Just when we thought we’d heard the last of man buns (side note: did anyone actually ever figure out if that whole “they’ll make you bald” thing is true?), scandal has struck, bringing them to the center of our attention once again. Brigham Young University-Idaho has decided to make man-buns against its honor code, and will take disciplinary action against anyone who chooses to violate it. The code states that hairstyles for males must be “clean and neat, avoiding extreme styles of colors and trimmed above the collar leaving the ear uncovered.”
“It’s just something that deviates from the norm,” stated Tyler Barton, a representative of the school’s Student Honor Administration. Because anything that deviates from the norm is totally a bad thing, right? We know every school has its own unique set of values, but we can’t help but wonder: isn’t there anything they could devote their time and energy (not to mention the tens of thousands of dollars students pay to attend) to besides policing how a man chooses to style his hair?