Who do they think they are?

I'm tired of people complaining about how overly conservative BYU is. I am BYU Alumni and while I was a student I did my fair share of complaining; but I am older and wiser now and I am embarrassed for some of my short sited criticisms. The fact of the matter is, BYU is a private school and has the right to make any restrictions or standards that it sees fit especially since its tuition is only $1,810 per semester for members and $3,620 for non LDS members. (USC tuition is $14,994/semester, UC Berkeley is $3,899/semester for residents and $13,241/semester for nonresidents.) If you don't like or do not want to live by the standards then transfer somewhere else. If you do/did attend somewhere else then you have nothing to complain about and your criticisms are petty and make you appear insecure about your own college education.

Another quick point I’d like to make is, from my experience, BYU's student body is much more conservative then its faculty. Any “liberal” BYU students must understand that if they are hoping to affect change it’s going to be an extremely up hill battle. I know this seems like a “no duh” blog but I think there are way more BYU haters then there needs to be.