Students protest Honor Code Office on campus: Live updates
Students have started to gather for a demonstration planned by the Restore Honor movement at the Cougar Quad on the BYU campus today at noon. The protest is in response to the alleged mistreatment of students by the Honor Code Office.
According to Restore Honor’s Twitter account, the protest is university sanctioned.
BIG UPDATE: here is our official flyer with everything you need to know about our peaceful, BYU-sanctioned demonstration this Friday!! pic.twitter.com/lTpUaUH4ge
— Restore Honor BYU (@restorehonorbyu) April 11, 2019
The protest has received extensive media attention, including from national publications such as the New York Times and Newsweek.
University spokeswoman Carri Jenkins emailed a statement in response to the demonstration this morning.
“Our goal has been and will continue to be to help our students succeed at BYU,” Jenkins said. “The students we have met with are committed to the Honor Code and ongoing dialogue, which we believe will lead to a better understanding of how the Honor Code Office can best serve our students.”
This story will be updated.
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