Sam Rohrer seeks GOP nomination for Pa. governor Nov 18, 2009
Rohrer is a graduate of Bob Jones University in South Carolina. He and his wife have six children. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Faith No More Oct 27, 2009
I haven't been asked to Bob Jones University yet, but I have been invited to Jerry Falwell's old Liberty University campus in Virginia, even though we haven't yet agreed on the terms. Wilson isn't one of those evasive Christians who mumble apologetically about how some of the Bible stories are really just "metaphors." He is willing to maintain very staunchly that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and that his sacrifice redeems our state of sin, which in turn is the outcome of our rebellion... (Slate)
WilliamSailer Oct 20, 2009
He attended Bob Jones University and graduated from Indiana State University with a BS in Education, cum laude. He earned an MA from the University of New Mexico in Educational Administration and an Ed. D. from New Mexico State University in Educational Administration. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Joel Salatin, Cultivating Freedom Sep 22, 2009
In his own days at Bob Jones University, where Salatin was an undergraduate in the late 1970s, students would have considered gardening menial. The natural-food movement was seen as so central to the countercultural Left by Bob Jones s evangelical leaders that students were told to avoid the food cult. (The American Conservative)
Profile: John Ashcroft Sep 5, 2009
He angered Democrats in 1999 by accepting an honorary degree from South Carolina's Bob Jones University, which had only just banned interracial dating. Racism claims. (BBC News -- Americas)
The problem with conservative echo chambers Jul 30, 2009
Conservatives can attend ideologically friendly colleges like Hillsdale or Bob Jones University to avoid the influence of liberal professors. They can tune into conservative radio stations and marinate in hours of right-wing chatter. (Christian Science Monitor)
County girl touring with Christian drama team Jul 28, 2009
She attended a cosmetology camp at Bob Jones University in South Carolina. Hannah said she would like the personal interaction with customers. (The Herald-Mail Online)
routinely refused to have anything to do with CSRT, viewing it as a legal toxic waste dump. Jun 17, 2009
Most famously, in 1982, then Deputy Solicitor General Lawrence Wallace signed off on a brief in Bob Jones University v. United States but in a footnote noted his opposition to the department's position. The argument went against an Internal Revenue Service policy that denied tax-exempt status to institutions that discriminated by race. (Harper's Magazine)
Special "Protections" For a Marginalized Majority? May 29, 2009
In Bob Jones University vs. the United States (1983), the Supreme Court held that even sincerely held religious beliefs couldnt justify a policy against interracial dating and upheld federal efforts to strip the South Carolina school of its tax exempt status. If gay identity is equivalent to racial identity (a key contention of the gay marriage movement), logic requires that unequal treatment based on sexual orientation should receive no more sanction than unequal treatment based on... (Townhall.com)
Obama’s Justice May 29, 2009
Imagine if Sam Alito had said at Bob Jones University, I would hope that a wise white male with the richness of his life experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a Hispanic woman, who hasn t lived that life. Alito would have been toast. (The American Conservative)
A musical history lesson May 16, 2009
Rush, founder and executive director of the Northeast Iowa School of Music in Dubuque, holds a bachelor of science degree in music education from Bob Jones University, Greenville, S.C. She earned her master of music education degree from the University of Northern Iowa and has had more than 20 commissions. I want to really do my homework on this, and research everything, said Rush, who views the Grossheim collection online through the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Margaret Anklam Apr 16, 2009
In 1954, she moved to Greenville, S.C., to attend Bob Jones University. A year later, she returned to work at Mesa Mutual. (Williston Daily Herald, ND)
Dolan Being Welcomed As Next NY Archbishop Apr 15, 2009
In the 2000 election, when President George W. Bush apologized for visiting Bob Jones University, which considers Catholicism a 00000055 false religion, he wrote a public letter of contrition to O'Connor. President 00004000 Barack Obama congratulated Dolan by phone Feb. 23, when the church announced his appointment. (CBS News -- US)
One-woman show depicts tragedy of Titanic Mar 11, 2009
Graf, who is also an adjunct faculty member at Mineral Area College, said she got the idea for the play while she was conducting research for her graduate recital in performing arts at Bob Jones University. I knew that I would be doing a one-woman show, but the content was yet to be determined, she said. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
JoAnn Stover, 78; authored children's book on manners Feb 27, 2009
"If Everybody Did" and "They Didn't Use Their Heads" have seen a publishing resurgence since Bob Jones University Press bought the rights in 1989. By then, Ms. Stover had settled down along the New Hampshire Seacoast. (Boston Globe)
Truck stop offers fuel, food, prayer Feb 18, 2009
He attended Bob Jones University, a Christian college and seminary in South Carolina. He worked as a chaplain and counselor at a rescue mission in Wisconsin for eight years before his family moved to Pennsylvania. (Carroll County Times)
NAACP at 100 now seeks equal rights for all Feb 13, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009. (02-11) 19:42 PST -- The nation's oldest civil rights organization celebrates its 100th birthday today under the reins of a young new leader who wants to expand the group's focus from civil rights for African Americans to human rights for everyone. (San Francisco Chronicle)
