They should just go underground and have secret meetings on campus at night. They could invent a wholly new way of communicating with one another. Like, for example, if one Democrat is walking along and meets someone else who might also be a Democrat, the first one could trace the front half of a donkey into the dust with his foot. Then, if the other person was really a Democrat, he would finish the drawing by tracing the back half of the donkey. Then they could launch a raid on the female dorms and kidnap some young co-eds which they could impregnate in the secret underground bunker, after which they'd perform abortions, release them, and engage in a boisterous round of gay sex.

Pocket Ninja: They should just go underground and have secret meetings on campus at night. They could invent a wholly new way of communicating with one another. Like, for example, if one Democrat is walking along and meets someone else who might also be a Democrat, the first one could trace the front half of a donkey into the dust with his foot. Then, if the other person was really a Democrat, he would finish the drawing by tracing the back half of the donkey. Then they could launch a raid on the female dorms and kidnap some young co-eds which they could impregnate in the secret underground bunker, after which they'd perform abortions, release them, and engage in a boisterous round of gay sex.

You're making the assumption that they didn't do those things already.

Pocket Ninja: They should just go underground and have secret meetings on campus at night. They could invent a wholly new way of communicating with one another. Like, for example, if one Democrat is walking along and meets someone else who might also be a Democrat, the first one could trace the front half of a donkey into the dust with his foot. Then, if the other person was really a Democrat, he would finish the drawing by tracing the back half of the donkey. Then they could launch a raid on the female dorms and kidnap some young co-eds which they could impregnate in the secret underground bunker, after which they'd perform abortions, release them, and engage in a boisterous round of gay sex.

The Democratic Underground Railroad?

I smell a lawsuit.

"we are unable to lend support to a club whose parent organization stands against the moral principles held by" the university

Translation: We hate black people.

coco ebert: I smell a lawsuit.

It's a private university, it can sanction or not sanction whatever clubs it wants.

They didn't say you couldn't *be* a democrat on campus, just that you couldn't use Liberty University's name, or hold meetings in the space that they own.

I don't really care, because I naturally assume anyone who goes to one of the JesusSchools is not someone I'd want to deal with on a personal or professional level.

Marcus Aurelius: Translation: We hate black people.

that's a bold faced lie. the "black people hanging club" is one of the school's most popular groups. are you saying it's hateful to hang out with black people?

what_now: It's a private university, it can sanction or not sanction whatever clubs it wants.

So, if a student group wanted to hold an "African-American Club" and the university didn't want them to, they could block it?

what_now: It's a private university, it can sanction or not sanction whatever clubs it wants.

So long as they aren't tax exempt. Or receive any funding from the government...or issue a state/nationally recognized diploma...or their students are allowed to receive federal/state funding (grants, etc.).

coco ebert: So, if a student group wanted to hold an "African-American Club" and the university didn't want them to, they could block it?

Yes. As long as they aren't discriminating against a protected class, they do not need to go out of their way to cater to them.

Look, the Student Activities Office at any school on has X amount of money and X amount of available meeting spaces and advisers. If you wanted to start a "Pastafarian" student group, there aren't a lot of schools that would officially sanction that.

When students at Boston College wanted to start a Pro-Choice club, the school refused. People were butthurt about it, but that's what happens when you attend a religious based institution.

Liberty University is a diploma mill for Jesus, NOT a well respected research institution.

And BC sucks.

robmilmel: So long as they aren't tax exempt. Or receive any funding from the government...or issue a state/nationally recognized diploma...or their students are allowed to receive federal/state funding (grants, etc.).

Again, they aren't discriminating against Democrats. They're saying that they won't recognize the organization.

It's like when a particular fraternity gets their charter yanked at a school. You can still be a member of the fraternity, but you don't get recognition or on campus housing.

Goddmanitsomuch. You people are making me defend these pieces of shiat. Stop it.

Ha! My boss' son is going there in the fall. Too bad he didn't choose a school in the real world. Dumbass.

toddalmighty: Ha! My boss' son is going there in the fall. Too bad he didn't choose a school in the real world. Dumbass.

it's been my experience that no college is "in the real world."

"liberty"



They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means.

"university"



They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means.

thomps: it's been my experience that no college is "in the real world."

No, but if you do it right you're exposed to cultures, points of view, and experiences you normally wouldn't have been.

That's not the case at Liberty.

what_now: thomps: it's been my experience that no college is "in the real world."

No, but if you do it right you're exposed to cultures, points of view, and experiences you normally wouldn't have been.

That's not the case at Liberty.

for sure, diversity of viewpoints is one of the cornerstones of a quality education, as far as i'm concerned. that said, if i acted like i did in college in the real world i would have been fired, evicted and probably imprisoned a long time ago.

John 18:36. That is all.

thomps: if i acted like i did in college in the real world i would have been fired, evicted and probably imprisoned a long time ago.

Well yeah. College is when you figure out exactly where the line is with less repercussions than now.

Of course, I graduated *cough mumble* years ago, before facebook and twitter and myspace and all this shiat. Now, the pictures of your drunken shenanigans and fumbling lesbian experiences last forever, instead of just getting burned when you turn 25.

what_now: Liberty University is a diploma mill for Jesus, NOT a well respected research institution.

Actually, they purposely have one of the best debating teams in the nation.

Otherwise, yeah, they blow.

rocinante721: Actually, they purposely have one of the best debating teams in the nation.

They build Lawyers for Jesus.

rocinante721: Actually, they purposely have one of the best debating teams in the nation.

