There is no reason anymore. It's a historical artifact from the hippie era.

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Apr 16, 2018
10:10:01am

chilango All-American

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chilango

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My nephew can't grow facial hair. I think he would like to. He is a fellow

BYU71

4/16/18 10:08am

There is no reason anymore. It's a historical artifact from the hippie era.

chilango

4/16/18 10:10am

I always thought it was an effort by the church to eliminate the image of Mormons as "bearded polygamists"

Str8CashCougar

4/16/18 4:52pm

Nothing to do with that. It was all about conservatism, and control...

So it goes...

4/16/18 5:30pm

I read the article, this is an opinion of marginal member, the author has

Beetdiggercoug

4/16/18 9:52pm

Aha, I always suspected the POTUS was a progressive!

chilango

4/16/18 10:42pm

Oh brother. Generalize much?

Michicoug

4/17/18 9:02am

yes, especially when it's obvious. Clarity of bias is a good thing.

Beetdiggercoug

4/17/18 11:11am

Inertia.

SandYFan

4/16/18 10:10am

Fizzics?

TNT

4/16/18 11:40am

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teancum

4/16/18 1:23pm

Because it's a gateway to long hair.

Rich Lather

4/16/18 10:11am

And what is the problem with long hair. I recall more than a couple

BYU71

4/16/18 10:12am

After long hair comes severe body odor.

Rich Lather

4/16/18 10:14am

I have sat by some sevier body odor folks. I think you are on to something

BYU71

4/16/18 10:19am

Only if you're European (BM oxcoug)

chilango

4/16/18 10:19am

Ah, those poor smelly folks in Sevier. Must be Yewt fans.

CougarThug

4/16/18 10:55am

No, pretty much everyone in Sevierville is a Tennessee Vol fan.

deljdc

4/16/18 11:56am

Which is a gateway to pre-marital sex and marijuana which leads

Archaea

4/16/18 12:32pm

And if the leaders have beards, the youth might grow up and think beards are OK.

frontrowcougar

4/16/18 2:14pm

My brother went to law school at BYU. He mentioned that the law school didn't enforce those rules strictly

Pimpin4Paradise

4/16/18 10:15am

Can confirm. Currently have a beard, but shaved this semester for intramurals

TCuz

4/16/18 10:35am

A cosmic question too small for God. Try Brigham.

mantis mutu

4/16/18 10:45am

Jealousy. HC police [aka Nazis ;-)] are probably just facial hair impaired.

CougarThug

4/16/18 10:53am

No valid reasons, at all.

indojoe

4/16/18 11:02am

Despite the nay sayers here there is still good logic with the no beard thing

Pretorian

4/16/18 11:57am

I happen to be a recruiter for a large multinational back East, which recruits

chilango

4/16/18 12:21pm

There is absolutely no doubt this A reason it is in place at byu, is it dated

Pretorian

4/16/18 2:11pm

You're conflating two things here: what the rule should be (i.e. the topic we're

chilango

4/16/18 2:39pm

We disagree it’s ok...

Pretorian

4/16/18 5:45pm

RE: We disagree it’s ok...

Cougstreak

4/17/18 10:55am

IMO the rule is nonsensical and there are no positives or negatives from it

Heath Squashwell

4/17/18 11:54am

I would WANT to get fired from your company.

antiyewt

4/16/18 4:22pm

It was rediculous.... for sure... not unlike a lot of things at BYU

Pretorian

4/16/18 5:46pm

Young kids and adults are supposed to be ridiculous. It’s what makes it great

Nakedbootleg

4/16/18 4:36pm

Chilango speaks truth

rmreitz

4/17/18 12:40pm

It’s not 1990, brother.

macaroni

4/16/18 1:13pm

what does 1990 have to do with this? I was at BYU in the mid 2000s and we

Pretorian

4/16/18 2:13pm

Oh good grief

shakarocks

4/16/18 2:52pm

“Policing” people about things like beards is counterproductive.

Nakedbootleg

4/16/18 3:51pm

Reason prevails....thank you.

Beetdiggercoug

4/16/18 9:55pm

I get the whole "clean cut" image for the church, but a well maintained beard shouldn't be banned.

Ned Schneebly

4/16/18 12:16pm

Most professors hate enforcing it - so BYU uses every alternate means imaginable

mantis mutu

4/16/18 12:32pm

They're still ticked bout conceding on the Coke. You bet they're tightenin up on

mantis mutu

4/16/18 12:40pm

Rise up oh men of God, throw off the shackles of Gillette, your oppressor!

frontrowcougar

4/16/18 1:04pm

"Those who run the show can stick it somewhere else if you like."

QBarrister

4/16/18 1:36pm

in my experience, intramural referees take their honor code enforcement duties VERY seriously

Str8CashCougar

4/16/18 1:49pm

I don’t know, but I laughed at this sentence.

PJMort

4/16/18 2:02pm

its because it would be even weirder to enforce it anywhere else. Walking down the hall, denying purchase of food etc

ColonelMustard

4/16/18 2:18pm

Ask the New York Yankees

kimdaddy35

4/16/18 3:02pm

Oh boy, it is the off season!

rockyrd

4/16/18 7:15pm

Why does everyone care so much? Cut your hair and shave and you get a world class education for a

MaxxPower

4/16/18 9:36pm

Personally, I agree in full (& did as a student). But we're dealing

mantis mutu

4/16/18 10:59pm

Nonsense

JupiterJones

4/17/18 11:37am

Obedience takes a lot more back bone than disobedience

MaxxPower

4/17/18 11:19pm

This is mostly true in a gospel context, but very debateable outside of it.

chilango

4/18/18 5:13am

RE: Obedience takes a lot more back bone than disobedience

Cougstreak

4/18/18 7:59am

I'm glad our founding fathers had weak backbones...

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