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Update on "Responsibilities of
Community Life"
Every decade the Houghton
College trustees, faculty and staff review and update
the “Responsibilities of Community Life Statement.”
This document provides the rationale and guidelines for
the Houghton College community. The current review
began in the fall of 2007 and will conclude by the end
of 2008. The committee work will be posted to this site
periodically.
The first posting is attached.
Some will be interested to note that this section
addresses the issue of dancing. The Board of Trustees
voted in their February 2008 meeting to accept the
recommendation of the President's Task Force on
Community that we move in a direction that would allow
dancing on campus under certain guidelines.
The Student Life staff will be working to put this
recommendation into the language of policy as soon as
possible. In reality, this is an effort to reclaim the
college's ability to speak into the dancing situation.
The proposed policy makes very clear that "dancing"
covers a wide range of behaviors and invites careful
reflection and discretion in this area of their lives.
Check this location for further updates on the
Responsibilities of Community Life throughout 2008.
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