Oh I know. They drill in it like it's a sport. The recruit debators, and have scholarships for them.

what_now: Of course, I graduated *cough mumble* years ago, before facebook and twitter and myspace and all this shiat. Now, the pictures of your drunken shenanigans and fumbling lesbian experiences last forever, instead of just getting burned when you turn 25.

yeah luckily facebook didn't show up until i was in grad school. unluckily my fumbling lesbian experiences never got committed to film.

what_now: Of course, I graduated *cough mumble* years ago, before facebook and twitter and myspace and all this shiat. Now, the pictures of your drunken shenanigans and fumbling lesbian experiences last forever, instead of just getting burned archived to a hidden TrueCrypt partition when you turn 25.

Or maybe that's more of a TFD sort of discussion to be having.

Hender: trueCrypt partition

no idea what that is.

what_now: Hender: trueCrypt partition

no idea what that is.

A hidden place on your hard drive where sinful pictures and videos can be password protected and kept from prying eyes, inquisitive SO's, and IT/repair people.

coco ebert: I smell a lawsuit.

I smell stupid. It smells a lot like ball sweat and beta-male inferiority.

The world is moving on and they're still kicking and screaming against going into the 19th Century. The ruckus they cause would make Scarlett O'Hara blush with shame.

I'm still not sure they are completely private. They play in Division 1-AA. Doesn't that mean they get some government funding, and therefore are lawsuit liable?

GAT_00: I'm still not sure they are completely private. They play in Division 1-AA. Doesn't that mean they get some government funding, and therefore are lawsuit liable?

I don't know, and I'm too lazy to research it. What I do know is that a lawsuit would be welcomed by Liberty where most would seek to avoid it. Think of it...a lawsuit means an entirely fresh round of, "ZOMG don't you see that we're being persecuted?!!11," and the money pours into the coffers almost on cue. Some would donate wholly on the idea of paying a possible judgment; still others would donate as part a larger ideological war that must be funded.

If I ran any sort of faith-based outfit that reached enough people, that is how I'd run it.

/not claiming that to be the case here...just that it's plausible

^^^^^ Rather than correct myself point by point, I wish that I could just delete that entire response.

What doesn't everybody know that Jesus is a Republican?

Just ask Sarah Palin.

God's Own Party

Looks like a crusty old dean needs to be taken down a peg or two.

Sgt Otter: Pocket Ninja: They should just go underground and have secret meetings on campus at night. They could invent a wholly new way of communicating with one another. Like, for example, if one Democrat is walking along and meets someone else who might also be a Democrat, the first one could trace the front half of a donkey into the dust with his foot. Then, if the other person was really a Democrat, he would finish the drawing by tracing the back half of the donkey. Then they could launch a raid on the female dorms and kidnap some young co-eds which they could impregnate in the secret underground bunker, after which they'd perform abortions, release them, and engage in a boisterous round of gay sex.

The Democratic Underground Railroad?

DUR?

Sounds like they are threatening their 1st amendment rights.

Oh, no! Now they might have to go to a real school!

Wright State University banned the Campus Bible Fellowship from meeting on campus because it wouldn't adhere to the university's mandates. If that's ok, so is this.

wouldn't want those crazy ideas being discussed around such fragile and vulnerable minds. some of them might even *gasp* start to think for themselves.

holy farking hell this has been the world's slowest Friday on fark...

I drove around this campus occasionally yelling "Feed the Christians to the Lions!" out the window of the car when a few of us were getting a tour of the campus from a gay Democrat Lynchburg native. It only seemed right.

Hobodeluxe: wouldn't want those crazy ideas being discussed around such fragile and vulnerable minds. some of them might even *gasp* start to think for themselves.

Don't worry...good, Christian parenting will put a stop to that nonsense.

jjorsett: Wright State University banned the Campus Bible Fellowship from meeting on campus because it wouldn't adhere to the university's mandates. If that's ok, so is this.

True, but there was no ironic university name in that case.

My roommate just got a mailing card to goto their "law school" It states you will learn in both the American and Christian law style.

/He is going to a different law school

Pocket Ninja: They should just go underground and have secret meetings on campus at night. They could invent a wholly new way of communicating with one another. Like, for example, if one Democrat is walking along and meets someone else who might also be a Democrat, the first one could trace the front half of a donkey into the dust with his foot. Then, if the other person was really a Democrat, he would finish the drawing by tracing the back half of the donkey. Then they could launch a raid on the female dorms and kidnap some young co-eds which they could impregnate in the secret underground bunker, after which they'd perform abortions, release them, and engage in a boisterous round of gay sex.

they could become like a reverse "know-nothing" party... the "know-somethings"

jjorsett: Wright State University banned the Campus Bible Fellowship from meeting on campus because it wouldn't adhere to the university's mandates. If that's ok, so is this.

No, it's not. They're not at all the same.

Heh.... being more familiar with LU than the average person should ever need to be - last I checked students can't have alcohol, cigarettes, or pornography on campus, at risk of getting kicked out. Which begs the question... why would you want to be there at all?

MasterThief: John 18:36. That is all.

Were you finished? Well, allow me to retort.

Ezekiel 23:20

Democracy and the free expression of ideas is all well and good but where the fark did the foobies link from the main page go?

Give me foobies or give me death.

dillenger69: "liberty"

They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means.

Heh. I could hear Inigo's voice in my head as I read the name of the college in the headline.

According to Falwell :

War is Peace.

Freedom is Slavery.

Ignorance is Strength.

Liberty is Obedience.

and creating a nuisance: Heh.... being more familiar with LU than the average person should ever need to be - last I checked students can't have alcohol, cigarettes, or pornography on campus, at risk of getting kicked out. Which begs the question... why would you want to be there at all?

It's like college, but without the fun or the education.