Kicked To the Curb

Our apartment has been facing a little drama lately. When you attend BYU or live in BYU approved housing, you sign the Honor Code saying you will live according to certain standards. Breaking any one of the rules or guidelines has consequences. In this case, one roommate is getting evicted. It's a big deal. She gets to stay until April (the send of the semester) and then she has to leave. If she continues to break rules, she will get kicked out immediately. The rest of us our like management's little watch dogs. On Tuesday, three of us met with our bishop to talk about what's been going on and what we've seen. One other roommate already had talked to him the week before and that is what got the ball rolling. There have been incidents where rules have been broken before (like curfew, when guys can no longer be in the apartment), but we haven't said anything because we didn't want to cause problems. The latest one was a big one and we decided we couldn't stay quiet anymore.

The Honor Code may not seem like a huge deal, but it is. Because certain rules have been disregarded by one person, our whole apartment is kind of suffering. We don't feel comfortable in our own home. I hate feeling like I can't go everywhere in my own home because I don't want to see something. We've noticed that the spirit isn't here and it is affecting us. That was one of the biggest things for the bishop. He knows we shouldn't have to deal with these kinds of things because of where we are at.

I think this is ridiculous because you know what you can and can't do when you sign the Honor Code. If you don't want to follow the rules, don't live in BYU approved housing. It sucks for her, but we're happy because we like the location of our apartment. It's the time to think about where to live next year and we were waiting to see what would happen before signing new contracts. Our apartment is upstairs (we don't want to hear people above us and we don't want people walking by to be able to see inside; even when the blinds are closed you can still see inside a little in the downstairs apartments) and right next to the laundry room and the stairs. We like it so we are going to stay, now that things are being taken care of.