Faith-based dorms near a public university?

Is this common?

Seminole OKs faith center near UCF despite neighbors' concerns

Seminole County commissioners on Tuesday approved 4-1 a mixed-use development designed to house about 600 students and create a faith-based student center near the University of Central Florida.

About 180 people, many of them UCF students or neighborhood residents, filled commission chambers until about 11 p.m., debating whether an influx of students would affect the quality of life of the community near NorthView, proposed for a site near McCulloch Road and Lockwood Boulevard.

David Theriaque, an attorney for the Carillon Homeowners Association, said his group was fine with the student center and retail, but opposed the housing and a four-story parking garage.

"It's the wrong place. It's too much," he said. "This is an extension of the university any way you slice it."

Catholic Student Center, Jewish Hillel and other groups would attract student residents who would be unlikely to disturb their neighbors.





http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/custom/growth/orl-ucfhousing2809jan28,0,7212781.story

that have houses near campus housing students.

Look up Newman House, they are on nearly every campus in the country. But many faiths have something.

it's a great idea. Fundy students of all flavors are notoriously hard on their roommates.

I know because I had one.

Of course, I was much more successful at introducing her to sin than she was at bringing me to Jesus, but that's another post.

College is hard enough without having a roommate whose main purpose in life is to convert you to something you don't want.

and is funded by the UCF foundation. The foundation is probably supported by private donations.

This seems like yet another example of a common situation, where the precise relationship between a university and a faith-based group is *very* hard to pin down.

However, it would be great to be able to segregate the fundies.

They simply do not play well with other children.

And from there, they have been using the UCF name to go into communities to control community development. It is an amazing thing to witness. And not in a good way.

Many of the most pious ones are also the most kinky (allegedly)

the apartment complex built by hypnosis ...

as long as the tenants believe it's there, it stays built ...