Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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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.

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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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