Brigham Young University

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Student and faculty demographics

Students from every state in the nation and from many foreign countries attend BYU (in 2001, 110 different countries were represented by more than 1,600 BYU students). Most of these students are active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Although membership in the church is not a requirement for admission, only about 2% of the student body is non-LDS. There are also a number of non-LDS faculty.

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2001 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Both Latter-day Saint and non-Latter-day Saint students who attend BYU, must commit to follow the university's strict Honor Code, and to complete 14 semester hours of specialized religious education before graduation, which include some mandatory classes on Mormon doctrine. In addition, students and faculty who are LDS are required to obtain endorsement from local church leaders that they actively attend local church services and practice church standards of behavior. There is no similar attendance requirement for non-LDS students or faculty.

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Latter-day Saint - Mormon doctrine

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BYU students and faculty are predominantly conservative, although there are several relatively left-leaning organizations, such as a small-but-active College Democrats organization, an intermittant alternative weekly called Student Review, as well as an organization called VOICE, which is concerned with issues such as gender equality and violence against women.

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Left - College Democrats - Student Review

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The student body is predominantly white, although there are growing populations of Latinos, and Pacific Islanders, who are joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in increasing numbers. The number of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender students or faculty at BYU is unknown. The school's strict Honor Code does not require LGBT non-member students and faculty to remain in the closet, so long as they are strictly celibate, or they are monogamous within a legal heterosexual marriage.

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Latino - Pacific Islander - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Gay - Lesbian - Bisexual - Transgender - LGBT - The closet - Celibate - Heterosexual

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