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Campuses set the rules on student initiation rites.

Katelyn Beaty | posted 10/17/2008 04:35PM

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"If you have to read the list [to see if the activity is banned], then probably it isn't Christlike," says Mimi Barnard, vice president of professional development and research for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, and Abilene Christian's director of residence life education for five years. "Students come to our campuses ready to be developed, so you would expect there will be times when their behavior is immature."

Related Elsewhere:

The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on hazing at Point Loma Nazarene:

The Lipscomb University's guidelines for hazing in the student handbook (pages 27-28).

The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities did a report on "Christian college alternatives to Greek life."

Online resources on hazing include, StopHazing.org, Hazing Prevention.org, and the National Center for Hazing Research and Prevention.

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Ryan A

Posted: October 20, 2008 3:10 PM

...Overreaction maybe? I'm absolutely against hazing, but several of the alternatives mentioned in the article, like the middle of the night wake up and campfire, seem pretty much right up a young man's alley, not to mention perfect environment for a good bonding experience. If you actually read the article, you could see that no one was defending the type of worldly behavior that you are (or seem to be) against... This article was reporting that it exists and how some Christian Colleges are handling it. And I really don't think my Lord would be against being part of a mandatory study group, service project, or group rope course, as long as it's done to foster growth together and in Him.

Tommy H.

Posted: October 17, 2008 11:15 AM


Who are you kidding? If you want to act like the world, then get ready to be judged with them. Do the rest of us a favor though, and don't call yourself a "Christian college" or a Christian. And spare us the "good clean fun" riff. You know what the Lord would think of your "good clean fun".......Whatever you do unto the least of these, you do unto Me.

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