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(#1) At Pensacola College, Men And Women Are Separated At All Times – So Are Their Cars
It’s unsurprising Christian schools want to promote chastity, and many have stringent rules regarding male/female interaction. Pensacola College takes this about 100 steps further. There, men and women cannot be alone together in any secluded locations. In addition, any type of male/female touching is forbidden, both on and off campus. Men and women also have separate parking areas. Men are not allowed in the women’s parking lot and vice versa.
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(#2) Pensacola College Has Separate Elevators For Men And Women To Avoid Any And All Love In An Elevator
Pensacola College is extremely concerned about interaction between male and female students, so much so that men and women have designated elevators. According to the school’s website, due to the congested nature of the campus, the school feels it’s best to separate men and women altogether when it comes to riding elevators. This is likely because accidental touching may occur in crowded spaces. In each building on campus, there are designated male and female elevators and stairways.
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(#3) Students Are Banned From Raunchy Media – Both On And Off Campus
Pensacola Christian College bans students from most forms of media not found in the school or library or aired at school-sanctioned events. Students are banned from watching television or movies containing violence, sexual themes, suggestive dress, profanity, or rock music. Students are not permitted to see or rent movies while on campus. Video games are also mostly forbidden. Students can only play video games below an E-10 rating.
What makes these rules particularly intense is that they go beyond the campus. Even while they are at home, there are strict rules regarding what media students can consume. While they’re certainly free to rent and see movies off campus, they can only see movies rated G or PG. Television programs with a D, S, L, or V rating are also out of the question.
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(#4) Pensacola College Has Some Special Rules About Where Women Can And Can't Go
Pensacola College has some pretty intense rules in regards to where women can go and how they can congregate. Women going to the beach must be in groups of five or more. They must also be accompanied by a junior or senior chaperone. Women are also not allowed to go places like grocery stores and shopping centers after dark. They are completely banned from the dark road near the campus’s railroad tracks at all times, regardless of the time of day.
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(#5) The Internet Is Off Limits, And Your Personal Computer Is Not Private At Pensacola
Internet is completely off limits at Pensacola College. While personal computers are allowed, don’t expect your information to be private if you enroll in the school. The school reserves the right to check files on personal laptops at any time if they suspect students have been accessing illicit or banned material via a computer.
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(#6) Liberty University Fines Students For Dancing
Not only is dancing outlawed at Liberty University, but you could also face a fine for indulging in the practice. For attending a single dance, you are forced to pay a $25 fine. However, in 2015, the university loosened some restrictions. Now, organized dancing, such as ballroom dancing and salsa lessons, are permitted. However, any kind of social dancing is strictly prohibited.
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(#7) Some Schools Ban Specific Genres Of Music
Pensacola Christian College has some pretty strict rules regarding music. According to their website, music can either encourage Biblical thinking or push students to pursue more earthly desires. The school recommends students stick to music like classical, semi-classical, traditional, patriotic, or marching band.
The school outright bans jazz, rock, rap, R&B, pop, country, and contemporary Christian music. Students may not be in possession of this music in any forms and are banned from listening to it both on and off campus.
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(#8) Liberty University Bans Hugs That Last Longer Than Three Seconds
It’s unsurprising that male/female contact is out of the question at many Christian colleges. However, schools vary in terms of the restrictions they put on physical contact. Liberty University does not allow “extended hugging.” This is defined as hugging for longer than three seconds.
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(#9) Liberty University Is Strict About Student Attire
Liberty University in Virginia is pretty concerned with the clothing and hairstyles of their student body. Until 2015, men were not allowed to have ponytails or hair that fell below the ears. Women cannot wear skirts that fall above the knees. Shoulder straps are required to be at least two inches thick, and anything backless, tight, or otherwise revealing is strictly forbidden.
One of the less clear rules states students may not wear styles related to a counterculture. What exactly does this mean? It’s not entirely explained, but according to the student handbook, the Deans’ Review Committee decides what type of attire crosses the line into counterculture.
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(#10) New Hope College Heavily Regulates
New Hope College in Eugene, Oregon, is highly suspicious of social media. While students are not outright banned from using sites like Twitter and Facebook, their actions on such outlets are heavily regulated. Students must always write in the first person to make it clear they’re speaking for themselves and not the college. They also need to exercise extreme caution when talking about their experiences as a student, as New Hope is wary of negative content on social media regarding their campus. School officials keep a close eye on students’ social media profiles, and you could be reprimanded for revealing any behavior online that conflicts with the school’s values and codes of content.
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(#11) Some Schools Don't Allow Cursing
Even language is monitored closely in some Christian colleges. Liberty University outright bans cursing. In fact, students can get fined if they’re heard cursing on campus. Students are instructed to replace curse words with more holy terms, such as “Glory!” or “Good heavens!”
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(#12) Witchcraft And Astrology Are Considered Satanic Activities And Banned
It’s unsurprising that witchcraft is considered a demonic activity at Pensacola College. Most conservative Christian communities don’t believed in practices like séances and tarot card readings. However, astrology is also classified as a satanic activity by the school’s website and is banned alongside witchcraft. Apparently, reading your daily horoscope is a sin on par with worshipping the Devil.
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(#13) Liberty University Has The Right To Randomly Drug Test Students
Drugs are strictly forbidden on most Christian campuses, and some schools take pretty dramatic measures to make sure students are staying drug free. Since 1988, Liberty University has had a policy that allows for random drug testing. Students’ hair, urine, or blood can be tested at any time. Students are sometimes selected randomly, but they may also be selected if the university has reason to believe they’re engaging in drug use.
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(#14) Gambling – In Any Form – Is Not Allowed At Pensacola College
Gambling is strictly forbidden at Pensacola College, as it’s considered a form of materialism. Obvious forms of gambling, like visiting casinos, are banned. However, students are also forbidden from playing card games associated with gambling and are not allowed to buy lottery tickets.
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