I don’t know if you’ve been following the (very concerning) developments on campuses and their willingness to let InterVarsity chapters continue to function as on-campus organizations. It’s interesting that InterVarsity has been removed from campuses – most recently from all campuses in the huge Cal State system – when they are …
The New York Times had a good article last week on the growing issue of colleges finding a way to limit Evangelicals’ ability to organize on campus – at least if we want leaders who reflect a group’s beliefs. This issue has been simmering for quite a while, but it …
As you may have noticed, it’s Movie Week here at Exploring College Ministry. But today is also Friday, which means it’s time for a movie-related Fridea! This one may be a little bit of a downer. But if doing right is always doing best – we teach our students that! …
Another interesting story connected to religious dialogue and religious freedom on campus came up this week. (If you missed it, here’s the rundown of the recent Supreme Court ruling against a college ministry in Northern California.) This week’s news involves the University of Illinois firing a prof for sharing the …
In case you’re coming for the follow-up to yesterday’s post on how to road trip, I needed to put that on pause to fill you in on this week’s adventures. Sorry about that – look for further tips this weekend or next week! I’m headed to Arkansas today! I’ve been …
The several links at the bottom are the main purpose of this post. I’d encourage you to have at least a working knowledge of this case, since nobody’s really sure how it might show up on YOUR campus this fall or in the future. Because of the holiday, I’ll see …
As you may have heard, the Supreme Court decided against the Christian Legal Society at California’s Hastings College of Law. But the decision actually seems to have been quite narrow, because the rule in question was in fact quite specific. Hastings has a rule on its books mandating that no …
Here’s an update on the ongoing Brothers Under Christ suit against the University of Florida. This is interesting news, and I just received it in an email last night (since I’m a BYX alum). UF originally denied the local chapter status as a student organization because of a requirement for …
Since we’ve already had two posts on college ministry legal issues in the past week, I figured I would include one more. (The two previous posts looked at campus Christmas displays and a lawsuit involving Brothers Under Christ that is being argued today, actually.) Those familiar with Collegiate Ministry are …
[I posted an update about this case on January 31st, 2009.] While at Texas A&M, I had the privilege of joining Beta Upsilon Chi, also known as Brothers Under Christ. (The Greek initials are BYX, prounounced “Bucs.”) BYX now has 23 chapters in 11 states. Those guys – well, specifically …
