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University of Denver students dress for success to exercise self expression
University of Denver students are dressing for the occasion as a typical winter of bipolar Colorado weather endures.
Students expose some skin to soak up the sun and take advantage of unusually warm temperatures on a mild winter day.
From a low of five degrees Fahrenheit to a high the next week of 64 degrees Fahrenheit, students must prepare themselves for every possible scenario. “When it’s below freezing outside no one wants to put on a nice ouGit just to cover it up with layers of coats and scarves,” explains Deanna Metropoulos, a University of Denver junior.
While these clothes may make sense under these ever changing weather condiKons, they may not always be enKrely appropriate for the classroom environment.
“I think it helps them realize I mean business in the classroom and they should be prepared for an engaging and someKmes heated atmosphere. It lets them know what we are doing in the classroom is serious,” says DU professor Derigan Silver about dressing professionally to work .
Professors must also be clothing conscious. What they choose to wear in their own classroom sends a message not just about their outer appearance, but also who they are on the inside and perhaps what their teaching personality will be like.
Students must find a balance between looking like they’ve just come from a
party and looking like they’ve just rolled out
of bed..
Silver states, when students show up sloppily
or inappropriately dressed, “I wonder if they just woke up and if they are really ready for class and a no holds barred discussion of important
issues.”
College serves many as a transiKonal period between their juvenile years and the introducKon into the adult
working world. “The University of Denver creates
an open environment where I can show every side of myself without judgment
or restricKons,” says University of Denver junior,
Rhianna Dow.
“College is a Kme for exploraKon and discovery. It is one of the last opportuniKes I will have to really express myself through clothing before I enter the work-‐force, so I always try to make the most of it,” argues Dow.
Students and professors have to be mindful that their appearance reflects upon not only their own reputaKon, but also that of the university as a whole.
The majority of DU students do not dress inappropriately for classes. They dress
professionally and don’t wear clothes that are inappropriately Kght,
revealing or sloppy. They seem to follow an
unspoken code of dress, and are at an age mature enough to show respect to their professors and
peers within the classroom.
At this Kme, a formal dress code does not seem to be a necessity.