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  Bob Jones University Responds to racism and anti-Catholic accusations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bob Jones University firmly believes in freedom of speech and freedom of religion -- a tenant of America which we must all work together to uphold and defend.
Bob Jones University is a 73-year institution grounded in academic excellence and Biblical doctrine.
Bob Jones University's policy regarding interracial dating is more of an opposition to the rebellious and defiant antichrist spirit of the promoters of one-worldism than to interracial dating itself.
www.sullivan-county.com /news/bob_jones/bju.htm   (2069 words)

  
  Bob Jones University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The current president of the University is Stephen Jones, son of previous school president Bob Jones III and the first president of the University not named "Bob Jones." The university enrolls approximately 4,200 students with a staff of 1,800.
Jones was the son of an Alabama sharecropper.
Although Bob Jones University is primarily a teaching institution, the members of the science faculty have a long tradition of speaking, writing, and doing research related to defending the Bible's account of creation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Jones_University   (2906 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bob Jones seems to walk with the Lord both day and night, and the supernatural is an everyday occurrence to Bob.
As Bob begins to minister prophetically to an individual the Lord moves through Bob, touching on their past wounds, present circumstances, and future dreams that they may be made whole.
Bob was born in Gravely, Ark., the son of a sharecropper.
www.bobjones.org /bio_bob.htm   (2231 words)

  
 Bob Jones University -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bob Jones University (BJU) is the largest private liberal arts university in South Carolina.
Jones was the son of an (A state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) Alabama (Small farmers and tenants) sharecropper.
Bob Jones has been criticized for the rules it imposes upon students, despite the fact that every student understands the rules he is putting himself under at the time of enrollment.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/bob_jones_university.htm   (2559 words)

  
 Bobby Jones
Unfortunately, Jones' rapid rise to stardom and the public expectations that came with it would initially prove to be more of a burden than a blessing.
Jones was an inwardly driven perfectionist and placed tremendous pressure on himself, often losing up to fifteen pounds during a tournament as a result of the stress.
Legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice once said Jones had the "face of an angel and the temper of a timber wolf." It was this reputation that brought Jones to perhaps his lowest point as a player, during the 1921 British Open at the Old Course in St. Andrews.
bobbyjones.com /biography.html   (2022 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Bob Jones University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Private schools are schools not administered by local or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public funds.
Stephen Jones (1970-) became president of Bob Jones University in 2005.
Robert Reynolds Jones III was the third president of Bob Jones University.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bob-Jones-University   (7151 words)

  
 ABC News: New President Taking Over at Bob Jones U.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Stephen Jones, the youngest son of retiring president Bob Jones III, is taking over a university that has rebuffed criticism for its Christian fundamentalist beliefs and strict rules in the middle of the Bible Belt.
In 2000, Bob Jones III was criticized for statements in a campus magazine in which he referred to Catholicism and Mormonism as cults.
Bob Jones III later dropped the policy and said he regretted not realizing sooner the ban marred the university's mission.
abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=736087   (481 words)

  
 -- Beliefnet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bob Jones University firmly believes in freedom of speech and freedom of religion -- a tenet of America which we must all work together to uphold and defend.
Bob Jones University is a 73-year-old institution grounded in academic excellence and Biblical doctrine.
Bob Jones University's policy regarding interracial dating is more of an opposition to the rebellious and defiant antichrist spirit of the promoters of one-worldism than to interracial dating itself.
www.beliefnet.com /story/12/story_1291_1.html   (1334 words)

  
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Bob Jones University is a racially discriminatory institution.
In fact, the tax exempt status of Bob Jones University was revoked in 1979 because of the school's discriminatory policies.
The President of Bob Jones University greets visitors to the school's website with his view that Catholicism and Mormonism are "cults." Its former Chancellor said that "(t)he Pope is the greatest danger we face today.
www.house.gov /judiciary_democrats/bobjonesdc2.htm   (269 words)

  
 Bobby Jones
Jones was that type of player, dominating the game with a graceful combination of power, accuracy and touch that can only be looked upon with absolute admiration.
Jones was able to translate the characteristics of his full swing into a putting stroke that was unmatched.
Jones had tremendous touch on the greens, relying on his ability to judge the distance and slope of a putt.
www.bobbyjones.com /biography_thegame.html   (481 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Bob Jones University president to retire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The 65-year-old Jones, whose grandfather founded Bob Jones University 78 years ago, said it was time for someone younger and "closer to the present generation" to take over.
Jones said he will spend more time traveling and preaching but will remain a visible part of the campus, as chairman of the board of trustees and perhaps as "grandpa" to 5,000 students who attend college at the campus in Greenville, about 100 miles northwest of Columbia.
Bob Jones College was founded in 1927 in College Point, Fla., and moved to Tennessee before relocating to the South Carolina foothills.
www.usatoday.com /news/education/2005-01-20-bob-jones-retirement_x.htm?csp=34   (585 words)

