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Old 09-07-2005, 08:15 PM   #4
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Default While I agree that the Honor Code needs to be adjusted

for non-LDS athletes, there are a number of problems that would arise by doing so. What about the non-LDS students who aren't athletes? What about the LDS athletes who never grew up in area that didn't have a strong LDS influence? What about the fact that this is the Church sponsored school and it is reflects the values of the Church?

If the Honor Code is relaxed for the non-LDS athletes, should the standards of the Church be relaxed for investigators who may have a bit of trouble accepting things like the Word of Wisdom, pre-marital sex, tithing, etc.?

The Honor Code isn't the problem. It's the people who run the Honor Code office that need to change. The stringent rules seem to be so inflexible that the Savior himself would't be allowed into the testing center.

Keep the Honor Code intact, introduce the pople that work in the HC office to a school of thought that considers the spirit of the law and while recruiting, emphasize again and again exactly what a kid is getting himself into should he sign with BYU.
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