Yet a small number of black students attend the school. Its president, Bob Jones III, called for the removal of the Confederate flag over the state capitol. The 225-acre campus sits beneath a gentle spread of oaks. The bricks are yellow. The gates are high.
Female students wear long skirts.
In the wake of Bush's campaign visit and the criticism it brought, the college is on uneasy terms with the media. Six minutes is all it takes to get thrown off by campus police. But six minutes allows a brief chance to ask one student, Greg Davis, about the presidential race. Before he can explain why, the campus police officer arrives. The student has a parting question of his own.