<p>Very interesting.</p>
<p>I have one good thing and one bad thing to say about Brown.</p>
<p>Good thing: Brown is amazing for attracting students who get such off-the-wall ideas and then act on them. Very cool.</p>
<p>Bad thing: (from the article) "It was certainly a humbling semester, and I think I worked twice as hard as I ever did at Brown."</p>
<p>The best and worst stereotypes of Brown confirmed at once! Amazing!</p>
<p>That was one of the major things I also picked up on.</p>
<p>Very interesting indeed.... I hope more books and experiences like this will help chip away at divisive stereotypes among both liberals and conservatives that plague this country. </p>
<p>If nothing else, Liberty is incredibly generous with their money. I went to their law school this summer to compete in a mock trial tournament, and they called me a couple weeks later and asked if I'd like to do an over the phone application.... so I did it just for kicks. Anyway, because of my provisional acceptance, they offered me $15,000 in scholarships!!! And that was without even seeing my actual transcript or SAT scores. Not to mention, it's relatively cheap as it is for a private university. </p>
<p>I may just have to check out this book....</p>
<p>I think Liberty would be alright for non-science fields.</p>
<p>I always thought that this kind of cultural immersion would be more educational than conventional study abroad. I mean, if you go from UChicago to the Sorbonne, it's basically the exact same people speaking a different language. Now, going from UChicago to Ole Miss? THAT is a cultural contrast.</p>
<p>Maybe we'll see someone from Liberty writing a similar book about a year at Vassar. I'd read it.</p>
<p>I got to know some Liberty students when I was in college. Now granted, the ones I had occasion to know didn't tend to be the ones who were the most emotionally invested in the school's ethos, but most had a strong faith and were at Liberty because it was a personal choice.</p>
<p>The most striking them about them was that they weren't very different from any other college student I knew. </p>
<p>I'd like to read this book.</p>
<p>I know him. Lived two doors from me freshman year. Ilovebagels, with some context, I'd say that your suspicions should NOT be confirmed.</p>
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“We tend to think of Liberty students as sitting around all day, and burning books and sewing Hillary Clinton voodoo dolls. This was not a culture that I was familiar with.”
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<p>Well, no "we" don't. If this is the kind of hyperbole he imagines constitutes "wit," it does not bode well.</p>
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To Falwell, the book further demonstrates just how wide the divide can be between conservative Christian universities and the left-leaning institutions like Brown.</p>
<p>“The fact that he was brought up to believe that conservative Christians are so different just tells me that there is a real misunderstanding on the other side about who we are and what we’re about,” Falwell said.</p>
<p>“I think the national press is partly responsible for that. They try to make conservative Christians as lunatic fringe wackos, as homophobes. There are certain people who just fall for that, and it’s a shame. Maybe Kevin’s book will help to clear that up.”
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<p>Of course, Falwell himself has NOTHING to do with the image of far-right (not conservative) Christians as lunatic fringe wackos. Nope...nothing. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>"He experienced the Liberty’s code of conduct firsthand, including its rules prohibiting drinking, smoking, kissing, dancing and R-rated movies.</p>
<p>“First of all, I learned it’s a pretty normal place, all things considered. "</p>
<p>Hahahahahaha.</p>
<p>Let's just say all rules were meant to be bent or broken. First they have to catch you.</p>
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Ilovebagels, with some context, I'd say that your suspicions should NOT be confirmed.
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Does that include where I think Brown attracts quirky, interesting students? ;)</p>
<p>Have you ever been to Liberty, LogicWarrior? Do you know anyone who's going there/has gone there? By simply laughing at this notion that Liberty really is filled with relatively normal people, you're exhibiting the same false stereotypes that this author had before he went there. And if you think that students there don't kiss, dance, or see R-rated movies, you're crazy. </p>
<p>I guess you could say that Liberty is kind of the "cool" PCC or Bob Jones.... if that's not too much of an oxymoron lol. I'm not sure what that rule against dancing is all about... they host big-name Christian rock bands and artists there all the time.</p>
<p>How could he "experience the code of conduct firsthand" if it's not strictly enforced?</p>
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<p>“First of all, I learned it’s a pretty normal place, all things considered. "</p>
<p>Hahahahahaha. "
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<p>I think the worst part of the above statement is that you don't see a problem in what you posted.</p>
<p>I don't know.... I guess you'd have to read his book to find out. I think the author of this article was probably a little vague with the code of conduct. At a university that large, there's no way to monitor all of the students who go out every weekend. I would bet that most of those rules apply only to the campus itself. I think if you went out to see an R movie some night, you'd probably be fine.</p>