“Mind the Gap,” reads the warning in front of the sliding door in the Tube, London’s subway. The sign refers to the gap between the Tube and the passenger boarding deck.

BYU-Idaho students should be mindful of the gap between 11 p.m., boys/girls out, and midnight curfew on weekdays and 1 a.m. curfew on the weekends.

The gap provides the opportunity for sin to occur and students have scriptures to read and abide by, said Bryan Brusman, a junior from Mill Hall, Penn.

Doctrine and Covenants 45:32 reads, “But my disciples shall stand in holy places, and shall not be moved.”

These “holy places” are available to any student who would like to spend more time with the opposite sex without going to secluded places between 11 p.m. and curfew.

The John W. Hart Building, Manwaring Center and the David O. McKay Library are open until 11:30 p.m., providing students places to go for social and study time, said Jim Sessions, BYU-I dean of students. There are also housing complex lounges open until curfew.

“Tragedies occur when people are alone later at night, unless they are studying,” said BYU-I 2nd Stake President Brad Bowen.

Elder Gene R. Cook of the Quorum of the Seventy directed an article called “Worthy to Serve” in the New Era to the young men preparing to serve missions regarding worthiness.

“In such a battle, we must take on the whole armor, not just part of it. Can you see, my young friends, how, if someone were to go out to the battle unprepared, he would surely falter?” Elder Cook said.

Sessions believes that if every returned missionary would follow the counsel of Elder Cook, this matter would resolve itself.

The curfew rules may not change to accommodate student dating, but students can adapt to the rules.

“I am grateful for Elder Bednar and the rules he set on curfew to help us live better lives and to get our sleep,” Brusman said.