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Campus Strictness

Quick Stats

Students Are Most Likely to Get Caught...
  • Dancing in a non-approved fashion
  • Doing laundry on Sunday (because of the school's Sabbath beliefs)
  • Engaging in sexual activity
  • Possessing or using alcohol on campus
  • Possessing or using of illegal drugs
  • Skipping too many weekly chapel services
  • Smoking outside of the designated "Smoker's Gazebo"
  • Using flagrant foul language
  • Violating open-hour policies

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Judging campus strictness is a relative business. In comparison to most secular institutions, there are a lot of rules: mandatory chapels, dancing restrictions, and no laundry on Sundays. However, in comparison to other Christian institutions, Geneva is among the least restrictive: no dress code, lenient attendance policies, and no curfew. Like any good compromise, generally a few people on both sides are unhappy. Some find the policies too stifling; others call the policies too liberal. Many students, however, find the porridge just right—or at least, pretty close.

The goal of the community standards is to establish a moral tone for the campus, reflective of the College’s beliefs. The handbook reads, students "are expected to value one another to the point of sacrificing some personal freedom for the sake of others [and abiding] by prudential policies intended to limit behavior that may cause disunity within the Geneva community." Those whose tastes stretch beyond Geneva’s bounds are welcome to take their fun off campus. Campus policies are well-publicized—they don’t sneak up on you—and Geneva does enforce its policies, punishing most common offenses with fines, but focusing on redemptive discipline through community service or counseling. Few RAs are real sticklers; they’re more likely to warn you than write you up. The determined can always find ways to break rules and get away with it, of course, but the accomplishment garners little glory from other students and mostly annoyance.

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Campus Strictness at Geneva College

jwgrondz

'13

Business Management

1.2
D

Totalitarianism

Geneva is very strict when it comes to the rules they make and enforce. Many rules seem stupid to many including open hours, no laundry on Sunday, or the lights on in the room. However, these rules fall in line with the Reformed Presbyterian views the college was founded upon. But as with any school, there are ways to get around these rules.

Nov 06, 2011

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Campus Strictness at Geneva College

cashdollar37

'14

Education

2.7
C+

You Have to Do That Really?

A lot of my friends go to schools that are not Christian schools, so when I tell them about open hours they are very confused. Open hours are when the opposite sex can come in the dorm other then the lounge. This happens 4 days a week from 5 hours to 12 hours on differnt days. It is not bad that we have open hours, but the rules are goofy. You have to have the door open and at least 3 lights on.

May 02, 2011

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Campus Strictness at Geneva College

Joan4251

'13

Political Science and Government

2.7
C+

Social and Academic Strictness

Open hours are only Wednesday, [Friday], Saturday and Sunday. They begin at different time each day. The RAs are strict about writing people up when they violate the policy. In terms of academic lives, different teachers have different tolerations of late work, in terms of whether or not they accept it, and if they do how late they take it before giving a grade of zero for the assignment.

Apr 30, 2011

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Facts

Visitation Policies

Students may only visit the residence halls of the opposite sex during open hours: Wednesdays 7 p.m.–12 a.m., Fridays 6 p.m.–1 a.m., Saturdays 1 p.m.–1 a.m., and Sundays 1 p.m.–8 p.m. These hours are posted on every residential floor, and the lounges are coed from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. every day. Exceptions can be made for visiting family and friends by contacting the RD (resident director).

Did You Know?
  • No on-campus dancing is allowed, except for square dancing, line dancing, and traditional folk dancing. Most choreographed dancing, from ballet to hip-hop, is also accepted, and has been showcased in various Geneva talent and variety shows.
  • Students are not allowed to participate in varsity competitions, play organized sports on fields and/or lawns, vacuum, or do laundry on Sundays.
  • According to the Student Handbook, students are prohibited from scaling or climbing College buildings and/or being present on the roof of a College facility.

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Major: Writing

Grad Year: 2012

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