BYU Rules That Are Actually Real And In Effect Today

You can be homosexual and attend Brigham Young University, but the Honor Code applies.The Honor Code makes this clear.It forbids all physical expressions of homosexual attraction. This means the entire student body must stay chaste. It also bans all physical intimacy showing homosexual feelings.The Honor Code addresses sexual behavior.The student body must stay chaste. This includes all physical intimacy showing homosexual feelings.

Claiming to be homosexual is fine. The Honor Code states stated same-gender attraction is not an issue. BYU responds to homosexual behavior, not feelings or attraction.

The BYU Honor Code.sayseveryone must agree to live a chaste and virtuous life. "Chaste" specifically refers topremaritalsex. The Code covers all students, faculty, administration, and staff, married and unmarried. Married faculty members do not suddenly stop having sex with their spouses after getting the job. The Code also bans sexual misconduct, obscene or indecent conduct or expressions, disorderly or disruptive conduct, and involvement with pornographic, erotic, indecent, or offensive material, though it lacks specifics.

BYU basketball star Brandon Davies madeheadlinesin 2011 when he was dismissed from the team for having premarital sex with his girlfriend. BYU did not publicize the violation of the Code.The Salt Lake Tribune brokethe news, citing "multiple sources."

Alcohol- and tobacco-free campuses are common. BYU remains consistent with the ideals and principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.alsoacoffee- and tea-freecampus. Church authorities interpret Joseph Smith barring 'hot drinks' this way. The rule extended to BYU in 1968, but the campus is not caffeine-free: students can choose other caffeinated drinks if they want, even though the university does not officially sell or serve them.extendedto BYU in 1968, but does not mean the campus is caffeine-free: students can choose other caffeinated beverages if they wish, even though the university does not officially sell or serve them.can chooseto drink other caffeinated beverages if they wish, even though the university does not officially sell or serve them.does notofficially sell or serve them (note the caffeine-free A&W Root Beer and Sprite at the "BYU Cafe" in the photo above).

Before the ban on "hot drinks" took effect, BYU stopped selling No-Doz caffeine pills in 1967 by removing them from "Campus Pac" school supply packages before they reached the BYU bookstore.

Only a member of the opposite sex can enter your bedroom at BYU at the "Helaman Halls" dormitory during established open houses (Wednesdays and Sundays from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m.), andeven then, "room doors must remain open." All other housing at BYU allows visitors of the opposite sex in lobby areas and shared kitchens.

Bathrooms are off-limits. "Use of the bathroom areas by members of the opposite sex is not appropriate unless emergency or civility dictates otherwise, and then only if the safety, privacy, and sensitivity of other residents are not jeopardized."

The Honor CodestatesBYU undergraduates living off-campus must stay in BYU-owned housing. All BYU housing separates men and women. The Code mentions the "Off-Campus Housing Office" can excuse you from this rule, but it does not list specific situations for exemption.

The Honor Code does not state it, but being a married BYU student lets you live anywhere. The code makes no mention of married couples living on campus, but they must follow the same sex-segregated rules as single students.

Brigham Young himself.He had a substantial beard.The BYU Honor Code.These are the states.men at his university must look baby-faced. "Men are expected to be clean-shaven; beards are not acceptable." Exceptions exist.They are made.for men with skin conditions or "medical, theatrical or religious needs".Men cannot have hair covering their ears or sideburns that extend below the earlobe or onto the cheek.

Hair must be "trimmed above the collar" and cannot be an "extreme" style or color. Mustaches are allowed, but they must be "neatly trimmed" and cannot extend beyond or below the corners of the mouth.

Men at BYU cannot get any piercings, but women have more freedom. The Honor Code firstThese are the states.that "excessive" ear piercing is forbidden for women, but then defines "excessive" in parentheses: "Excessive ear piercing (more than one per ear) and all other body piercing are not acceptable."

The Honor Code does not specify.This is where.this one piercing is allowed on the ear, leaving room for upper-ear rings or studs. Men have no such leeway: "Earrings and other body piercing are not acceptable."

If you picture throwing a frisbee on the quad barefoot with your friends, BYU is not the place for you. The Honor Code's "Dress and Grooming Standards"Section.ends with "Shoes should be worn in all public campus areas." This means you cannot dip your toes in the Smith Building Fountain.

The Code does not specify footwear rules, but a note on dress standards suggests that clothing should be "modest, neat, and clean, consistent with the dignity adherent to representing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."

Men and Women at BYU can wear shorts, but the Honor CodeThese are the states.they must be "knee-length or longer." Women wearing dresses and skirts follow the same rules, but women cannot have "slits above the knee."

Men face extra clothing rules: no sleeveless, revealing, or form-fitting wear. Women also cannot wear sleeveless, strapless, backless, or revealing, form-fitting items. Some read this as letting men wear backless or strapless clothing, but the word "revealing" in the code likely covers that.

The Honor Code's vaguest rule is "Use clean language." The Code stresses the ideals and principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Church documents offer clarity: "Using usual swear words is bad—they make one crude and careless—but using profanely any name of our Lord is inexcusable." Blasphemy seems prioritized in enforcing the code.

Brian Devine was a student in 2011.claimedhe lost an on-campus job for profanity, though he did not specify what he said. He wrote a letter to the BYU newspaper editor.The Daily Universe, to complain, causing a small stir. BYU officials said Devine's story was "inaccurate and incomplete," implying profanity was not the only reason for his dismissal. Devine stayed a BYU student and never contacted the BYU Honor Code Office.