The Dress Code Memorandum sparks discussion among BulSuans.
The Dress Code Memorandum sparks discussion among BulSuans.
By: Athena Morales
Bulsuans conform to wear uniform and proper attire during wash day.
On August 9, the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Services at the Main Campus announced the memo for a dress code. This opened a discussion among BulSuans. It caught the attention of students with all the restrictions imposed, and while some continue to conform to the guidelines, some want this removed.
The dress code states that school uniforms are to be worn Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Wednesday is declared a wash day, and students are mandated to wear decent attire on this day; haltered jeans, crop tops, sandos, mini skirts, and shorts are prohibited. Friday is designated for organization shirt days.
Local Student Council board member Elijah Canlas explained that some economically challenged BulSuans could have a hard time buying uniforms, and in some cases, there are students that only have three on-site classes, so it is not practical for them to purchase a set of uniforms. Canlas further elaborated that if the board only desires to identify students, each department has a designated lanyard, and when it comes to "decency", we can wear school-appropriate attire as they wish.
The administration is always after the safety and decency of its students, yet practicality is not clearly recognized. The regulations are laid, but there are some inconveniences. The length of the skirt, 2 inches above the knee, is not applicable to anyone; they might have shorter or longer legs, which could put them in violation of the guidelines.
The mandate of BulSu Student Affairs seems to overlap with the magna carta for students, as there must be freedom of expression through clothing, which the dress code prohibits.
Some view the memo differently. Joseph Ivan Rivera, a student from the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, said that as a psychology student, he likes the idea that we can express ourselves through fashion and the way we dress, but wearing a uniform can avoid the pre-judgment of other students about their social classes by what they wear inside the campus.
This has been an issue discussed by students: the freedom of expressing oneself and the other view of decency. The university must be a safe space for everyone, free from judgments, and the length of one's clothes should not be a measurement of their identity.
"Allow students to do what makes them feel liberated, and that is by wearing what they want," says Clarisse Aguillo, College of Education.
By: Athena Morales
Bulsuans conform to wear uniform and proper attire during wash day.
On August 9, the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Services at the Main Campus announced the memo for a dress code. This opened a discussion among BulSuans. It caught the attention of students with all the restrictions imposed, and while some continue to conform to the guidelines, some want this removed.
The dress code states that school uniforms are to be worn Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Wednesday is declared a wash day, and students are mandated to wear decent attire on this day; haltered jeans, crop tops, sandos, mini skirts, and shorts are prohibited. Friday is designated for organization shirt days.
Local Student Council board member Elijah Canlas explained that some economically challenged BulSuans could have a hard time buying uniforms, and in some cases, there are students that only have three on-site classes, so it is not practical for them to purchase a set of uniforms. Canlas further elaborated that if the board only desires to identify students, each department has a designated lanyard, and when it comes to "decency", we can wear school-appropriate attire as they wish.
The administration is always after the safety and decency of its students, yet practicality is not clearly recognized. The regulations are laid, but there are some inconveniences. The length of the skirt, 2 inches above the knee, is not applicable to anyone; they might have shorter or longer legs, which could put them in violation of the guidelines.
The mandate of BulSu Student Affairs seems to overlap with the magna carta for students, as there must be freedom of expression through clothing, which the dress code prohibits.
Some view the memo differently. Joseph Ivan Rivera, a student from the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, said that as a psychology student, he likes the idea that we can express ourselves through fashion and the way we dress, but wearing a uniform can avoid the pre-judgment of other students about their social classes by what they wear inside the campus.
This has been an issue discussed by students: the freedom of expressing oneself and the other view of decency. The university must be a safe space for everyone, free from judgments, and the length of one's clothes should not be a measurement of their identity.
"Allow students to do what makes them feel liberated, and that is by wearing what they want," says Clarisse Aguillo, College of Education.
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