The Honor Code, which is often discussed on campus, helps students be more Christ like, said Honor Code missionaries, Elder and Sister Fuller. The Honor Code dates back to the beginning of Brigham Young University. As LDS Church universities expanded to Idaho and Hawaii, the Honor Code followed. Changes to the Honor Code occur from time to time. Elder and Sister Fuller encourage students to give input on changes they wish to see. Sister Fuller, said, “We want to encourage modesty and good taste.” She continued, “The Honor Code is about being more Christ like.”The Fuller’s said changes are only made to make the Honor Code more livable, but Elder Fuller, said, “The basics will stay. The basics are there to help student not only become more Christ like but also to help students prepare for the workplace and society.” Sister Fuller added, “Being clean, modest, and tasteful will help students be successful.”Karl G. Maeser, the founder of BYU, said, “I have been asked what I mean by ‘word of honor.’ I will tell you. Place behind prison walls – walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground – there is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No, never! I’d die first.” The Honor Code was built off this statement. The home page of the BYU-Hawaii Honor Code office states the 13th Article of Faith, “We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul-We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.” The Honor Code Office is open every day of the week, and the missionaries and employees said they love to have students stop by with ideas to better the Honor Code on campus. They encourage people to stop by, grab a piece of candy, and live The Code.
Writer: Reid Crickmore ~ Multimedia Journalist
