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Old 12-29-2008, 12:25 AM   #5
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Well, as long as Utah, as an institution, positions itself as a cultural counterweight to the influence of the LDS church, there can be no full embrace of Utah by Intermountain Mormons.
Does the University of Utah really do that? Or is that just the perception of too many ignorant Intermountain Mormons?

As a state school, it can't promote itself as being a church school, but there is a large percentage of students that are LDS at Utah. There is also the LDS student association that is on campus and the LDS Institute of Religion.

Other than the Honor Code, I'm not aware of anything the U can't offer a Mormon that BYU can.
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