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Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, you’re looking like a fool with your pants on the ground.

With catchy lyrics and a fast paced beat General Larry Platt sang about the controversial topic, sagging. Sagging, as most have seen, is loosely fitted pants worn below the waist.

With fewer Campus Security Monitors, the issue of sagging is still at large and doesn’t seem to be decreasing. “They think it’s cool, they think they got swag,” said Laura Brown, senior.

Sagging specifically is not the only issue but the dress code in general. Some students believe that with four campus security monitors they can get away with disobeying the rules much more and in reality they can. But that does not mean they should knowingly disobey the rules.

Personally, it reminds me of my childhood. My mom would tell me not to do something and if I did it, there were usually consequences like a spanking. Trust me, in the future, I wouldn’t do it again. Well, kids that are being sent to Alternative Suspension Center for dress code in a way are being spanked. However, they continue to go back because they simply don’t care. ASC supervisor Rob Torres feels that students are disregarding the rules.

“Now I see girls that wear the inappropriate halter tops and spaghetti straps and when they get sent to ASC they want to say, ‘Well I saw hecka girls walking around with the same things and they’re not in ASC,’ they come in here with the most excuses.”

Girls wearing very short skirts and shorts are being called out by CSMs for inappropriate clothing. However freshman Victoria Garcia explains why she wears the shorts. “Short shorts are cute and pants are uncomfortable, and when you sweat they stick to your legs.”

With fewer campus security monitors dress code is being violated more often and some students just do it on purpose. ASC, for some, has become an outlet for students who are frustrated with their teachers in the classroom.

Torres explains some of the reasons why kids come back to ASC. “They try to get sent on purpose, especially if they don’t like that teacher and they don’t want to be in that class,” he said. “Some even wear red or blue belts so if their seen their automatically sent to ASC.”

Violating the dress code is something that constantly happens at school. The thing that bothers me the most is: why even do it? Wearing saggy pants doesn’t make you look good. Come to the conclusion that in the real world, you can’t get a job with your butt hanging all out. CSMs and staff are trying to prepare you for the real world so that maybe your future won’t consist of low paying job opportunities.

Why can’t the new trend be men with the pants on their waist? Why can’t we get prepared for the already defective job market? We will not be prepared with sagging pants and inappropriate shorts.

Young men and women need to realize that even though it’s something many people do, it doesn’t mean that you need to do it. Students need to take the time to figure out that they’re worth much more than the clothes they wear. With inappropriate clothing the only attention people receive is negative. Being different and intriguing doesn’t rely on looking tacky and inappropriate.

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