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I know that many people wonder why it would be useful to break down an old document from 1995. The primary reason for doing so is the insistence by Bob Jones III that SACS is the one who has changed, and that Bob Jones University hasn't changed at all.

Not long ago I covered the entire Do Right protest. As part of that coverage I highlighted a story where Bob Jones University tried to censor the student heading up the whole protest. Around that same time Bob Jones University announced that they were seeking regional accreditation.

The following is from a President's Corner article from the spring of 1995. Please see my follow up and breakdown of this article. 

After making an official announcement regarding BJU's decision to pursue regional accreditation there seems to be a bit of a comedy of errors happening in the administration building. First there was an infamous rant by Bob Jones III where, among other things, he insisted that regional accreditation will not change anything at BJU.

The following is a reading comprehension pop quiz. The goal is to read the following passage and then answer a couple of questions. The test is not timed, and the answers will appear at the bottom.

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Instructions: Please read the following passage and answer the questions below.

Passage:

In Vol. 25 Num. 13 Published Friday January 27, 2012 you can read the following admission from Bob Jones University.

Darrell over at Stuff Fundies Like posted an excellent post about Being Right. In recent weeks I've been coming to the same conclusion. In Fundamentalism, and especially at BJU, it seems that being right is more important than anything else. This was first seen with BJU's insistence on defending Chuck Phelps.

In what will become Bob Jones III's infamous rant on accreditation he gave what seemed to be a minor aside towards the end.

This is not the first time we have pursued the possibility of SACS accreditation.

On Wednesday two things happened. First Greenville Online posted an article about BJU's announcement to pursue regional accreditation, and Bob Jones III gave a rant about their pursuit of regional accreditation. Among the many contradictions in Bob Jones III's rant one really stuck out to me.