Tight behavior codes are nothing new on the campuses of religious colleges. The venerable Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, for instance, asks (PDF) that students living on campus not attend "rock concerts," "alternative concerts," or "secular concerts," not attend comedy clubs, and not work on Sunday—but only before 6pm.
As for Internet restrictions, they are ubiquitous and usually designed to keep students from easily accessing pornography while on campus. Few schools go as far as Brigham Young, though, which even blocks YouTube out of a desire to help its students live a "chaste and virtuous life." But the YouTube ban might be coming to an end.
In early 2007, a school spokesperson explained the ban to the Associated Press. "We use the filtering process for two reasons," said BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins at the time. "First, to protect students from inappropriate material. The other is because of our limited bandwidth. That bandwidth is used for academic purposes."
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