I was trying to figure out which courses I should take at Temple University this semester so I took the requisite step of googling all the profs that were leading interesting sounding classes. A video of Bryant Simon presenting a lecture on the ethnography of Starbucks popped up.
April 13, 2009
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August 14, 2008
What Bob Jones University Could Learn from Pensacola Christian College, Part Two
Pensacola Christian College requires almost all students to attend the “Campus Church.” While touring the magnificent auditorium, I asked the tour guide if students were required to be members of the Campus Church. My question earned me a kick in the ankle from my wife and a smooth answer from the tour guide. The guide quickly told our group that the college would never require students to be members of the church; rather the students had the [mandated] opportunity to attend the same services and hear the same preachers in the same building that just happens to be on the school’s campus. (more…)
August 12, 2008
What Bob Jones University Could Learn from Pensacola Christian College, Part One
The week after our wedding Jes and I did what any honeymooning couple would do when staying in Pensacola Beach, Florida; we took a tour of Pensacola Christian College. (more…)
March 1, 2008
An Ode to Stephen Jones, President of Bob Jones University
When I was an impressionable 9th grader at Bob Jones Academy my parents were notified in a faculty staff meeting that the upcoming University opera needed more extras for the production of Verdi’s Aida. Since I was, and proudly remain, a nerd, the idea of trying out appealed to me. Thankfully the audition consisted only of measuring the girth of my torso and legs. Of course, any schmo who happened to share my post-pubescent hunkiness was equally qualified to be an extra, but that did not diminish my happiness upon being accepted. (more…)
