by Cole Brownsberger ’14
One of the most talked about scandals of the 2013 school year, the “hacking” of the administrative wifi network, made one thing clear: some students feel that it is okay to break rules they don’t agree with.
With the wifi scandal, students got away with a slap on the wrist for illegally tapping into the administrative wifi…twice.
But Wifigate isn’t the only example of blatant disregard for school rules. Just take a look at the dress code.
Two years ago, boat shoes were banned, yet the offending footwear has slipped back onto campus this year.
Now the Eye has learned that in 2013-14, the administration will be changing the policy on colored pants. The trend of wearing radical colored pants (lots of students wearing red colored trousers), was started by the senior class. An attempt to crack down on the colorful clothing was stymied when a bold senior pointed out that the handbook never explicitly said that students had to wear a certain color pair of pants. As a consequence, language will change in the 2013-14 handbook limiting student choices to more mundane shades of khaki, blue, black, gray, and brown.
In my opinion, students should be able to express themselves by wearing what they want, as long as what they wear goes with what is considered “business casual.”
Wouldn’t it make more sense to enforce our exisiting rules against being sloppy than to wage war on the colors of the rainbow? The truth is, it’s possible to look businesslike in salmon pants and boat shoes.
And it’s equally possible to look like a total scrub in a pair of khakis.
