Why Baylor students can't pose for Playboy
I saw this
article on the Dallas Morning News today and it made me think of my time at
Southwestern Assemblies of God University
in Waxahachie, TX. I think anyone that attends a private university
tends to bristle a bit at the rules every once in a while. I know that
I thought the curfew, restrictions on movies, and other rules were
ridiculous while I was there, but I was also aware that it was my
CHOICE to attend the school. SAGU didn't force me to attend. I agreed
when signing up to obey the rules. Therefore, complaining to me was
pointless. I don't think this student at Baylor gets it.
"I don't know
that they're necessarily overstepping their bounds because when
students come to Baylor, they're agreeing to the rules in the
handbook," said Sarah Tinsley, a 23-year-old graduate student. "But I
do think it's a little ridiculous for the school to try to dictate what
people do outside of school."
What she doesn't grasp in this situation is that the name Baylor will
be associated with the Playboy pictures. Baylor is simply trying to
protect their name. Baylor is a (traditionally, anyway) Baptist
university. They don't want to be associated with the "Girls of the Big
XII" issue, as is there right to do so. I say that everyone has been
given fair warning on this. If anyone pushes the lines of it, they
deserve whatever punishment befalls them. I completely support Baylor's
decision to say this. I only wish my beloved Kansas State would do the
same thing.