  
 Bob Jones
Bob Jones was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 6th, 1920.
At first, Bob got a job working at this studio, but it paid only minimum wage and it was difficult to have to work for someone else who knew much less about photography than he did.
Bob and my mother's brother did their best patch up the broken windows with shower curtains and duct tape while her parents helped us move in with them for the remainder of the storm.
members.aol.com /stjones/bobjones   (2365 words)

  
 CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Dr. Bob Jones III Discusses the Controversy Swirling Around Bob Jones University - ...
JONES: Moved to Tennessee after the great Depression, which hit two years after the founding of the college, and there was no money, and people paid for tuition with their vegetables from their father's gardens.
JONES: He didn't say he did, no, but he had me there and we were together on other occasions in a very comfortable manner, and I came to enjoy the man's company a lot and, you know, I have a whole different view of him today.
JONES: Yes, but you know, the Westminster Confession of Faith, which is supposed to be believed by all Presbyterians that have embraced the Westminster Confession as their doctrinal basis, Article VI of the Westminster Confession calls the pope an anti-Christ.
transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0003/03/lkl.00.html   (7043 words)

  
 BJHS Football Booster Website: Schedules   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bob Jones lost a fumble on the 7 yard line after earning a first and goal from the 8.
The Bob Jones defense seemed eager to get back on the field to prove the next score against them wouldn’t be as easy as the first.
Bob Jones failed to move the ball on their next possession and punted on 4th and 22 from deep in their own territory.
eteamz.active.com /bjfootball/schedules/index.cfm?season=240202&division=77461&cat=316597&game=4492352&id=523483&subsite=77461   (1370 words)

  
 Taking the Bob Out of Bob Jones U.
Bob Jones preached his first sermons to the rear ends of mules as he plowed his daddy's Alabama peanut farm.
Jones was born in 1883, and born again 11 years later, saved at a revival meeting.
Bob IV got a master's degree in nonprofit corporation management from George Washington University in 1992, but in the late '90s, he told his father that the Lord was calling him to be a writer, not a college president.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/04/AR2005050402413_pf.html   (3074 words)

  
 Bob Jones at home in Sullivan County Tennessee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Jones should feel at home in a county where local government openly practices religious bigotry (and it's undertones of racism and anti-Semitism) as public policy.
Bob Jones claims "the Bible itself is intolerant and true followers of God's word should be as well" is typical of Sullivan County and the Sullivan County Commission.
Jones challenged the congregation to conduct relationships in a manner appealing to God, even if that means abandoning the comfort factor.
www.sullivan-county.com /news/bob_jones/bob_jones.htm   (1522 words)

  
 Salon Politics2000 | Jonesing for votes
After the 1975 court order, Bob Jones administrators established rules requiring expulsion for any student who married or dated outside his or her race or belonged to an organization that advocated or encouraged others to marry or date outside his or her race.
A court found in favor of the university's position, but the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed it, concluding, "Certain governmental interests are so compelling that conflicting religious practices must yield in their favor." The case went all the way to the Supreme Court.
In the early 1980s, the Reagan administration sided against the IRS in its controversy with Bob Jones, though the Supreme Court eventually ruled in the IRS's favor.
archive.salon.com /politics2000/feature/2000/02/03/bob_jones   (862 words)

  
 McCain would consider Bob Jones invite - Boston.com
Republican Sen. John McCain says he would consider speaking at Bob Jones University, a school he criticized during the 2000 presidential campaign for its ban on interracial dating and anti-Catholic views.
Bob Jones spokesman Jonathan Pait said no invitations have been made at this stage in the presidential campaign.
School president Stephen Jones is the youngest son of Bob Jones III, who retired last year after running the school since 1971.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/08/28/mccain_would_consider_bob_jones_invite   (754 words)

  
 PGATOUR.com - Bob Jones IV takes pride in grandfather's legacy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Jones, 48, is now Dr. Bob, a clinical psychologist and Anglican priest in Atlanta, and the only living namesake of his grandfather.
There are seven Jones grandchildren: Bob IV’s two older sisters live in Nashville, Tenn., and near New York City; one cousin resides in the Atlanta area; and three cousins live in Greensboro, N.C. Bob Jones IV is the only living namesake of golf legend Bobby Jones.
Bob IV’s golf game is no match for that of his grandfather, but whose is? He sports an 8 handicap and is a member at Atlanta Athletic Club, the Duluth, Ga., course which has hosted a U.S. Open and PGA Championship and has Bobby Jones Drive as an entryway.
www.pgatour.com /story/9015336   (666 words)

  
 City of Springfield, MO - City Council General D, Bob Jones
Bob has been a resident of Springfield since 1993 and has served as a faculty member of Southwest Missouri State University for over ten years.
Bob’s civic involvement includes working with the Vision 20/20 Regional Planning, Parks, Open Spaces, and Greenways Group, serving on the founding boards of South Oak Grove Neighborhood Association and Southeast Springfield Neighborhood Association, Springfield Regional Opera Board, Pro bono consulting for Springfield 911, and the Springfield Public Library.
Bob is married to Cheri Jones and has two sons.
www.ci.springfield.mo.us /egov/citycouncil/generalD.html   (213 words)

