Pretty interesting.

I didn't attend BYU. That said, chances are I kept most of the honor code stuff just because that's how I roll. I mean, I tend to shave and did so often enough when I was in school to not really ever have more than a 5 o'clock shadow. I hate the feeling of hair on my neck and tend to keep it short. Never was one to take issue with the Word of Wisdom stuff (from what I understand, you can still take your Mtn Dew onto campus...right?)

You get the idea. I'm just not one who would've had much trouble with it - maybe the staying out too late or whatever.

So from that respect, the honor code doesn't bother me that much.

Alisa was on the radio with DJ and PK talking about some tweets he's put out recently. Unfortunately, I had to go into a meeting, so I only caught part of his interview.

He was careful not to name names, but mentioned some experiences. He mentioned making a mistake himself, and going into his Bishop with a desire to repent while knowing that it could mean being kicked out of school and done playing for BYU. Ultimately, his Bishop told him he wasn't going to report things to the HC office, and they'd just work on it together. Another player went to his Bishop with a similar issue, and the Bishop suggested that he self report to the HC office. That player was kicked out of school and off the team. Other players he knew make mistakes and and told him they just weren't going to repent until they were done with school so that they wouldn't get kicked out.

A big piece of what Alisa had to say was essentially that if you've got kids making mistakes and getting themselves into trouble, don't you want them to repent and get help? Because right now, a lot of them are avoiding it out of fear of what will happen to them. And while consequences are an element of repentance - the proportionality of those consequences to the action need to be considered.

He was asked if he thought they should just do away with the honor code and have no consequences - and I thought his response was interesting. He stated that he went to BYU intending to live the honor code and he made a mistake. But he recognized that it was a mistake and still had the intent of fixing that and following the honor code. So maybe kids who make a mistake need to be given the opportunity to repent and fix things. On the other hand, if there are people blatantly living contrary to the honor code who are not even trying to follow it - maybe BYU isn't the right place for those folks and they should look elsewhere for their education.

Anyway - the post is getting long now, so I'll cut it off. But I liked what Alisa had to say - and I tend to agree with the concept that maybe BYU needs to be in the business of helping people learn to better themselves - as long as that is their desire and intent - rather than kicking them out.

Of course - I'm also good with updating things that seem silly right now - like rules about shaving and haircuts...