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You do not know every one you meet, so you use what you see to understand a new person. Clothes are your first option. The world finds inspira tion for what we put on every where from the media to our parents. The girls who were in the II- to 13-year-old age group when Britney Spears first came out were quick to bare their bellies in a sad attempt to imitate the pop princess. As trends come and go, the clothes we choose always tell some thing about who we are. There are reasons why clothing is a billion dollar industry; everyone always needs something new. We have all had to say goodbye to some of our most prized possessions, whether it was our Keds shoes or Girbaud jeans. Growing up calls for these tearful gcxxlbyes with our favorite clothes. In col lege. you must trade some of your favorite jeans for smarter, more professional business-like pants. As graduation approach es, I am not sure what will be more difficult, parting ways with my roommates or buying a sensible business suit. For women, our memories are often tied to our favorite clothes. That nerdy “Senior Girls” high school T-shirt and brown, Brighton belt reminds us of the day we moved on to college. Men have it easier than women, as men’s fashion does not change as drastically as women’s does. There are people out there who stick to what works and refuse to go anywhere else but the trusty Gap. It is hard not to admire those who can some how make an old, tapered pair of jeans look good or that per son in your class who can pull polka dots and Hawaiian print together. Most people at A&M are happy with themselves and will wear what feels comfort able, no matter what anyone says. Like my best friend, who no matter how many times 1 tell. ‘Boys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses,’ contin ues to protest against contacts. Behind the outfits of every person is an individual waiting to teach you something about not only themselves, hut you as well. Before making a snap judgment about the eccentric person sitting next to you in history, say hi and discover why they are the way they are. AGGIElif THE BATTAIk Schwarzeneggei wants part tiin« legislature LOS ANGELES (AP), California lawmakers sfe work part time so they can) more productive and lessfe ly to write “strange bills,’ Arnold Schwarzenegger & “I want to make /° Legislature a part-t Legislature,” he told The Angeles Times on Tuesfe “Spending so much Sacramento, without an thing to do, then outofta comes strange b The Republican govemMdl a did not say how he woi* can turn the Legislature intojlch 1 part-time institution. California’s Legislature! one of four full-time legist tures, along with Mk% New York and Pennsyivaru Democratic lawmate- criticized Schwarzenegger; comments. “While I'moj here working ... he’spoii eating from Hawaii?" sas Senate President Pro Ip John Burton. p | To illustrate his pc-IL, Schwarzenegger borrc, , ,;:B e •• y from his acting days, saynjlsrudt filmmakers did their besl work on tight deadlines. “Give them a short pew| of time. Then good wl gets done," he said. "Thai;I when they start getting cfa| ative with things." Expression Continued from page 3A u that was five years ago and my style has kind of become passe in the interim.” Vande Zande said his idea of fashion is primarily one of “no fashion.” “Almost everything I own is indicative of me, whether it’s show ing what band I like, some thing I believe in or something 1 just think is funny,” he said. “Also I'm a pack rat so I still have a lot of clothes from junior high and earlier that 1 still wear when I can get away with it.” Even though Vande Zande watches his fair share of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” with his wife, he said he would rather just take it easy and do his own Express yourself, So you can respect yourself thing. And he said the only person with permis sion to complain about his fashion sense is his wife. Many expressions in the form of fashion come out of opposition to mainstream culture, such as the hippies of the 1960s and 1970s. “Hippies wore old jeans that were falling apart for a reason, because they were showing they were not materialistic. The patch became honorable in their culture,” Murguia said. “The longer hair of the hippies was a symbol ofte] ing rules, while short hair was a signofbeins controlled and obeying order.” When asked about her creative fashionseasti Daarina Farooq. a freshman general studies major, said it shows thalsbeis different from everyone else. “I feel you can still look good, have a distinct fashion sense and uphold modestyaife same time,” Farooq said. “Everyone has their own si)fe at A&M, and I think people dress how they feel.” . V'mde Zar#^eSA&teh ion as more li one-dttst6n£ “It’s not really a bad thing, but it just seems that jeans and: T-shirt is the standard and nobody is really trying toetpisj themselves through clothing except by telling you they wen to Chilifest, Cross Canadian Ragweed orwliai 1 * — Madonna from "Express Yourself' sorority they belong to,” Vande Zande said. 1 am not absolving myself of the blame, becansii Fit snugly into that tradition. I think thatifa fashion magazine came to this campus todoi story, they’d come back empty-handed.”