Budge Hall
| William Budge Hall | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | Provo, Utah |
| Coordinates | 40°14′51″N 111°39′04″W / 40.24750°N 111.65111°WCoordinates: 40°14′51″N 111°39′04″W / 40.24750°N 111.65111°W |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
Budge Hall, is a residential hall in Helaman Halls at Brigham Young University. It was named after William Budge, a prominent Latter-Day Saint missionary who baptized Karl G. Maeser.
Background
Budge Hall gained a campus-wide reputation in early 2006 following a series of reports published in Police Beat, a publication of the Brigham Young University Police Department. Budge was repeatedly mentioned as the site of pranks for which the police became involved. In one instance, several live goats were released into the lobby and the basement. Resident workers reportedly spend several hours clearing the animals. This and other events brought Budge Hall to the attention of the BYU campus. "Budge Boys" became synonymous with a stereotypical freshman male who mischievously skipped classes and spent much time planning and executing jokes with his friends. Living up to its reputation, Budge Hall was reported to have the highest dropout rate of Resident Assistants in late 2010 according to a report released by Helaman Halls and the BYU Police Department.
Although Budge Hall has housed freshmen men since 2005, it has gone back and forth between men and women several times. In the 1970s, it was a site well known for BYU's "Candle Ceremonies," a gathering of freshmen girls who would gather in a circle and pass a candle around. When the young lady who had recently been engaged received the candle, she blew it out and shared the news with her friends.