HBCU Dress Codes

[96lioness]

Damn didn't know Kimbrough is at Dilliard now. Damn i wanted him at Grambling once Dr. Pogue stepped down.

And I've been wanting Dr. Kimbrough at UAPB for a loooong time......but Dr. Kimbrough does not want to preside at public institutions; he prefers private and/or non-state supported institutions.

Didn't know Kimbrough (06) was at Dillard. Thought he was still at Philander.

But I digress...

I agree with the dress code.

Dr. Kimbrough has been at Dilliard for over a year now, it will be 2 years in 2013. That is why he didn't take the chancellorship at Southern; he was the speaker at my oldest daughter's high school baccalaureate and he had a young cousin who was also in her graduating class. After the program, I went up, shook his hand and spoke briefly with him about becoming the next future chancellor at UAPB; he mentioned then that he prefers private institutions and that he'd be going to Louisiana next. When I asked if he was going to take the Southern post, he said that he was contacted by Southern when they had the vacancy and that he applied out of sheer interest but had no intention of taking the position if offered.

But back to the topic, the dress code worked back in the days of Arkansas AM&N; I would have no problem if UAPB went back to enforcing a dress code, or if Southern did (since my baby attends SU).

 

[The Founder]

I understand the logic but disagree because you have students who come to college to get away from a horrible life where there is nothing. I had SHIP (line brother) who came to college with 5 changes of clothes. We were in the same major so he said he didn't have a suit. I told my dad and we took to buy his first suit. He was on an academic scholarship, his mother died from a crack overdose, his father died robbing a liquor store, and during his first semester his grandmother died. He lived on campus all 4 years and during holidays he stayed at the university because he had no family. He was straight poor. My mom found him a job with the parish and he worked part time and used his loan money to buy a car. Academics allowed him to stay on campus in his own room.

You just can't place stipulations on people's pockets.


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[jsupop33]

I will say this, when I look at old yearbook pictures, I see that most students dressed up for class. People were a lot poorer back then too, I sometimes wondered how they afford to dress like that for class everyday.

 

[truthteller]

I think it should be incorporated. When you think about it, most incoming freshmen don't really know what professionalism is nor do they understand the importance of it in the real world of work. Having periodic days of manadatory professional attire is a great way of grooming college students for what is to come. It will make them realize that they are not a group of young men and women in the same caliber as those walking around in the streets or cuttin' up on tv. Of course, they still need liberty to be themselves most times, but a suit here and there will definitely improve their mindset.

 

[96lioness]

I understand the logic but disagree because you have students who come to college to get away from a horrible life where there is nothing. I had SHIP (line brother) who came to college with 5 changes of clothes. We were in the same major so he said he didn't have a suit. I told my dad and we took to buy his first suit. He was on an academic scholarship, his mother died from a crack overdose, his father died robbing a liquor store, and during his first semester his grandmother died. He lived on campus all 4 years and during holidays he stayed at the university because he had no family. He was straight poor. My mom found him a job with the parish and he worked part time and used his loan money to buy a car. Academics allowed him to stay on campus in his own room.

You just can't place stipulations on people's pockets.




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I know there are a lot of folks, especially nowadays, who can't afford the luxury of buying new, fancy, expensive clothes. When I was a child, my parents couldn't afford to buy us new clothes many, many, many, many times, but the clothes we did have were always clean and ironed. And it's like that now with my girls; I haven't been able to afford to buy them new clothes now for a while that I have a kid in college. But I stress to them both that they can still look good wearing what they have, especially if they have good self-esteem and a good attitude and good manners.

It's not about how much you have, it's about making what you do have work. And as long as you're groomed (hair combed, face washed, teeth brushed, deordorant, etc), and the clothes you do have on are clean, it's all good.

 

[jag4life]

I will say this, when I look at old yearbook pictures, I see that most students dressed up for class. People were a lot poorer back then too, I sometimes wondered how they afford to dress like that for class everyday.

Hardly anyone wore jeans back then. Suits, etc were the norm, and they were much cheaper to get or make.