Caffeine protest stopped on BYU’s Brigham Square | The Universe

universe.byu.edu:

BYU students staging a protest against the no-caffeine policy on campus were asked to leave Brigham Square by police officers.

The demonstration was advertised on Facebook and students planned to hand out 200 cans of caffeinated soda at Brigham Square between 11:50 a.m. and noon on Friday.

According to Seth Howard who spearheaded the operation, the group handed out 50 cans in three minutes before police officers arrived. The students were informed that they had not gone through the proper channels to hold the event and were asked to take the cans of soda and sign off campus.

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Comments

[Michael Morrison]

03:32 AM on 09/19/2012

This is hilarious...I was raised Mormon in the '60's:

Coca Cola was as much a staple as jello salad in the '60's...

Then the prophet announced that all drinks containing caffeine are evil. Note that the D&C only prohibits hot and strong drinks--Not Caffeine. Anyway, the prophet, seer, and revelator of GAWD had spoken, so I guess that anybody who sips a cola product is on the express train to outer darkness.

Nobody told the prophet that the Mormons had a lot of money invested in Coca Cola bottling plants.

[SLCPunk]

07:31 PM on 09/17/2012

"I love my religion, but I can't stand that they don't let me do what I want."

What a bunch of rubes.