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Are you Experienced?
Jan. 14th, 2008 | 12:54
Part of a continuing series on the differences between small, private and larger, public universities.
I just realised one of the differences between a private Christian institution and a public secular one. It's not the size. It's not even that everyone at the smaller Christian school was Lutheran (or even Christian, for that matter)--there was no statement-of-faith required for entrance or acceptsance.
No, it's the advertising by Christian groups on campus. And here's the funny bit: the Christian groups seemed to advertise less at PLU than they do here. Perhaps it was a function of the evangellical aspect of Lutheranism being far less boysterious than the more common kinds of evangellistic Christianity. Perhaps it was simply that less advertising was necessary--while not required by any means, chapel services were a part of campus life. It was all integrated; campus ministry was a large part of campus as a whole, and the campus pastors would be a part of each years' commencement and beginning-of-the-year assembly (another word was used besides "con" or "assembly," but I can't rightly recall said word).
Or, perhaps, it was simply that no one was going to foist beliefs on others--if one was not Christian, it wasn't a huge deal (at least it wasn't in the circle of friends I hung with, many of whom were heavily involved with campus ministry; then again, I was a white, Lutheran male of Norwegian-German heritage). It is true, though, that Lutherans are rather non-confrontational.
Still, I find it interesting that the greatest ammount of this evangelism I have found was not at a private university or at a Christian camp, but rather, at a public university.
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I just realised one of the differences between a private Christian institution and a public secular one. It's not the size. It's not even that everyone at the smaller Christian school was Lutheran (or even Christian, for that matter)--there was no statement-of-faith required for entrance or acceptsance.
No, it's the advertising by Christian groups on campus. And here's the funny bit: the Christian groups seemed to advertise less at PLU than they do here. Perhaps it was a function of the evangellical aspect of Lutheranism being far less boysterious than the more common kinds of evangellistic Christianity. Perhaps it was simply that less advertising was necessary--while not required by any means, chapel services were a part of campus life. It was all integrated; campus ministry was a large part of campus as a whole, and the campus pastors would be a part of each years' commencement and beginning-of-the-year assembly (another word was used besides "con" or "assembly," but I can't rightly recall said word).
Or, perhaps, it was simply that no one was going to foist beliefs on others--if one was not Christian, it wasn't a huge deal (at least it wasn't in the circle of friends I hung with, many of whom were heavily involved with campus ministry; then again, I was a white, Lutheran male of Norwegian-German heritage). It is true, though, that Lutherans are rather non-confrontational.
Still, I find it interesting that the greatest ammount of this evangelism I have found was not at a private university or at a Christian camp, but rather, at a public university.
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Jan. 14th, 2008 | 20:24
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Surprise! My tablet died!
Actually, the tablet's kinda okay--it's just the pen which died. Yes, it is a rather cheap tablet for a Wacom--a Graphire. The pen grip came off a few weeks ago (after getting all melty), and now the back end of the pen has come off. The eraser bit also broke. I finally think I jammed the end back on in such a way that I think it will stick for the time being.
However, the lame little thing digs into my fingers when I use it, since the grip came off, and I don't know how long the pen will last. Yes, the eraser end also no longer works.
It's seriously time to look for a new tablet; while I could get a new pen--I'd just rather use this as an appropriate reason to get a new one. The upside is that I'll get a new Intuos tablet. The downside is that I don't have the money for one at the moment. So there's that.
it's not a mission-critical sort of thing (I don't make money off of art), but I can't do any of that anyway. And it's endlessly useful even for simple image manipulation. The cool thing is that I might be doing some design/layout work soon. Oh joy.
Hooray.
So, I'm going to see about getting a new 6"x11" tablet at some point. I'll let you know how that works out for me.
Actually, the tablet's kinda okay--it's just the pen which died. Yes, it is a rather cheap tablet for a Wacom--a Graphire. The pen grip came off a few weeks ago (after getting all melty), and now the back end of the pen has come off. The eraser bit also broke. I finally think I jammed the end back on in such a way that I think it will stick for the time being.
However, the lame little thing digs into my fingers when I use it, since the grip came off, and I don't know how long the pen will last. Yes, the eraser end also no longer works.
It's seriously time to look for a new tablet; while I could get a new pen--I'd just rather use this as an appropriate reason to get a new one. The upside is that I'll get a new Intuos tablet. The downside is that I don't have the money for one at the moment. So there's that.
it's not a mission-critical sort of thing (I don't make money off of art), but I can't do any of that anyway. And it's endlessly useful even for simple image manipulation. The cool thing is that I might be doing some design/layout work soon. Oh joy.
Hooray.
So, I'm going to see about getting a new 6"x11" tablet at some point. I'll let you know how that works out for me.