Seriously, they just kicked a guy off the #3 ranked basketball team for fucking his girlfriend. They also don't allow you to wear flip flops. This is madness. Fucking and flip flops is what college is all about.
A close friend is a prof a Utah State. She says that most of the women take a child development course of study (basically home ec for the 2000s), hoping to find a mate so they can drop out and start having babies.
I never realized that the BYU code didn't allow fucking (or uncovered feet). I had heard about the caffeine and booze thing which seemed extreme as it was.
"Homosexual Behavior
Brigham Young University will respond to homosexual behavior rather than to feelings or attraction and welcomes as full members of the university community all whose behavior meets university standards. Members of the university community can remain in good Honor Code standing if they conduct their lives in a manner consistent with gospel principles and the Honor Code.
One's stated same-gender attraction is not an Honor Code issue. However, the Honor Code requires all members of the university community to manifest a strict commitment to the law of chastity. Homosexual behavior is inappropriate and violates the Honor Code. Homosexual behavior includes not only sexual relations between members of the same sex, but all forms of physical intimacy that give expression to homosexual feelings."
"the idea that we are vital, sexual creatures is still looked at in some cases with disgust or in other cases a bit of embarrassment. So to really take a look at how our sexuality adds to our life and enhances our life and our health, both physical and psychological, is eye-opening for many people."
Interesting article on the health benefits of sex:
I heard this mentioned on the radio this morning and thought "that's got to be Professor Bailey." he's always pushing the envelope. I took his Human Sexuality class my junior year and all we got was a visit by a post-op transexual.
It's ridiculous and archaic and all that, absolutely. But you know about all that when you sign up for your scholarship at that school. If you want to spend your college years drinking, drugging, and screwing your classmates (as I certainly did) don't go to BYU. It's like complaining about having to get a haircut and wear a uniform when you join the Army.
damn, i just read about this on CNN, their honor code includes:
>Be honest;
>Live a chaste and virtuous life;
>Obey the law and all campus policies;
>Use clean language;
>Respect others;
>Abstain from alcoholic beverages, tobacco, tea, coffee and substance abuse;
>Participate regularly in church services;
>Observe dress and grooming standards;
>Encourage others in their commitment to comply with the honor code.
>The code forbids homosexual behavior and bars members of the opposite sex from going beyond the lobby of the school's single-sex dormitories.
>The dress and grooming standards forbid beards, tattoos and piercings for men and short or form-fitting clothes or bare feet in public for women.
although it sounds extremely pathetic, i guess if thats what you sign up for, it is what it is...here i thought it was just the FLDS that was crazy...
My dad joined the Mormon church in Taipei, mostly because he thought they ran a good organization (i.e. it wasn't theological) and was offered a scholarship at BYU. I shudder to think of what might have happened to my family had he gone that route but as it was, my mom did NOT get a scholarship from them so my folks ended up in the Ohio/Indiana area instead (dad went to Dayton State, mom to Ball State) and while I remember my dad being a practicing Mormon (no alcohol/caffeine) for parts of my early childhood, he pretty much left that behind by the late '70s.
A close friend is a prof a Utah State. She says that most of the women take a child development course of study (basically home ec for the 2000s), hoping to find a mate so they can drop out and start having babies.
I never realized that the BYU code didn't allow fucking (or uncovered feet). I had heard about the caffeine and booze thing which seemed extreme as it was.
Welcome to the world of religious colleges. Mine did not allow playing cards, dyed hair, or the ability of women to wear pants, even in Chicago winters. And that's just for starters. I've repressed much of the rest.
Let's just say that woolen leggings at MBI were fashionable far before American Apparel dredged the look.
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All the students from my HS who went to BYU all married really young, most while they were still in school. Maybe they just couldn't wait any longer.
A ban on fucking is pretty silly at a school named after a vicious old prick who married a 15 year old girl when he was in his 40s.
I never realized that the BYU code didn't allow fucking (or uncovered feet). I had heard about the caffeine and booze thing which seemed extreme as it was.
these people seem nuts. mormons or morons?
"Homosexual Behavior
Brigham Young University will respond to homosexual behavior rather than to feelings or attraction and welcomes as full members of the university community all whose behavior meets university standards. Members of the university community can remain in good Honor Code standing if they conduct their lives in a manner consistent with gospel principles and the Honor Code.
One's stated same-gender attraction is not an Honor Code issue. However, the Honor Code requires all members of the university community to manifest a strict commitment to the law of chastity. Homosexual behavior is inappropriate and violates the Honor Code. Homosexual behavior includes not only sexual relations between members of the same sex, but all forms of physical intimacy that give expression to homosexual feelings."
Interesting article on the health benefits of sex:
http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/features/10-surprising-health-benefits-of-sex
I heard this mentioned on the radio this morning and thought "that's got to be Professor Bailey." he's always pushing the envelope. I took his Human Sexuality class my junior year and all we got was a visit by a post-op transexual.
i will say, in my opinion, calling byu's system an honor code stretches the definition of honor.
>Be honest;
>Live a chaste and virtuous life;
>Obey the law and all campus policies;
>Use clean language;
>Respect others;
>Abstain from alcoholic beverages, tobacco, tea, coffee and substance abuse;
>Participate regularly in church services;
>Observe dress and grooming standards;
>Encourage others in their commitment to comply with the honor code.
>The code forbids homosexual behavior and bars members of the opposite sex from going beyond the lobby of the school's single-sex dormitories.
>The dress and grooming standards forbid beards, tattoos and piercings for men and short or form-fitting clothes or bare feet in public for women.
although it sounds extremely pathetic, i guess if thats what you sign up for, it is what it is...here i thought it was just the FLDS that was crazy...
thats what it seems like based on the honor system....
They have put their "honor code" ahead of the NCAA Tourney chances which says a lot.
I am surprised that athletes have to live up to those rules.
There's talk that the oven has been bunned.
Welcome to the world of religious colleges. Mine did not allow playing cards, dyed hair, or the ability of women to wear pants, even in Chicago winters. And that's just for starters. I've repressed much of the rest.
Let's just say that woolen leggings at MBI were fashionable far before American Apparel dredged the look.
Is that the Moody Bible Institute? You went THERE?
Holy crap! That's serious fundie shit.