The issue with the Portland trip isn’t going to be having to turn down good food while wandering around, but having to somehow find paleo-friendly food while in a bad-food environment—it’s a gamer bachelor party kind of thing and much of it will be spent at an MTG tournament.

Garret: the real answer, clearly, is to train squirrels to hunt twinkies for me.

A trip to Portland on a restricted diet? how sad :(

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Unless, of course, you are incredibly rare yourself!

As a current Sophomore attending PCC, I can safely attest that the quoted rules from above are from a previous handbook. (Prior 2003). PCC’s most notable rule changes occurred in 2008. Most of these rules are out of date. In fact, they change the handbook every year, and it is only becoming less and less restrictive every semester. What is basically holding the school back, as of now, are the owners. Once the 90 year old president passes away (It is really sad thinking about it, and I don’t wish it on him), most of the archaic, old-fashioned rules will be done away with.

Dr. Mullenix, the VP, has said (behind closed doors) that when he becomes the president of the college, he will wipe away many of the rules that make people draw ire. When this will happen, only God knows. But I expect a lot to change over the next few years.

We are allowed to have cellphones anywhere, as long as we don’t use them in church or in class. If they go off in class, some teachers may write you up, but most are understanding and will just tell you to turn it off. Contrary to popular belief, the teachers are really top-notch at this school. Especially the Pre-Law, Political Science department. I can’t speak for the graduate assisstants, as I think they were all quite stupid. But the real professors are excellent in their field. And they want you to succeed. They don’t care so much for the rules.

The Administration is the enforcer of the rules. And their pawns are the floor leaders (students paid by the college to make sure that rules are enforced, demerits issued, etc.)

Most of the kids that are floor leaders are simply doing it (now) for the $400 paycheck every month. Most of them could care less about what you do, as long as it doesn’t get them in trouble. If you are smart, you can get around any of the rules. Just don’t be stupid about it and broadcast it to the world. It’s sad that it has come to this, but that’s just how it is.

Guys have it easier then girls, simply because there are less… umm, how shall I say this..: there are less ultra-weird/gung-ho/rule-enforcing snobs in the male population. My girlfriend is often told to go change her skirt because it is too immodest. But whatever, sometimes she gets away with it, sometimes she doesn’t.

It’s really hard to accumulate enough demerits to get kicked out. People would try to ask me for my identification number for breaking a rule. I would simply keep walking. They don’t know your name, and they’re not going to chase you down. Last semester, I stopped caring about following hygenic/bedtime/dorm rules. I stopped shaving, I didn’t cut my hair, I wore pants that didn’t pass as ‘dress pants”, I wore my bathing suit from my car all the way back to my dorm, I talked to my girlfriend in unchaperoned areas – and in all of these instances where I could have been written up, I wasn’t. Why? I don’t know. I only managed to acquire 54 demerits that semester, 25 of which were for skipping church … because I was in the Emergency room with a torn ACL. I could have contested it and had it removed from my record, but I didn’t really care. If you don’t get over 75 demerits in one semester, all previous demerits are done away with. You start each semester fresh with 0.

So unless you are running around slapping girls butts and making out with them in front of faculty, you really have to TRY to get in trouble and get expelled. Now there are certain things that will get you kicked out instantly:

1. Stealing. If you get caught stealing, you’re gone. And good for the school. I can’t stand thieves, and it shouldn’t be tolerated anywhere.

2. Lieing can get you in trouble fast. One thing that some faculty will try to do is get you to lie about something. For instance, I used my ID card to get my girlfriend access to the cafeteria (she left her card in her dorm.) The people in charge of the cafeteria hunted me down and asked me if I swiped my card twice. They formed their questions in an effort to see if I would lie (which would be 75 demerits, as opposed to the 3 I would get for telling the truth.) It’s instances like this where you have to be smart about it, know what you are doing, and ultimately tell the truth. It will always save you a lot of pain.

3. Porn. This one is pretty straightforward. Technically, you are not allowed to have games that are rated above E. Please, someone show me a game that is rated E. Lol? We would have guys of 12+ in the dorm room playing Call of Duty on our laptops. The floor leader would walk in and he (SHOULD) write us all up for 75 demerits. Instead, my floor leader would laugh and ask us if he could get in on a round.

