Editing Bob Jones University (section)

==Student life==

===Religious atmosphere===
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"I believe in the [[Biblical inspiration|inspiration of the Bible]] (both the [[Old Testament|Old]] and the [[New Testament]]s); the [[Creationism|creation]] of man by the direct act of [[God in Christianity|God]]; the [[Incarnation (Christianity)|incarnation]] and [[Virgin birth of Jesus|virgin birth]] of [[Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament|our Lord and Saviour]], [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]]; His identification as the [[Son of God (Christianity)|Son of God]]; His [[Substitutionary atonement|vicarious atonement]] for the [[sin]]s of mankind by the shedding of His blood on the cross; the [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrection]] of His body from the tomb; [[Salvation in Christianity|His power to save men from sin]]; the [[Born again|new birth]] through the [[Regeneration (theology)|regeneration]] by the [[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Spirit]]; and the gift of [[Eternal life (Christianity)|eternal life]] by the [[Grace in Christianity|grace]] of God."
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Religion is a major aspect of life and curriculum at BJU. The BJU Creed, written in 1927 by journalist and prohibitionist [[Samuel W. Small|Sam Small]], is recited by students and faculty four days a week at chapel services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bju.edu/about-bju/creed.php|title=What We Believe|work=Bob Jones University|access-date=June 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917140508/http://www.bju.edu/about-bju/creed.php|archive-date=September 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The university also encourages [[church planting]] in areas of the United States "in great need of fundamental churches", and it has provided financial and logistical assistance to ministerial graduates in starting more than a hundred new churches.<ref>[http://www.bju.edu/communities/ministries-schools/church-planting/ BJU website on church planting] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928122650/http://www.bju.edu/communities/ministries-schools/church-planting/ |date=September 28, 2012 }}</ref> Bob Jones III has also encouraged non-ministerial students to put their career plans on hold for two or three years to provide lay leadership for small churches.<ref>{{cite book|last=Turner|first=Daniel|title=Standing Without Apology: The History of Bob Jones University|pages=270–271}}</ref> Students of various majors participate in Missions Advance (formerly Mission Prayer Band), an organization that prays for missionaries and attempts to stimulate campus interest in world evangelism.<ref name="studentlife">[http://www.bju.edu/campus/life/orgs.html BJU Student Life]; ''Collegian'', 24 (February 4, 2011), 1. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119213822/http://www.bju.edu/campus/life/orgs.html |date=January 19, 2009 }}</ref> During summers and Christmas breaks, about 150 students participate in teams that promote Christian missions around the world.<ref name="Eternity 2008"/> Although a separate nonprofit corporation, Gospel Fellowship Association, an organization founded by Bob Jones Sr. and associated with BJU, is one of the largest fundamentalist mission boards in the country.<ref>[http://www.gfamissions.org/ GFA Missions website][http://www.bju.edu/about-bju/additional-ministries.php BJU website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920065837/http://www.bju.edu/about-bju/additional-ministries.php |date=September 20, 2012 }}. BJU's website calls it an "additional ministry".</ref> Through its "Timothy Fund", the university also sponsors international students who are training for the ministry.<ref>[http://www.bju.edu/giving/students.html BJU website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215042018/http://www.bju.edu/giving/students.html |date=February 15, 2009 }}; "Timothy program offers foreign students Bible training", [http://www.bju.edu/collegian/index.php?issue=70&article=679 ''Collegian'', April 12, 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215042018/http://www.bju.edu/giving/students.html |date=February 15, 2009 }}     .</ref>

The university requires the use of the [[King James Version]] (KJV) of the Bible in its services and classrooms, but it does not hold that the KJV is the only acceptable English translation or that it has the same authority as the original Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.<ref name="turner244">{{cite book|last=Turner|first=Daniel|title=Standing Without Apology: The History of Bob Jones University|pages=244–245}} [http://www.bju.edu/communities/ministries-schools/position-statements/translation.php "Statement about Bible Translations", BJU website]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020142718/http://www.bju.edu/communities/ministries-schools/position-statements/translation.php |date=October 20, 2012 }}</ref> The university's position has been criticized by some other fundamentalists, including fellow conservative university [[Pensacola Christian College]], which in 1998 produced a widely distributed videotape which argued that this "defiling leaven in fundamentalism" was passed from the 19th-century Princeton theologian [[Benjamin B. Warfield]] through Charles Brokenshire to current BJU faculty members and graduates.<ref>[http://www.troyandjessica.com/node/20 Documents on the BJU-Pensacola controversy archived on a private website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021133031/http://troyandjessica.com/node/20 |date=2007-10-21 }}.</ref><ref name="Turner 244">{{cite book|last=Turner|first=Daniel|title=Standing Without Apology: The History of Bob Jones University|page=244}}</ref>

