's "degrees" in Biology (including Molecular Biology and Biochemistry), Chemistry, and Physics. The degree programs include <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> studies alongside any actual science, and <a href="/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism" title="Young Earth creationism">Young Earth creationism</a> is part of the curriculum. They claim that the Creation Research Society is a professional science organization. According to the BJU website: </p> <blockquote class="letter" style="width:auto; background:#f8f8ff; border:1px solid #C9C9CF;"> <p>Studying God’s creation is a part of loving God with all your mind. Biologists are confronted daily with evidence of God’s creative genius. And being a Christian biologist, in particular, requires excellence in understanding and applying the principles of biology combined with a distinctly biblical perspective on science.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_programs">Other programs</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other programs">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>In terms of other certificate and degree programs, they slap the words and phrases "Christian", "Christ-Centered", or "From a Biblical Perspective" in front of every type of occupation. For example, in their Bachelor of Science degree in English Education, </p> <blockquote class="letter" style="width:auto; background:#f8f8ff; border:1px solid #C9C9CF;"> <p>Following Jesus Christ is what really matters. And at Bob Jones University, we’re committed to preparing you to become an effective teacher as you follow the Master Teacher. The English education program at BJU will prepare you to be an effective, innovative and Christ-centered educator, whether you teach in a public, private or Christian school.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>All programs have this type of wording — and these programs are supposed to prep people for the work force. Recent graduates are not only trained for professional work, but they are also trained to <a href="/wiki/Evangelism" title="Evangelism">convert co-workers</a> to <s>the one true religion</s> Christianity! Still don't believe us? The Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Mass Communication will, as they put it: </p> <blockquote class="letter" style="width:auto; background:#f8f8ff; border:1px solid #C9C9CF;"> <p>Ultimately the journalism and mass communication program will provide a strong media education based on a biblical worldview that will prepare you for the work God has for you.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Questionable_Qualifications">Questionable Qualifications</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Questionable Qualifications">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>The faculty seem to have very questionable qualifications. Many of the staff hold their undergraduate and graduate degrees from Bob Jones University itself. While it is very common for a school to hire its own graduates, the problem is the people who got their degrees from BJU earned them while the university was unaccredited. An example of this is most of the seminary faculty have their Bachelors through Ph.D's (or Doctor of Ministry degrees for a few of the staff) from Bob Jones University.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup> One ministry department faculty member has a Master of Theology degree from Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, an unaccredited seminary in Michigan.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></sup> A culinary arts "instructor" only has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible Studies from Bob Jones University.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Bob_Jones_Academy">Bob Jones Academy</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Bob Jones Academy">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>BJU has set up an elementary/middle/high school in South Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></sup> It maintains an active speech and debate team,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></sup> which may or may not feed students to the notable <a href="/wiki/Fundy" class="mw-redirect" title="Fundy">fundy</a> college debate programs at <a href="/wiki/Liberty_University" title="Liberty University">Liberty University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Henry_College" title="Patrick Henry College">Patrick Henry College</a>. Creationism is heavily integrated into the curriculum. Requirements for admissions include two letters of recommendation from a church and a family interview. While seemingly as strict as the university, BJA's students have a relatively easier time bypassing the rules. The BJA logo is displayed on tiles in the floor throughout the high school. If one steps on the logo, accidental or otherwise, the individual will have to get down on their knees and scrub the logo with a toothbrush, as is BJA tradition. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Excerpts_from_Student_Handbook">Excerpts from Student Handbook</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Excerpts from Student Handbook">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The BJU student handbook<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9">[9]</a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Fundamentalist_Christianity" title="Fundamentalist Christianity">fun</a> read. Only upperclassmen are permitted to have facial hair, but it must not be grown while on campus.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9">[9]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:p.31</sup> Multiple paragraphs are written decrying the evil of music and movies.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9">[9]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:p.25</sup> BJU dictates student behavior while on campus, at home, or at work (i.e. at all times). There are stipulations about whom students can live with while off campus (a relative over 23 of the same gender).<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9">[9]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:p.35</sup> Students are not to marry before the age of 20 or during a semester <del>but are encouraged to marry as soon as possible after turning 20.</del><sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9">[9]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:p.37</sup> Women's shorts must not be higher than 2 inches above the knee.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9">[9]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:p.29</sup> BJU is infamously known for handing out demerits for infractions such not attending chapel the mandatory five times per week.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9">[9]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:p.41</sup> If enough demerits are acquired, students may be <del>further extorted</del> fined or <del>freed</del> expelled. In "executing its disciplinary system as a private educational institution," BJU claims they may inspect rooms, phones, computers, and email accounts at any time <del>for any reason</del> "if deemed necessary."<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9">[9]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:p.46</sup> In reality, this works because students feel like they can't object and therefore consent to the search, making it barely legal. Appendix A and B are the <a href="/wiki/PRATT" class="mw-redirect" title="PRATT">classic arguments</a> against abortion and transgender people, and appendix C is an essay in opposition of such things as homosexuality, "erotic realism," and "false philosophical or religious assumptions—the most dangerous, yet the most overlooked, of all objectionable elements."