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[nightsatnewport]

hi everyone! I updated the look of the community today - I hope you like it :) I've thought of one problem when I was updating, though... I thought I'd ask for your opinion while this community is still small. On biola, there's a friends page with everyone's personal journal updates. As I was reading through, I realized that I'm not sure what our

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[witherxaway]

i would understand if this was some sort of 'official' biola group or something, but this is simply a livejournal community for those who are interested in meeting other biolans. People that view the friends page through this community, for the most part don't know the other people personally.
It just seems a little silly to me to do this kind of thing.

While many people abide by the standards during the school year, they may not do so during summer, or winter break.
And personally, i believe its much more effective to have friends to keep you accountable, not someone's journal you randomly stumble upon.

Just my two cents.

[ilovelibby2]

It seems to me like an unimportant thing to worry about. Whether or not people live up to the Biola standards, they are still Biola students and it would be a shame to hide them because they say a bad word, it almost seems to me like telling the lie that all Biola students are perfect people.
I always think it's better to focus on what we can do that's good than try to weed out all the bad.

[nightsatnewport]

yeah mm i'm not entirely worried about bad words... i guess it came off that way, but i'm more concerned with other stuff.

i think you have a good idea, though... what good do you think could come out of a livejournal community? i created this community because i've liked having access to upperclassmen through uci's lj community. do you think we could do more than that?

thanks for your input :)

[ilovelibby2]

I'm just hoping that we can connect people through this community who might not otherwise ever meet. I mean, for example, I'm a transfer student and already have my GER's done, so all I'm doing is art and Bible classes. Since most of my classes are art classes, I'm mostly only meeting art majors, so I don't know much of the rest of the student body. I'm a commuter, too, so that makes it tougher to get involved. So I think this is a great tool to just connect and get to know people. Then later when we see each other on campus, we can say, "Hey, aren't you so and so from livejournal?"

[darth_carnate]

Good call. So you know, a lot of the art stuff is in the same little building with the theatre, so you might run into me a lot.

[darth_carnate]

I have a feeling this was about me. Sorry, I just sometimes forget who's reading. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with me using the language I was using (well, I didn't when I thought only certain people would read it). Normally, I don't swear around those who might be bothered by it. It just hadn't crossed my mind that those who aren't used to it might be reading my journal. For the sake of those who might be offended, I'll keep that under control.

By the way, if you want to know my views on using such words, feel free to ask me sometime.

[nightsatnewport]

actually i didn't notice your journal in particular. i noticed my own picture of my hampster with a macheine gun first hahaha. i wondered if that was really the image i wanted to give biola.

let's say mm... beyond swearing. what if there's a post that talks about drugs or sex or something more serious. what would you think then? i'm more concerned about my responsibility to people than wanting to slap them on the wrist for a potty word.

[nightsatnewport]

p.s. i can't spell machine.

[darth_carnate]

Well, I think in a situation like that, it's more important that whoever it is has people there to help him or her through a tough time.

If someone from Biola were to post, with pride, his or her most recent drug-related escapades, I'd say talk to him or her, make sure that person knows that his/her actions are against God's will. If, on the other hand, a person uses live journal to confess something that he/she has been feeling guilty about, I say support that person and help him/her through a tough time. If people know that they are sinning, and desire to change, they don't need condemnation.

Sorry, that really sounded like a rant, didn't it? It wasn't meant to be.