ISU students fight dress code

NORMAL, Ill., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The student leadership at Illinois State University is claiming a dress code recently adopted by the marketing department violates the student Constitution.

The Student Government Association says Article 1, Section 1, Letter J of its Constitution states that students have "the right to be free from any mandatory dress code," and they say that includes the marketing department's demand that all students wear business-casual attire, the Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph reported Thursday.

The policy, which had been adopted by some marketing courses as early as 2003, was expanded to cover the business school's entire department to help promote professional conduct and prepare students for the business world.