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Young men of Morehouse, pull up your pants, remove your do-rags and remove your shades and hats when you enter a building. Thanks to a new policy on the campus of Morehouse College, they are no longer permissible. The new policy is an effort to “get back to the legacy” of Morehouse leaders, said Dr. William Bynum, vice president of the Office of Student Services. “We expect our young men to be Renaissance men,” said Bynum. “When people go about campus we want them to represent the college in an appropriate manner.” The policy details 11 expectations of students, including: * no caps, do-rags and/or hoods in classrooms, the cafeteria, or other indoor venues * no sun glasses worn in class or at formal programs * no jeans at major programs, as well as no sagging pants on campus * no clothing with derogatory or lewd messages either in words or pictures * no wearing of clothing usually worn by women (dresses, tops, tunics, purses, pumps, etc.) on the Morehouse campus or at college-sponsored
Morehouse College Dress Code: Is It Homophobic? By Jessica Madison on October 19, 2009 morehouse-college Morehouse College, an all-male private university in Atlanta, is making headlines today for its controversial new campus-wide clothing standards. Recently released, the “Appropriate Attire Policy” marks a number of clothing items that will no longer be accepted attire at the historically black university. Included in the lineup are a few of the usual suspects (no hats, hoods, do-rags, sunglasses or offensive clothing in class), a few less common culprits (“decorative orthodontic appliances”, sagging pants, pajamas or bare feet), and then the one that’s getting all the attention: “No wearing of clothing associated with women’s garb (dresses, tops, tunics, purses, pumps, etc.) on the Morehouse campus or at College-sponsored events.” While Morehouse is defending their new policy as a measure to protect the school’s reputation and legacy — past alumni include Martin Luther King Jr., Sam
