Editing Brigham Young University (section)

== Campus ==
{{Main|Brigham Young University campus|List of Brigham Young University buildings}}[[File:BYU mountain view.JPG|thumb|right|BYU campus with Y mountain and [[Kyhv Peak]] (formerly called Squaw Peak) in the background]]
The main campus in [[Provo, Utah]], sits on approximately {{convert|560|acre|km2}} nestled at the base of the [[Wasatch Mountains]] and includes 295 buildings.<ref name=byucampus>{{cite web| title =Campus| work =About BYU| publisher =BYU.edu| year =2007| url =http://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=133| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090315055853/http://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=133| url-status =dead| archive-date =March 15, 2009| access-date =September 18, 2009}}</ref> The buildings feature a wide variety of architectural styles, each building being built in the style of its time.<ref name = langvalue/>  The grass, trees, and flower beds on BYU's campus are impeccably maintained.<ref>{{cite news |first = Tad |last = Walch |url = http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,600144927,00.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131021165207/http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,600144927,00.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = October 21, 2013 |title = Y.'s beauty wows judges |work = Deseret Morning News |date = June 29, 2005 |access-date = June 23, 2006 |df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first = Tad |last = Walch |url = http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,615154952,00.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131021165207/http://deseretnews.com/dn/print/1,1442,615154952,00.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = October 21, 2013 |title = New parking lot at BYU won't be ugly expanse |work = Deseret Morning News |date = October 3, 2005 |access-date = June 23, 2006 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> Furthermore, views of the Wasatch Mountains, (including [[Mount Timpanogos]]) can be seen from the campus.<ref name = byucampus/> BYU's [[Harold B. Lee Library]] (also known as "HBLL"), which ''[[The Princeton Review]]'' ranked as the No. 1 "Great College Library" in 2004,<ref>{{cite web
| title =Library in the News: September 2004| work =Library in the News| publisher =BYU.edu| date=  February 10, 2006| url =http://www.lib.byu.edu/news/2004_09.html| access-date = August 21, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071118203231/http://www.lib.byu.edu/news/2004_09.html |archive-date = November 18, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> has approximately 8.5 million items in its collections, contains {{convert|98|mi|km}} of shelving, and can seat 4,600 people.<ref>{{cite web| title =History of the Library| publisher =Brigham Young University| date =March 15, 2006| url =http://www.lib.byu.edu/libhistory.html| access-date =August 21, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071105200126/http://www.lib.byu.edu/libhistory.html| archive-date =November 5, 2007| df =mdy-all}}</ref>  The [[Spencer W. Kimball Tower]] is home to several of the university's departments and programs and for a long time was the tallest building in Provo, Utah,<ref name=Emporis>{{cite web| title =Kimball Tower| work =High-rise Buildings| publisher =Emporis| url =http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=kimballtower-provo-ut-usa| access-date =April 7, 2007| archive-date =September 30, 2007| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070930172902/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=kimballtower-provo-ut-usa| url-status =usurped}}</ref><ref name=BYUPage>{{cite web| title =Campus Information| publisher =Brigham Young University| url =http://unicomm.byu.edu/directories/bldg.aspx?id=SWKT| access-date =April 7, 2007| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20051210175053/http://unicomm.byu.edu/directories/bldg.aspx?id=SWKT| archive-date =December 10, 2005| url-status =dead}}</ref> and the [[Marriott Center]] serves primarily as a basketball arena and can seat over 19,000, making it the tenth largest on-campus arena in the nation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Largest College Basketball Arenas|url=https://www.fueledbysports.com/largest-college-basketball-arenas/|access-date=2021-01-17|website=Fueled by Sports|language=en-US|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204045747/https://www.fueledbysports.com/largest-college-basketball-arenas/|url-status=live}}</ref> On Sundays, nearly all of the buildings on campus are utilized to host church services.<ref>[http://plantwo.byu.edu/churchweb/pages/sundaymeeting.html]{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Sunday at School">{{cite news |author= Photography by Bradley H. Slade| title = Sunday at School | work = BYU Magazine | publisher = Brigham Young University| pages = 26–31| date = Spring 2007}}</ref>