So games/music/ etc really depends on your floor leader. If you are a guy, you’ll have it easier. Girls? My girlfriend got in trouble for the music on her workout DVD… lol? So double standards definately abound. No hiding that.

4. Mixed groups off campus. This is the big no-no at PCC. If there is one rule you do not want to break at PCC, it is this one. This is the Holy Grail. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT risk it. They find out, somehow, some way. I had over twenty friends get expelled last year.

One of the common instances is this: Sexual tension abounds here. Bash the school all you want, but PCC has some of the most beautiful women around. For every guy, there are three girls. Not being able to touch them is a real killer. So what people typically do is this: they will rent a hotel room and meet there. They’ll get jiggy with it, then they will come back to campus and tell all their friends about it. Word will get out, and everyone involved in the scandal will be expelled. No questions asked.

Now that’s a pretty reasonable offense. If you do that, your goose is cooked. But what the Administration does is they automatically ALWAYS assume that if you meet a member of the opposite sex off campus, you -are- having sex. And thus, you are expelled. Even if you just randomly go to McDonalds with a few girls.

There are alternatives, however. I have family friends that live nearby. They are approved chaperones (it doesn’t take much to be a chaperone), so therefore PCC allows girls and guys to go over their house. I hung out there all the time last semester, with my girlfriend and everything. When parents visit, you can basically do whatever you want. Beach, shopping, eating, anything…

So those are the main “BIG RULES” not to break. The school’s hard stance on many of the rules is a result of a previous student doing something BAD, and now the whole school has to suffer for it.

Next, Dress code.

It’s really not that bad. Girls get away with murder. Especially the foriegn chicks. T-shirts and skirts all day? Not fair. Guys have to wear dress pants and a polo to classes. Not too bad. Boat shoes work fine, and a lot of guys have no problem finding fashionable ways to stay in the dress code. Girls don’t have it too bad either. Wearing panty hose on Sunday is retarded. You’ll see all the girls wearing them…then as soon as they get out of the building, everyone tears them off.

You don’t have to wear them on Sunday evening, which doesn’t make sense. Guys: Sunday morning, evening, and wednesday church service; you must wear suit/tie. or sports coat/tie. Getting dressed up to go to the Lord’s House is something I have always done, so I don’t mind it. Doing it in Florida, however, stinks big time.

I expect that these rules are going to be the next ones to vanish. (Panty hose, suits on wednesday/sunday night).

As for the internet filter? Oh gosh, do I hate it. As a History major, I love to research things online. I can’t do that there. So what did I do? I bought a smartphone. I plan on doing all my internet surfing on their next semester. My guess is this: the school will realize that it is losing the battle on the internet filter thing, so they will become less-stringent.

If you actually think a website is okay (and it is blocked), all you have to do is click a “submit for approval” button and they will usually approve the website within a day or two. ESPN, Yahoo, all news sites, fantasy sports sites, etc- they are all available. It’s just that google images is blocked, as with many other similar picture-heavy sites. And with just cause. You can basically find porn through Google Images.

One rule that absolutely ticks me off is the “one entree” per trip in the dining hall. Let me clarify, I’m a 200lb semi-bodybuilder. It’s my hobby there (the gym is great, I love lifting weights. I don’t have much else to do. That, and the beach.)

I hate waiting in line to get a hamburger. Eat it. Then wait in line to get another. Actually, I just ignore this rule now. I’ve been written up once for it: 2 Demerits. So whatever.

The reason they did this is because kids would pile their plate with steak or chicken, eat two bites of it, then throw it away. When you are serving an all-you-can-eat buffet with 7 different meal-types to choose from (all inclusive in a 7,000$ tuition), I can see why they would make that rule. But still. I’m like “Lady! LOOK AT ME! I NEED MORE FOOD THAN ONE SAUSAGE!”

I mostly rambled on about all of this. And it’s probably very long and very hard to follow, but I was bored at work . Sorry to necro this thread. Hope some of this insight helps.

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