Student Life

Hobbes University prides itself on understanding the division between operating in the interest of the general public, or in the interest of those in power. Because our founder supported the absolute state, efficiency is at the center of life at Hobbes University. All major clubs and organizations are led by one president or leader, chosen by the Administration. It is most convenient and most efficient for student organizations to be handled in this manner; if larger groups of students all attempted to take charge of one organization, it would undoubtedly fail. While club leaders at Hobbes, of which there are over 300, are top administrators of their respective organization, they are in no way to limit the success of the students who join their causes.

This is also true of our Student Government, which operates under the wise words of Thomas Hobbes, outlining great leadership: “By mutual covenants with one another have made themselves every one the author, to the end he may use the strength and means of them all, as he shall think expedient for their peace and common defense.” The Student Government functions to:
- Maintain its power and the standing of the University
- Maintain order and security for the benefit of all students and faculty
- Maintain equality for all students before all University codes
- Maintain a single or group of effective leaders, but never to become "spellbinders, propagandists, or showmen."
- Accept the inevitability of discontent among students, for that is nature, and improve these concerns.
- Govern the student body justly, for if they fail in this respect, the students and faculty have the rights to resist when "life is at stake." However, such drastic situations should never arise. (369-374)