CoEd Dormitories essays

CoEd Dormitories essays When I visited Berry College, one of the first things that I learned was Martha Berrys mission for her students - to educate the head, the heart, and the hands. The lady in the admissions office who welcomed us to Berry beamed as she told me how almost a hundred years later this mission is still the driving force behind Berry College. What a wonderful place to be, I thought to myself. A place where I will grow mentally, spiritually, and physically. Now that I am approaching the end of my freshman year, I am able to reflect on all that I have learned, as a result of Martha Berrys original purpose for the school. I was recently disturbed, however, to discover that the ideals which Berry College was founded upon have been challenged with the proposal for building a new co-ed dorm on campus, for cost efficient reasons. The decision to erect a co-ed dorm would be detrimental to the Berry community because it will hinder Berrys mission to educate the head, the heart, and the hands, of their students thus creating problems that would far outweigh the financial convenience. The head is where our brain is located. Our brain is the organ which allows us to think. We have the choice to think good things or bad things. A major factor contributing to what we think about is our environment. Berry College encourages their students through a variety of Christian organization, and also the enforcement of strict rules, to set their minds on pure and wholesome things. One rule in particular that reflects Berrys concern for the students is the no sex on campus rule. Berrys policy is only effective if they provide an atmosphere that reinforces this rule. By creating an environment that is not surrounded by sexual temptation, students are not tempted to think about sex as much. Also, the visitation rule , which requires students to be out of t...