So-called pundits, myself included, have hammered that point in the past, but now students and athletes, current and former, are speaking out about it, some of them, anyway. It’s not a handful of radicals and revolutionaries who hate the school and want to see its demise.
And it’s not a general call for a lowering of the standard. It’s one of making it more human, more effective and useful and helpful in the lives of those who are trying — and sometimes failing — to comply with it.
When The Salt Lake Tribune ran a recent story about a BYU police officer tracking down private information about students from other police departments and passing it along to school officials, including the Honor Code Office, a number of former Cougar athletes took to social media, showing their disapproval.