Under the Dress and Grooming Standards section, the Bringham Young University honor code clearly states: “Men are expected to be clean shaven; beards are not acceptable.”
The range of social mores in this world is mammoth, to say the least. My suspicion is that this particular code of uniform is a reaction to counter coulter in the United States and the rise in popularity of long hair and beards in the 1960s.
Still, if you’re a Cougar, there is the option of a beard waiver. You must “visit a BYU Student Health Center doctor by appointment. The doctor will fax his recommendation. The student then needs to come to the Honor Code Office to fill out some paperwork and receive the letter allowing the growth of the beard, if approved. If a yearly beard waiver is granted, a new Student ID will be issued after the beard has been fully grown, and must be renewed every year by repeating the process.”
Happy bearding!
12 July 2009
LDS WTF?
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As a member of the LDS faith, and also an avid beard connoisseur (and therefore subscriber to this wonderful beard-blog), I can assure you that I have dealt with the honor code at BYU with a great deal of strife. While I can't grow an impressive beard by any means, many of the early prophets and leaders of the LDS faith adorned their mandibles with quite impressive, hairy decoration; which beards, in light of your post should be brought to the attention of the readers. Even the very man after whom Brigham Young University is named, grew a commendable mantle of manhood. Let the beard grow freely!
Brigham Young - http://bit.ly/10ZTdx
John Taylor - http://bit.ly/XWeTb
Lorenzo Snow - http://bit.ly/2syCYp
@Matt
That's awesome! So is my suspicion right? Is it backlash from the 60s? Young and Snow have superimpressive beards… and Taylor has a bit of an Amish beard! How awesome!
Yes, the adoption of the honor code is largely due to avoid the hippie-movement look and everything associated with it. It was actually started by an honor club at BYU as their own code of conduct. Not sure when exactly -- guessing before the 60s. Then when that movement came around the University saw it fit to make it University wide.
But it's a little bit dated -- for example, you can't have a beard or goatee, but you can have a mustache. In my opinion, many a mustache looks far worse than a well kept beard.
Unless you're Burt Reynolds, grow a beard
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