=== Museums ===
[[File:MOA North entrance.JPG|thumb|right|[[Brigham Young University Museum of Art|Museum of Art]] north entrance]]
Several museums on campus contain exhibits from many different fields of study. BYU's [[Brigham Young University Museum of Art|Museum of Art]], for example, is one of the largest and most attended art museums in the Mountain West. This museum offers research and study opportunities to students and educational programming to the general public.<ref>{{cite web| title =About the Museum| work =Brigham Young University Museum of Art| publisher =Brigham Young University| date =September 28, 2006| url =http://moa.byu.edu/index.php?id=50| access-date =August 21, 2007| archive-date =May 23, 2010| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100523185438/http://moa.byu.edu/index.php?id=50| url-status =live}}</ref> The [[Brigham Young University Museum of Peoples and Cultures|Museum of Peoples and Cultures]] is a museum of archaeology and ethnology. It focuses on native cultures and artifacts of the Great Basin, American Southwest, Mesoamerica, Peru, and Polynesia. Home to more than 40,000 artifacts and 50,000 photographs, it documents BYU's archaeological research.<ref>{{cite web| title =Collections| work =Museum of Peoples and Cultures| publisher =Brigham Young University| date =July 12, 2008| url =http://mpc.byu.edu/Research/Collections.dhtml| access-date =July 12, 2008| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080511161245/http://mpc.byu.edu/Research/Collections.dhtml| archive-date =May 11, 2008| df =mdy-all}}</ref> The [[BYU Museum of Paleontology]]<ref>[http://cpms.byu.edu/ESM/index.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607231555/http://cpms.byu.edu/ESM/index.html|date=June 7, 2007}}</ref> was built in 1976 to display the many fossils found by BYU's [[James A. Jensen]]. It holds many vertebrate fossils from the [[Jurassic Period|Jurassic]] and Cretaceous periods and is one of the top five vertebrate fossil collections in the world from the Jurassic. <!-- 100 tons of plaster-covered bones are stored underneath BYU's football stadium. This doesn't really fit here, if we're talking about museums, but it is cool.--> The museum receives about 25,000 visitors every year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Museum Information |work=BYU Earth Science Museum |publisher=Brigham Young University |date=October 26, 2006 |url=http://cpms.byu.edu/ESM/information.html |access-date=August 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815023403/http://cpms.byu.edu/ESM/information.html |archive-date=August 15, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title =On Display at the Museum| work =BYU Earth Science Museum| publisher =Brigham Young University| date =October 26, 2006| url =http://cpms.byu.edu/ESM/index.html| access-date =August 21, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070607231555/http://cpms.byu.edu/ESM/index.html| archive-date =June 7, 2007| df =mdy-all}}</ref> The [[Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum]] was formed in 1978. It features several forms of plant and animal life on display and available for research by students and scholars.<ref>{{cite web| title =Museum Description| work =Monte L. Bean Museum of Life Science| publisher =Brigham Young University| url =http://mlbean.byu.edu/home/page/Description.aspx
| access-date = August 21, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070701001829/http://mlbean.byu.edu/home/page/Description.aspx |archive-date = July 1, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Performing arts ===
The campus also houses several performing arts facilities. The de Jong Concert Hall seats 1282 people and is named for [[Gerrit de Jong Jr.]]  The Pardoe Theatre is named for T. Earl and Kathryn Pardoe. Students use its stage in a variety of theatre experiments, as well as for Pardoe Series performances. It seats 500 people, and has quite a large stage with a [[proscenium]] opening of 19 by {{convert|55|ft|m}}.<ref name=byutheater>{{cite web| title =Facilities| work =College of Fine Arts and Communications| publisher =Brigham Young University| date =July 27, 2007| url =http://tma.byu.edu/index.php?id=609| access-date =August 21, 2007| archive-date =August 1, 2007| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070801121005/http://tma.byu.edu/index.php?id=609| url-status =live}}</ref> The Margetts Theatre was named for Philip N. Margetts, a prominent Utah theatre figure. A smaller, [[black box theater]], it allows a variety of seating and staging formats. It seats 125, and measures 30 by {{convert|50|ft|m}}.<ref name=byutheater/> The Nelke Theatre, named for one of BYU's first drama teachers, is used largely for instruction in experimental theater. It seats 280.<ref name=byutheater/>

=== Student housing ===
[[File:ForeignLanguageHousing.JPG|thumb|right|Foreign Language Student Residence, where students commit to speak only their language of study]]

