Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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In :1 most crucial way BYU was humogcncous-hnmn- gencously Mormon. Around 95 percent were members of the Church of Jesus Christ 0f Luttcr-duy Saints. and although they were different in many ways they mer- whclmingly affirmed their belief in God and the right of the university to act in low purmlix. Thc commonly- shnrcd belief that university :ltlministrntorx were not ogrcs but should be respected contributed to thc unus- ual absence of student demonstration on tho BY U campus. Most students are proud of that record.

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STATISTICAL STUDENT From nearly every nation, kindred, tongue and people, 25 .796 strong. the students flocked to the shadows of the everlasting hills-to BYU. By the end of registration each clutched an activity card, a student number, and the privilege of a university education. Mountain Staters found themselves right at home. 15,000 of their fellow students came from Utah, Idaho, Colorado and Arizona. The ever-present Californians made up more than 7000 more. The rest came from extremely varied areas of the world. The Midwest claimed almost 1000. The rocky soil of New England sent 225. Over 600 came equipped with a Southern drawl or at least a Southern home. Around 1500 students didnit call the United States home at all. 689 came from neighboring Canada. Latin America was home for 1500. 200 came from the F at East and 100 from the Near East. In some ways BYU was a melting pot but in others it was not. Like most universities today BYU was divided into many colleges and departments very independent of each other. Students found themselves divided into thirteen colleges from the newest-Computer Science with only 128 majors to the venerable College of Social Sciences, academic haven for almost one-eighth of the student body. For those at a loss in the world of dispar- ate colleges there was temporary solace in General College, the largest college on campus. mm: Ms: 1qu

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In 1971 the only major outbursts of intellectual unrest were in the areas of dress standards talmost 40 percent of students broke dress standards at one time or anotheri in their years at BYU and the conflict between tiliberalii and ttfundamentali, Mormonism. F or the first time some students met fellow Latter-day Saints whose personal habits differed from their own. One of these habits was the kind of music they listened to. When they first came to BYU they tended to listen to the rock radio stations, KOVO and KCPX. Forty percent listened to KOVO more than any other station. But by the time they were seniors BYU students had changed their minds. Among seniors the most popular radio stations were KSL and KLUB, the easy-listening stations. And a surprisingly large number of seniors indicated that their favorite kind of music was classical.