At a lot of colleges, when students show up for their first day, they have to sign an honor code.

Don't plagiarize, don't cheat on your exams, that kind of thing.

At Brigham Young University, the Big Mormon School in Utah, the honor code goes a bit further.

It says men, no sideburns below the earlobe, women, no skirts above the knee.

Everyone, be back in your dorm room by midnight.

No caffeine, no alcohol, no gambling, definitely no sex, unless you're married.

It's a pretty strict code of conduct based in teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

That's Aaron Alberti, a reporter at the Salt Lake Tribune. For years now, she's been writing about

BYU and the church-owned schools enjoy an enormous amount of support and reverence. You know, in the community here,

it is called the Lord's University. There is a sense of moral value that a lot of people

attach to a BYU diploma. And a lot of that has to do with the

strict honor code. For a lot of students, the honor code is part of what makes BYU

BYU. Students tend to accept BYU as an authority in their lives, as an authority in their faith.

That's why it was surprising earlier this month to see protests at the flagship BYU campus in

Provo, Utah.

A few hundred students and alumni showed up, waving homemade signs and pumping their fists.

Ho-ho, bring honor to the HCO.

They're saying bring honor to the HCO.

HCO stands for Honor Code Office.

That's the office that enforces the code, because another thing that makes BYU,

BYU, is the vigilance of the Honor Code office.

A lot of people here have been hurt by the enforcement policies in the Honor Code.

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