BYU has on-campus housing communities for freshmen students as well as for students 19 years and older. Single students who are freshmen have four options for on-campus housing: Heritage Halls, Helaman Halls, Riviera Apartments, and the Foreign Language Student Residence (FLSR). On-campus housing for single students 19 years old and older is available at Wyview Park, Heritage Halls, and in the Foreign Language Student Residence Halls. On-campus married students live in Wymount Terrace or Wyview Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=BYU Housing Info |url=https://housing.byu.edu |website=BYU Housing |access-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-date=December 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227140834/http://housing.byu.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===BYU Creamery===
Branches of the BYU Creamery provide basic food and general grocery products for students living in Heritage Halls, Helaman, Wymount, Wyview, and the Foreign Language Student Residence. Helaman Halls is also served by a central cafeteria called the Cannon Center.<ref name = byurooms>{{cite web| title =Room Options| work =On-Campus Housing| publisher =Brigham young University
| url =http://www.byu.edu/oncampushousing/rooms.html#heritage_halls| access-date = August 21, 2007
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070822224947/http://www.byu.edu/oncampushousing/rooms.html |archive-date = August 22, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Creamery on Ninth East opened in August 2000, replacing Kent's Market, which closed during the 1998–1999 school year.<ref name=byunews>{{cite web |url=http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/52356 |title=Creamery on Ninth boasts new look |date=September 22, 2004 |accessdate=June 10, 2011 |work=newsnet.byu.edu| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110526015957/http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/52356| archivedate= 26 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> BYU's building block system [[Abbreviation|abbreviates]] the Creamery on Ninth East as CONE.<ref name="byunews" />

The creamery began in 1949 to provide milk for the campus, and soon thereafter it expanded its product line to include ice cream, cheeses, and other University-produced [[dairy product]]s. It has become a BYU tradition and is also frequented by visitors to the university and members of the community.<ref>{{cite web| last =Moss| first =Michael| title =Sweet Creams: BYU Creamery a Campus Landmark Since 1949| date =May 30, 2007| url =http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/64478| access-date =August 21, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070914025210/http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/64478| archive-date =September 14, 2007| df =mdy-all}}</ref> It was the first on-campus full-service grocery store in the country.<ref>{{cite web| last =Woodland| first =Mark| title =Creamery on Ninth declared "Good Neighbor"| publisher =BYU Newsnet| date =July 26, 2006| url =http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/60499| access-date =August 21, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071118203454/http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/60499| archive-date =November 18, 2007| df =mdy-all}}</ref>

According to the BYU Dining Services statistics, more than 191,000 gallons of Creamery ice cream are served each year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://universe.byu.edu/2016/05/06/byu-creamery-has-rich-flavors-history/|title=BYU Creamery has rich flavors, history|last=Davis|first=Theresa|date=2016-05-06|website=The Daily Universe|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref> In 2018, in celebration of being named most "Stone Cold Sober" school for twenty-one straight years by the Princeton Review, BYU Creamery released a new flavor of milk, mint brownie chocolate milk.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rees |first1=Arianna |title=You can now purchase BYU mint brownie chocolate milk. Here's where |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900052848/you-can-now-purchase-byu-school-mint-brownie-chocolate-milk-heres-where.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129042932/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900052848/you-can-now-purchase-byu-school-mint-brownie-chocolate-milk-heres-where.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2019 |website=[[Deseret News]] |publisher=Deseret News |access-date=12 June 2019}}</ref>

=== Sustainability ===
BYU has designated energy conservation, products and materials, recycling, site planning and building design, student involvement, transportation, water conservation, and zero waste events as top priority categories. The university has stated "we have a responsibility to be wise stewards of the earth and its resources."<ref name="Y Facts - Sustainability">{{cite web| title =Y Facts – Sustainability| publisher =Brigham Young University| url =http://sustainability.byu.edu| access-date =March 25, 2014| archive-date =August 17, 2020| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200817180310/https://sustainability.byu.edu/| url-status =live}}</ref> BYU is working to increase the energy efficiency of its buildings by installing various speed drives on all pumps and fans, replacing incandescent lighting with fluorescent lighting, retrofitting campus buildings with low-E reflective glass, and upgraded roof insulation to prevent heat loss.<ref name="Energy Conservation">{{cite web
 |title=Energy Conservation 
 |publisher=Brigham Young University 
 |url=http://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=256 
 |access-date=June 8, 2009 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626160806/https://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=256 
 |archive-date=June 26, 2010
}}</ref> BYU Recycles spearheaded the recent campaign to begin recycling plastics, which the university did after a year of student campaigning.<ref name="Student Involvement">{{cite web
 |title=Student Involvement 
 |publisher=Brigham Young University 
 |url=http://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=260 
 |access-date=June 8, 2009 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523162307/http://yfacts.byu.edu/viewarticle.aspx?id=260 
 |archive-date=May 23, 2009
}}</ref><ref name="BYU Newsnet - Going Toward the Green">{{cite web| title =BYU Newsnet – Going Toward the Green| publisher =Brigham Young University| url =http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/72130| access-date =June 8, 2009| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110202041024/http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/72130| archive-date =February 2, 2011| df =mdy-all}}</ref>