CNU often uses the phrase “Community of Honor” when describing the campus environment. I remember President Trible outlining his expectation of this when I was a freshman recruit to the school. The President said he expected that if a student saw a $20 bill on the ground that they would leave it there until the rightful owner came back and picked it up. Trible, in usual fashion, made an impressive point and awed the audience. I think that a community of honor is essentially what the President’s vision was: a safe environment where we can trust our fellow classmates to do the right thing. The emphasis placed on the Honor Code has helped this process along, but I worry we might become over saturated by the idea of “Communities of Honor” and have it lose its meaning to us.
