Late Thursday night a group of BYU students hiked up Y Mountain to add three more letters. The new word reads, “YEET.” Incoming freshman Aron Martinsen led the charge: “We just wanted to get a head start on leaving our mark on this school. The Y was pretty basic and it deserved a glow up.”

About 75 students, who all met on Mutual, gathered together and brought up all of the supplies over a series of night hikes. Friday night they were ready to assemble the letters.

Many students approve of the fresh look. The line to hike the YEET has extended half a mile beyond the trailhead. “Once I saw it, I knew my friends and I had to hike the YEET,” says senior Martin McMasterson. “High key, the new Y slaps,” says junior Sariah Farnsworth. 

Originally constructed in 1906, the Y was supposed to be all three letters of “BYU,” but after completing just one letter it was deemed too difficult to finish. BYU historian Mohonri Sanderson says this new addition is extremely reflective of the modern-day perspective. “The word ‘Yeet’ really captures the experience of the Gen-Z student. One might say, ‘Yeet just hits different.’” 

When asked about the change, Kevin Worthen, President of BYU, had only one thing to say: “Lit, fam.”