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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Brigham Young University dean has denied an appeal to release a hold on the diploma the creator of a Mormon beefcake calendar says he earned.
Chad Hardy's diploma was withheld by BYU last fall after he was excommunicated from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which owns and runs the school. Hardy was excommunicated during the month between completing his courses and graduation ceremonies.
Hardy appealed and met with the university's Dean of Students Vernon L. Heperi on Feb. 13.
In a letter from Heperi received Monday, the dean says he was not persuaded to make an exception to university policy and give Hardy his diploma.
Heperi says Hardy's refusal to answer some questions about his life since leaving BYU in 2002 and the present were a factor in the decision.
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