Fashion Can be a good thing, but how we dress can say a lot about who we are.

Some students might ask: Is having a dress code fair? Students at BYU-Idaho are required to dress within a certain set of standards. Students are expected to come to campus in nice, modest, business-like attire rather than casual street wear. Shorts and flip-flops are not allowed on campus. If students violate the dress code they are then asked to go home and change.
While to some this may seem unfair, to the students of BYU-Idaho it’s an everyday thing that they are used to. The dress simply helps students to focus on who they are on the inside rather than who the world thinks they should be.

Freshman Jodie Hunter likes the dress code for the very reason it helps her to dress modest as well as professional. Hunter However wishes there were a few things that could change though.

“I think flip-flops and capri pants should be allowed as well as sweats for the testing center. It is good to be comfortable when taking a test. It keeps me relaxed,” Hunter said.

Dean of Students, Kevin Miyasaki, said how students dress is an indicator of all things and reflects who they are as a person.

“You dress according to the situation with what’s appropriate for the occasion. There’s a time to dress up and dress appropriate,” Miyasaki said. “Whatever the setting dress indicates that you understand who you are and shows the Lord as well as others that you recognize who you are.”

Students at BYU-Provo have a similar dress code, but with a few minor differences. Students are allowed to wear shorts as long as they are knee length. Students are also allowed to wear capri pants as well as flip-flops.

Junior Alicia Garcia a former BYU-Provo student said just as students are asked to dress a certain way at BYU-Idaho, students at BYU-Provo are asked to dress as if they have made temple covenants.

“I have loved my experiences at both schools. I think it is all pretty much the same. They have both been great and both have had their draw backs but they are schools run and organized by the Church of Jesus Christ and they do well at educating the future leaders of the gospel,” Garcia said. “If people do not agree with the dress and grooming standards they obviously do not understand the purpose of this university.”

Senior Woody Myler felt the dress code dealt with more than just spiritual and religious things.
“It will help us beyond our time here. It sets a standard for the university. Most successful universities have a standards. It really helps us to become student leaders. That is really the mission of the university,” Myler said.

Dressing appropriately also helps students to stay focused in class. Junior Mark Jensen enjoys when girls dress modestly.

“It really helps a guy’s mind to focus better when girls dress modestly,” Jensen said. .