You might not be a Ho, but you sure are wearing the uniform.

Published in the Kishwaukee Kaleidoscope. :)

I guess I’m just old fashioned.  Or maybe I’m just out of style and behind the times. But I’m so confused. When did it become so cool to dress immodestly? Somebody please catch me up on whatever it is that I missed. Why do people feel the need to dress like that? (Let’s see if I can do this and remain school appropriate.)

I know that Kish doesn’t have an official dress code; it is one of the things that I love about college. You can wear tank tops and hats and no one says anything to you. However, I have seen some people wearing ensembles that would embarrass me to wear walking through the hallways at Kish. Honestly, I'm shocked.

Now don’t get me wrong. I’m all for freedom of expression. If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t be writing for the paper. And I understand that how you dress can be a sort of statement expressing who you are on the inside on the outside. But a girl with her shirt pulled down so low that it becomes uncomfortably revealing, or guys with the waist of their pants down around their ankles instead of around their waists, doesn’t make a positive statement. It makes a negative one. When I see a girl with an extremely short skirt on, I don’t think, “Wow, what an independent and confident woman with loads of self respect”, I think, “Wow,  who does she think she is kidding?!” When I see a guy walking down the hallway who has to hold on to his pants, or has to pull them back up every other step so he doesn’t lose them, I don’t think, “Wow, he looks like someone who is going to go places, maybe I should get to know him better”, I think, “You look like a fool with your pants on the ground.”

Where do people get the idea that dressing like this is okay? Did you see Snookie wearing the same dress on Jersey Shore? Let me tell you now, just because Snookie was wearing it on the boardwalk does not mean it is good to wear in the halls of Kishwaukee College. 

So, no. There isn't an official dress code at Kishwaukee College, and in theory, you can dress however you want.  But the next time you are getting dressed for school think about this. What you wear on the outside is a reflection of what you are on the inside. If you want to gain and keep the respect of the people around you, you need to dress in a way that shows you first respect yourself.


my aunt gave me this photo. thought it was pretty good :)

A visit to Stronghold

Every year during Autumn On Parade in Oregon Stronghold has a Renaissance Fair. They open up the castle for tours, and it is really very interesting. This year I went with my aunt, who had never been in the castle before. I forgot my nice camera at home, so I took some pictures with my iPod. However I think they turned out pretty good. Enjoy.

This stair case is "cantilevered". Lol.