Some of you may remember a quick reference to boys in sweater vests and num nums. I still hold this opinion. In fact, boys dressed up at all is fantastic. It’s one of my favorite parts of being at the downtown campus — it seems like everyone took just a few extra minutes to get dressed that day. And it means that I get to dress up as well, and that’s one of my other favorites. Nothing makes me happier than my pencil skirt.
It’s not just me, either. Scott, our design editor, just told me that he almost went to a sorority formal over the weekend for the excuse to dress up. “I can do fancy pants for forever,” he says. And two stories in this issue deal specifically with guys getting fancy — Lauren’s quick guide to slim-fitting suits and Sasha’s How To on tying a tie (because it’s about time you threw the clip-on out).
We also recently had sport-coat Sunday down here in the basement of the Matthews Center (where the magazine gets all put together and tied with a bow each week). Morgan Bellinger, Scott and Alex Espinoza can really pull off the casual fancy.
Oh yeah, Alex and Morgan work for the daily paper and a few nights out the week the daily and magazine worlds combine. We laugh, we yell, we eat some Chipotle and take ridiculous pictures.
No matter what we may have printed in the past (i.e., Top 5s, my guest editorial last semester) we are all one happy family down here. Of course, SPM is the funky middle child that gets to do what it wants compared to the older, straight-laced State Press.
But, as any family, we take some time to get together, make fun of each other and eventually hug it out. Most Monday nights in the basement are family reunions as we all work to get our product out. And now, at least for a while, Wednesdays are going to be family reunions too. Actually, more than that — think of it as the magazine crashing on the State Press’ couch for a while. That’s right, we’re going back in the paper for a bit. Look for some major arguments about control of the TV remote as well as some good familial lovin’.
P.S. Mel doesn’t actually dress like a bum. He’s typically one of the better-dressed men that I mention in the beginning.
Reach the reporter at amanda.fruzynski@asu.edu.
