Perhaps I am hyper-sensitive. Perhaps I am being irrational. Or, perhaps I am simply highlighting what has become shamefully common on UD's campus. While one may think that words on a T-shirt are meaningless, the power of words is unmatched.

T-shirts with taglines and overused messages have suddenly become the new trend. Is this because we are now so used to communicating via print with email, instant messaging, Facebook and other mediums of the like that we feel we should now communicate via clothing? While this warrants another editorial, this one wishes to address the underlying concern: what do these T-shirts actually say?

Abercrombie & Fitch is notorious for their clever sayings such as 'Who need brains when you have these'? most commonly worn by girls, and shamefully so. Other overpriced shirts include 'Awkward mornings beat boring nights' seen recently at American Eagle. I could go on and on as I seem to be subjected to these shirts more often than anyone I know.

I consider it a sign that I need to write an editorial about it: what else could it mean? While I expect this from the fashion world, I don't expect it from UD. However, it is seen here as well. This is not an editorial to bash organizations at UD but to shed light on an overlooked issue. A certain frat has prided themselves on the 'creativity' of the following tagline: 'Someone has to be on top.' This is only left to be interpreted one way.

But beyond the interpretation is a message that cuts deeper. Women are not objects but become them as quickly as one can read words on a shirt. I don't blame you, guys. While I am embarrassed for the guys who wear such shirts, I am more disappointed with the girls who wear them.

Congratulations, guys, for coining such a line as creative and overused as the aforementioned. It says a lot about your organization and the members who support it. Again, it may say more about the girls who wear them.

I am not a 'femi-nazi' or anything of the type. I am simply one who demands a little more from the University for which I have so much pride and the students (both girls and guys) who represent it.

Molly Joyce
Senior
Political Science