===Rules of conduct===
Strict rules govern student life at BJU.<ref name=Handbook>[http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf Student Handbook (pdf)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712022601/http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf |date=2015-07-12 }} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120504235242/http://www.bju.edu/student-life/2011-student-handbook.pdf Archive])</ref> The 2015–16 Student Handbook states, "Students are to avoid any types of entertainment that could be considered immodest or that contain profanity, scatological realism, sexual perversion, erotic realism, lurid violence, occultism and false philosophical or religious assumptions." Grounds for immediate dismissal include stealing, immorality (including sex between unmarried students), possession of hard-core pornography, use of alcohol or drugs, and participating in a public demonstration for a cause the university opposes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf|title=BJU Student Handbook, 2014–15, 33,52.|website=bju.edu|access-date=2015-06-26|archive-date=2015-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712022601/http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similar "moral failures" are grounds for terminating the employment of faculty and staff. In 1998, a homosexual alumnus was threatened with arrest if he visited the campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ctlibrary.com/1504|title=In Brief |work=Christianity Today magazine |access-date=June 14, 2015|archive-date=June 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627071110/http://www.ctlibrary.com/1504|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Men are allowed to wear polo shirts or dress shirts on weekdays until 17:00. Effective in 2018, women are no longer required to wear skirts or dresses and can now wear pants. They are also required to attend chapel three days a week, as well as at least two services per week at an approved "local fundamental church".<ref name=Handbook/>

Other rules are not based on a specific biblical passage. For instance, the Handbook notes that "there is no specific Bible command that says, 'Thou shalt not be late to class', but a student who wishes to display orderliness and concern for others will not come in late to the distraction of the teacher and other students."<ref>''BJU Day Student Handbook'', 2007–08, 7.</ref> In 2008 a campus spokesperson said that one goal of the dress code was "to teach our young people to dress professionally" on campus while giving them "the ability to...choose within the biblically accepted options of dress" when they were off campus.<ref>"BJU Changes Dress Code", ''Greenville Journal'', May 2, 2008, 18.</ref>

Additional rules include requiring resident hall students to abide by a campus curfew of 11:00 pm on class days and 12:00 am on weekends.<ref>[http://www.bju.edu/become-a-student/accepted-students/expectations/residence.php "Student Expectations", BJU website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125043737/http://www.bju.edu/become-a-student/accepted-students/expectations/residence.php |date=January 25, 2012 }}</ref> Students are requested to only watch movies rated G or PG during their time enrolled. Students are also requested not to listen to popular contemporary music.<ref>[http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf BJU Student Handbook, 2014–15, 34–35.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712022601/http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf |date=2015-07-12 }}: "The following music conflicts with our mission and is therefore excluded from performance, personal listening on and off campus, or use in student organizations, societies, student productions or social media: Any music which, in whole or in part, derives from the following broadly defined genres or their subgenres: Rock, Pop, Country, Jazz, Electronic/Techno, Rap/Hip Hop or the fusion of any of these genres [or any] music in which Christian lyrics or biblical texts are set to music which is, in whole or in part, derived from any of these genres or their subgenres.</ref> Male students and graduate students may have facial hair that is neatly trimmed and well maintained at approximately ½ inch or less.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf|title=BJU Student Handbook, 2015–16, 34.|website=bju.edu|access-date=2015-06-26|archive-date=2015-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712022601/http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Women are expected to dress modestly and wear business casual style clothing to class and religious services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf|title=BJU Student Handbook, 2014–15, 38–40.|website=bju.edu|access-date=2015-06-26|archive-date=2015-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712022601/http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/student-handbook.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Extracurriculars===
[[File:DavisFieldHouse.JPG|thumb|Davis Field House]]

