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Dear Editor, I am writing in regards to the article “Do Your Pants Hang Low?” I do not think this sign should have been put up on campus, especially in the student’s center. This topic should have been brought up in discussion at an assembly or throughout student organizations before it was posted over campus. If the faculty thinks that this is a major issue then the Dean of Students could have sent out an email, again to start conversation. I feel like this would have started a discussion over campus about sagging pants instead of it feeling as if it is directed towards a specific race.People around campus get offended by sagging, yet girls can walk around campus in shorts that their butts hang out and shirts that are way too low cut. I see more skin on campus than I do on the beach. Why is that not being addressed? I find that more offensive than sagging; however since Henderson does not have a dress code, students can wear what they want. The sign stated that, “The Following Would Not Be Tolerated: Profanity, Excessive Loudness, Rude Behavior, Sagging Pants.” Profanity, excessive loudness, and rude behavior should all be addressed because it is disrespectful to others. The only issue with that is, everyone’s opinion of profanity, excessive loudness and rude behavior are different. Who determines what is excessive and rude? My definition of rude behavior would not be the same as the guy sitting next to me in the computer lab with his music spouting out profanity with every other word and being super loud.Lastly, I do not see how this is a racial issue. Sagging originated in prison to show other inmates that they are sexually available. It is meant as a sign of “sexiness.” It has nothing to do with a specific race. If you look up prisons online, you can see who is incarcerated. There are whites, black, Asians, Chinese, Hispanic, Indian and every other race. So no, this cannot be pinpointed to a specific race. If this poster would have been put up two years ago, I do not think this would have been an issue. Since there is a lot of racial tension going on in the world today, I think that people are defensive and automatically think “racism.” I do not see that as the issue with this sign.Katelynn Hardage

Dear Ms. Skinner,I am writing in response to Dylan McNiel's article "Do Your Pants Hang Low." As an employee of Henderson State University and a graduate student, I interact with students in a professional setting, as we in the classroom. While I do not like to see sagging pants on campus or any other place, I feel that college students are adults and should be treated as such.To post a sign displaying rules or expectations reminds me of grade school. I cannot understand why signs were used as a means to communicate these expectations to students. I certainly cannot understand why the signs were hung in the student center. Why were these expectations not added to the Code of Conduct? Why were these expectations not disseminated in an email like changes to the Code of Conduct?All of the discussion I have heard about the signs focused on sagging pants. What about the other items addressed on the sign (profanity, excessive loudness, rude behavior)? The use of profanity while talking to a group of friends in the student center would probably elicit a different response than the use of profanity while discussing a grade with a professor. Who decides when loudness is excessive? Who determines what is considered rude behavior? One’s view on rudeness, profanity, and excessive loudness depends on that individual’s perspective.It is the university's stance that the intended purpose was to invoke a "discussion of appropriate behavior." Where and when were such discussions supposed to take place? If and when these discussions happened, how would these discussions be used to solve the problem? After discussion, if the student body as a whole decided that sagging pants were not inappropriate, would the policy still stand?It is my opinion that hanging the signs before talking about the issues was not the right way to address the issues. Even in elementary school, teachers express and explain expectations to their students. Since the signs were hung in the Garrison, are students only expected to abide with those guidelines in the Garrison? What about the classrooms? Would it have been a better idea to address the issues in areas where teaching and learning occur, and to address issues as they arise (with the student who is actually disrupting the learning process)? I just do not believe that signs are the answer to ongoing problems with behavior. I think the university should express student expectations to the student body in a manner other than posting two signs in the student center. I think that issues within the classroom and other professional settings should be handled as the issues arise.It is my hope that the university achieves its, in the words of Chad Fielding, “goal to empower our student to be productive and positive contributors to their workplace and communities”, and that the university would engage its students in serious conversation about the expectations for students. Erica Brown