Friday 16 January 2015

Utah's Brigham Young University issues first beard guidelines

By Peg McEntee SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Utah's Brigham Young University, the Mormon Church's flagship education institution, has for the first time issued guidelines on when students may grow beards without violating its rule that men must be clean-shaven. Exceptions will include medical conditions, theatrical production requests from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints media and drama departments, as well as religious observance and practice, according to the new standards published on Wednesday by the university in Provo, 50 miles (80 km) south of Salt Lake City. BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins said religious cases, including for example beards worn by Sikh and Muslim students, will be worked out in coordination with the school's chaplain. The founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, was clean-shaven, and while Jenkins said it was unknown exactly when BYU put in place its ban on facial hair, its president during the 1960s had encouraged all male students to be clean-shaven. via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

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