Southern Adventist University opens Origins Exhibit
@Frank:

You should try educating yourself before making illegitimate comparisons. If you would compare the rankings of SAU and LSU, you would realize that SAU is ranked in the Regional Colleges (South) category while LSU is ranked under Regional Universities (West).

In other words, LSU is categorized above SAU in a more competitive region.

A better comparison of the two rankings is to wonder why U.S. News does not consider SAU to be a University.

To add another point of comparison for you, PUC and Andrews are not ranked in a regional categories. PUC is categorized as a National Liberal Arts College (it was consistently ranked top ten as a regional college) while Andrews is categorized as a National University. Neither of them are ranked either.

To summarize, learn about the ranking systems before making such faulty comparisons.

Supreme Court Decision on Church Employment Case
@Holly Pham:

So what would you suggest, Holly, to “proactively address the problem” in a redemptive way?

Frankly, PUC comes down much harder than most schools on substance abuse. It’s not even a big problem as you assume at PUC. I would estimate the percentage of the student that uses illicit drugs during the school year to be less than 5% at the absolute maximum.

Supreme Court Decision on Church Employment Case
@Holly Pham:

Actually, the usual sanction for substance abuse at PUC on first offense includes a suspension (as you say) which will reflect negatively on your grade, a record on your PUC citizenship record which will be a factor should you get called before the committee for any reason at a future date, and generally required, binding, counseling for substance abuse.

I believe the fact that we have a counseling center on campus shows that our administration does take substance abuse seriously and is proactively working to provide resources to individuals who are caught up in unfortunate habits.