1. Is there some sort of competition to see how scandalous a girl can dress without getting “caught?” Where’s the integrity when it comes to the honor code? Are we at a fashion show or a "mormon" university?
2. Choose to learn about the world. There are so many opportunities, yet we don’t take them. We just want the easy way out by staying in the “bubble.”
3. The stereotype of “Utah Mormon…” What does that mean anyway? We’re all peculiar, regardless of where we live. And we all decided to come to Brigham Young University right?
4. You would think with all the automatic water and soap dispensers on campus we would have toilet seat covers.
5. Parking. Need I say more? Solution: get your motorcycle license or don’t complain, unless you want 6 story parking garages everywhere.
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I totally agree with you on number 1!! Where is the punishment for stretching the rules a little bit?
ReplyDeleteI completely agree about the toilet seat covers. I am not a paranoid of germs, just a simple girl trying to be sanitary. Every time is see the staff planting more flowers or something, I think. . . "buy smaller geraniums, and use the extra to protect my seat".
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of your issues except for the first one. I've actually been impressed with how other girls dress here on campus. However, it's important to realize that people's viewpoints on what is scandalous and what is not can differ.
ReplyDelete"where exactly is my knee, mother?" people want to get by with the closest they can get to the line. or they just don't care. do they actually want the kind of guy that will attract?
ReplyDeletehmm, now i saw sarah's response. good call. i guess it depends on where you come from. some things that I would consider fine, others might disagree. but there are some basic standards that the honor code has. thank you "For the Strength of Youth"
ReplyDeleteSarah, I understand our campus is very modest in our dress compared to all the other universities worldwide, but we're also held at a higher standard. We do have different viewpoints in dress, but we also agreed to follow the universities standard.
ReplyDeleteI agree on number 2. A lot of us, including myself, are too intimidated to come out of our comfort zones to take opportunities to learn or participate in extra-curricular activities.
ReplyDeleteEmily I agree completely with number one. While I am so glad to be surrounded by girls who share my same standards of dress, there are quite a few who don't seem to understand how important it is to wear modest clothing. It's not just the Honor Code, it's the prophet and quorum of the twelve who has set out these guidelines for us to follow. No matter what your "different viewpoints" are, your knee is your knee, and sleeves are sleeves. Everyone needs to stop blurring the lines and making excuses for those who do, in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteHaving lived in Provo my entire life, thank you for your third point. The stereotype is also given to Utahns in general. While conversing with someone on the Max (comparable to Trax) in Oregon, my mom was asked where she lived. When she told them Utah they got quiet but she kept up the conversation and they eventually "thawed out" toward her. It's kind of sad when you can't be friendly without someone thinking you have an agenda.
ReplyDeleteFirst to talk about the dress standard, I am not exactly sure what you are talking about, I have only seen one or maybe two cases where I thought a girl needed to go change. As a whole I think the girls here are doing amazing, and the ones I have seen only seem so bad because everyone else is really modest so they stand out.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the second one, and also the bubble of Utah, people need to get out and see the real world. We are definitely not living in the real world here.
Kendrick, I really like your comment about the modesty issue in your first response where you asked if those were the kind of guys the girl wanted to attract. I think it makes a lot of sense. It's not our place to udge, but, like Katie, I don't think we should make excuses for them, either.
ReplyDeleteI come from a place that has an average of about five mormon people in my high school of 3000 students. I haven't seen anything scandalous about the way people dress at BYU.
ReplyDeleteLiz, I understand your point, but at the same time you can be inappropriately dressed without being "scandalous." I just feel like too many boys and girls try to get to the very edge of the line.
ReplyDeleteA friend made a good point about the parking situation that I didn't notice before. There are several areas where buildings were taken down and now there's just grass fields (south side of campus). We love grass, but perhaps fewer grass patches could provide more parking lots. I still think it will always being something people complain about. At least they don't only let a certain number have parking stickers...that would leave a lot more people out of luck.