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Island U cracks down on student attire
School board rules on stricter dress code for entire campus by GERI LEMMONS staff writer
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ccording to many different sources that are a part of making the on-campus rules for Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, there is about to be a school dress code implemented starting the next school semester. Sami Walker, freshman psychology major, said they had this kind of school dress code when she was in high school. “I can’t believe that at a college level that they are actually going to restrict us on what we can and can’t wear,” Walker said. What this means is that the professors and different staff members will be walking around to check if students are complying with the dress code. If the students are not dressed in the appropriate dress code attire then the professor or staff member will tell the student that they need to leave the class or that they need to go home and change into something that is in compliance with the school dress code. Some of the dress code rules
are that women can only wear leggings if the shirt that they are wearing comes down to fingertip length and this also goes the same for all shorts and dresses. Men and women can no longer wear hats when they are in a classroom. They may put them on outside, but as soon as they set foot in a building they must take off any type of hat that is on their head. Now there is also a new rule that says that no one is allowed to wear T-shirts that are affiliated with another university. For example students are not allowed to wear any other Texas university T-shirts and this includes any other Texas A&M. Mary Smoot, junior kinesiology major, said she thinks this dress code is going to be really helpful and that maybe it is preparing students for the future. “I see girls walking around looking the way that they look and I think wow, who would wear that.?I feel like this dress code will just make things easier and less uncomfortable for students
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who feel like a student is dressed in an unprofessional manner,” Smoot said. This dress code will come after the summer and professors will have meetings and different briefings about what students can and cannot wear before the new school year starts. This is some-
thing new the school is trying out and after the summer, they will fully enforce the new dress code rules. Students will receive emails containing details about the dress code during the summer and more information will be coming soon.
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Island student, Samara Delfish, dressed in an outfit that is on the list for no longer wearable. She would need a cardigan to cover up by this time next year.