  
 Bob Jones University Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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Bob Jones University (BJU) is a private, non-denominational, Christian liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina.
www.somethingpersonal.com /encyclopedia/Bob_Jones_University   (3117 words)

  
 Rock&Gem Online: Honoring Mr. Jones
As a featured speaker at that event, Bob regaled one and all with tales of "Crystallized Gold from Breckenridge, Colorado." As the years passed, and his speaking engagements became more and more frequent, he became one of the most popular speakers in the entire international mineralogical community, let alone in the United States.
Bob is past president of the Mineralogical Society of Arizona and the Scottsdale Education Association, as well as past chairman of the Joint Scottsdale Teacher/Board Negotiations Team.
Bob is also a retired research associate and trustee of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
www.rockhounds.com /rockgem/articles/bob_jones.html   (2120 words)

  
 Jeff Quinton - Backcountry Conservative: Bob Jones Letter to Bush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Bob Jones III wrote a letter to the President congratulating him on his election.
Bob Jones, Jerry Fallwell and a few others believe they have a monopoly on God and those who differ from their view are going straight to hell.
Bob Jones U is the stronghold of a cultist movement that has helped to usurp our presidency.
www.jquinton.com /archives/002158.html   (9184 words)

  
 KtB - Being Black at Bob Jones U.
The 18-year-old Bob Jones freshman has been given a starched white thespian-looking blouse, and behind him leans a fake log-cabin wall and a quilt.
Schimri is one of a dozen minority scholarship students this year, part of a new drive to recruit diversity at Bob Jones.
Just three years ago, the media was haranguing Bob Jones for its interracial dating ban and its description of Catholicism as a cult.
www.killingthebuddha.com /damn_nation/being_bobjones.htm   (1074 words)

  
 CNN.com - US - Bob Jones University ends ban on interracial dating - March 4, 2000
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The president of Bob Jones University on Friday said his school has ended its ban on interracial dating in wake of the controversy stirred by George W. Bush's visit to the fundamentalist Christian school.
During Friday's interview with Larry King, Jones, a Bush supporter, said the criticism of the Texas governor is "totally unfair," saying the school has a "long tradition" of presidential candidates speaking there, including Ronald Reagan.
Jones said the university first implemented the dating ban more than five decades ago, "because we were trying...
archives.cnn.com /2000/US/03/04/bob.jones   (538 words)

  
 JEWSWEEK - Bob Jones and me   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The very first line of her brochure trumpeted her as a Bob Jones graduate, but she followed it instantly with a verbal caveat that she was not one of "those types" of Bob Jones alumnae.
In larger measure, though, the discrediting of Bob Jones stems from its increasing perception as a comic-relief caricature, so radical and vociferous in its intolerance and hyper-fundamentalism that its pronouncements are whimsical background noise, not serious, community-shaping dicta.
Governor Bush's appearance at Bob Jones rightfully called to question the alliances that should, and should not, be forged for the sake of political ascendancy.
www.jewsweek.com /bin/en.jsp?enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article^l983&enZone=Columns&enVersion=0&Jewsweek   (954 words)

  
 Bob Jones Megakits
This 1st grade Bob Jones University Press homeschool curriculum will direct your child's budding desire to learn with studies in early skills in addition and subtraction, measurements, the discovery of the New World, and the scientific view of God's creation.
This 4th grade Bob Jones University Press homeschool curriculum will cause your child to take on new confidence as he works toward better academic achievement in research, refines writing and punctuation skills, and easily handles math operations.
The Bob Jones University Press grade homeschool curriculum Mega Kit for 12th grade includes all the student and teacher materials needed to complete six core subjects.
www.learningthings.com /index.asp?FSCat=61&url=IND   (795 words)

  
 Bob Jones University (BJU) - A Bastion of Bible Christianity?*
Bob Jones University is determined that no school shall excel it in the thoroughness of its scholastic work; and God helping it, in the thoroughness if its Christian training.
Bob Jones and his fellow administrators fail to see that before their very eyes is a collection of costly religious idols.
Jones apparently did not realize that the over 400 paintings and artifacts in his gallery/museum, much like those in the Vatican Museum in Rome, are blasphemous idols that should all be destroyed according to the second commandment of God.
www.rapidnet.com /~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/bju/fundam.htm   (10293 words)

  
 Bob Jones’s True Colors
George W. Bush was heavily criticized for appearing at Bob Jones University, a non-accredited college known for being racist and anti-Catholic.
Bob Jones III, president of Bob Jones University, wrote a formal press release in support of his college.
What bothers me most is that someone like Bob Jones can preach what he likes, including prejudice and animosity towards other religions, and can shape the minds of impressionable college students, all under the guise of freedom of religion.
www-tech.mit.edu /V120/N13/col13veena.13c.html   (836 words)

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