<sup id="cite_ref-handbook_9-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook-9">[9]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:p.62</sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="BJU_Press">BJU Press</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: BJU Press">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>BJU Press was purportedly the largest source of <a href="/wiki/Homeschooling" title="Homeschooling">homeschooling</a> textbooks in the US by 1996,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></sup> and purportedly the largest publisher in <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> by 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education" title="Brown v. Board of Education">Brown v. Board of Education</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coit_v._Green" title="Coit v. Green">Coit v. Green</a></i></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/John_Birch_Society" title="John Birch Society">John Birch Society</a> had ties to BJU<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></sup><sup class="reference" style="white-space:nowrap;">:219</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_University" title="Liberty University">Liberty University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensacola_Christian_College" title="Pensacola Christian College">Pensacola Christian College</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bju.edu">Bob Jones University</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bobjonesacademy.net/">Bob Jones Academy</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_University&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8q500rYo4">So You Want a Degree in Physics</a>. King Crocoduck on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>, 13 April 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/09/bob-jones-university-president/8898039/">"New head of Bob Jones University is not a Jones,"</a> <i>USA Today</i>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tracs.org/TRACS_Members_all.html">List of institutions accredited by TRACS</a>. track.org. Retrieved on 13 September 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bju.edu/academics/accreditation.php">Accreditation</a> at Bob Jones University.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/profiles/fred-phelps">Fred Phelps</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0461_0574_ZS.html">http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0461_0574_ZS.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bju.edu/academics/college-and-schools/arts-and-science/natural-science/creation/">BJU and Creation</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.troyandjessica.com/bob-jones-university-urban-legends.html">http://www.troyandjessica.com/bob-jones-university-urban-legends.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-handbook-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-handbook_9-0">9.00</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-handbook_9-1">9.01</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-handbook_9-2">9.02</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-handbook_9-3">9.03</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-handbook_9-4">9.04</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-handbook_9-5">9.05</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-handbook_9-6">9.06</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-handbook_9-7">9.07</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-handbook_9-8">9.08</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-handbook_9-9">9.09</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-handbook_9-10">9.10</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf">http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://studenthandbook.bju.edu/#38003">https://studenthandbook.bju.edu/#38003</a>,</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-11">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.bju.edu/about/music.pdf">https://www.bju.edu/about/music.pdf</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://blogs.bju.edu/dsc/concert-opera-drama-series/attendance-expectations/">http://blogs.bju.edu/dsc/concert-opera-drama-series/attendance-expectations/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/advocate-45/2012/08/21/45-biggest-homophobes-our-45-years?page=full">http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/advocate-45/2012/08/21/45-biggest-homophobes-our-45-years?page=full</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-14">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.wltx.com/story/news/2015/03/21/bob-jones-iii-apologizes-for-anti-gay-comments-from-1980/25142213/">http://www.wltx.com/story/news/2015/03/21/bob-jones-iii-apologizes-for-anti-gay-comments-from-1980/25142213/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-15">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/education/christian-school-faulted-for-halting-abuse-study.html?_r=1">Christian School Faulted for Halting Abuse Study</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-16">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lyn Riddle, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.is/d2DqB">Bob Jones University Sex Abuse Report Released</a>. Archived from wtlx.com, 11 December 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bju.edu/academics/programs/biology/">Biology</a> at Bob Jones University.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-18">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bju.edu/academics/programs/english-education/">English Education</a> at Bob Jones University. Their teachers can get state licensed.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-19">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bju.edu/academics/programs/journalism-and-mass-communication/">Journalism and Mass Communication</a> at Bob Jones University.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ten of the sixteen faculty members listed at the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bju.edu/academics/college-and-schools/seminary/faculty/">Seminary Faculty</a> page at Bob Jones University received all of their degrees from BJU. Retrieved on 14 May 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bju.edu/academics/faculty/facultymember.php?id=pjohnson">Pearson Johnson</a>'s faculty page at Bob Jones University.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bju.edu/academics/faculty/facultymember.php?id=dmiller">David Miller</a>'s faculty page at Bob Jones University.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-23">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.bobjonesacademy.net/">http://www.bobjonesacademy.net/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-24">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.bobjonesacademy.net/2014/01/16/students-place-in-speech-and-debate-tournaments/">http://www.bobjonesacademy.net/2014/01/16/students-place-in-speech-and-debate-tournaments/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-25">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Deb Richardson-Moore, "BJU Press Has Quietly Risen to Top in Homeschool Publications," <i>Greenville News</i>, 26 May 1996.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-26">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jenny Moore, "Greenville Benefits from BJU in Economic, Social Areas," <i>Greenville News</i>, 20 September 2006, 9A.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-27">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right</i> by Matthew Dallek (2023) Basic Books. 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