After BJU abandoned intercollegiate sports in 1933,<ref>{{cite book|last=Turner|first=Daniel|title=Standing Without Apology: The History of Bob Jones University|page=41}}</ref> its intramural sports program included competition in [[soccer]], [[basketball]], [[softball]], [[volleyball]], [[tennis]], [[badminton]], [[flag football]], [[table tennis]], [[racquetball]], and [[water polo]]. The university also competed in intercollegiate [[debate]] within the [[National Educational Debate Association]], in intercollegiate [[mock trial]] and [[computer science]] competitions, and participated at South Carolina Student Legislature.<ref>BJU Catalog (2008–09), 323–27; [http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/NEWS01/80424091/-1/YOURUPSTATE "BJU debate team wins national award"]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''Greenville News'', April 25, 2008. The BJU debate team "received NEDA's President's Award three years in a row in recognition of the school's outstanding debate program". "Investing in Lives for Eternity", BJU Advancement brochure (2008), 6, Bob Jones University Archives, Mack Library.</ref> In 2012, BJU joined Division I of [[National Christian College Athletic Association]] (NCCAA) and in 2014 participated in intercollegiate soccer, basketball, cross-country, and golf.<ref>[http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20111206/SPORTS/312060019/Bob-Jones-University-ready-establish-athletics-program?odyssey=nav%7Chead ''Greenville News'', December 6, 2011]{{dead link|date=March 2015}}.</ref> The teams are known as the Bruins.

The university requires all unmarried incoming first-year students under 23 to join one of 45 "societies".<ref>''BJU Catalog, 2011–12'', 243.</ref> Societies meet most Fridays for entertainment and fellowship and hold weekly prayer meetings. Societies compete with one another in intramural sports, debate, and Scholastic Bowl.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/societies/ |title=Societies &#124; Bob Jones University |access-date=December 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224103808/http://www.bju.edu/life-faith/societies/ |archive-date=December 24, 2015 }}</ref>  The university also has a student-staffed newspaper (''The Collegian''),<ref>[http://www.bju.edu/collegian/ The Collegian Online] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060511184818/http://www.bju.edu/collegian/ |date=May 11, 2006 }}</ref> and yearbook (''Vintage'').<ref name="BJU Catalog, 2011–12, 244">''BJU Catalog, 2011–12'', 244.</ref>

[[File: Bob Jones University Fountains.png|thumb|right|Location of the world record for most carolers]]
Early in December, thousands of students, faculty, and visitors gather around the front campus fountain for an annual Christmas carol singing and lighting ceremony, illuminating tens of thousands of Christmas lights.<ref>Jeanne Petrizzo, [http://www.bju.edu/collegian/index.php?issue=84&article=833 "Nearly 100,000 lights to illuminate campus"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527152841/http://www.bju.edu/collegian/index.php?issue=84&article=833 |date=May 27, 2010 }} ''Collegian'' article</ref> On December 3, 2004, the ceremony broke the [[Guinness Book of Records|Guinness World Record]] for [[Christmas carol]]ing with 7,514 carolers.<ref>[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=58128 Guinness World Records] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216212809/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=58128 |date=December 16, 2014 }}. In November 2007, BJU also broke a previous record (set a year earlier in [[Rochester, New York]]) for the largest [[kazoo]] ensemble. That year during the annual Turkey Bowl game in [[Alumni Stadium (BJU)|Alumni Stadium]], 3,800 students, staff, and visitors played kazoos as part of the halftime entertainment. [http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008307250010 "BJU enters Guinness Book for second time"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216212809/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=58128 |date=2014-12-16 }}  , ''Greenville News'', July 25, 2008.</ref>

Before 2015, the university required students and faculty to attend a six-day Bible Conference instead of a traditional Spring Break.<ref>BJU Catalog, 2007–08, 320–21.</ref> However, the university announced that beginning in 2016, it would hold the Bible Conference in February and give students a week of Spring Break in March.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bju.edu/events/calendar/year-overview.php|title=Year Overview|website=Bob Jones University}}</ref> The Conference typically attracts fundamentalist preachers and laypeople from around the country, and some BJU class reunions are held during the week.<ref>BJU Catalog, 2007–08, 326, 329.</ref>