{"id":6372,"date":"2026-07-29T10:21:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=6372"},"modified":"2026-07-29T10:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:21:48","slug":"st-stephens-bans-shorts-on-campus-students-turn-up-wearing-them-in-protest-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=6372","title":{"rendered":"St Stephen\u2019s bans shorts on campus, students turn up wearing them in protest | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132698310,imgsize-209372,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/st-stephens-rule-book-published-over-the-past-several-years-requires-students-to-be-decently-dressed-on-campus-but-does-not-specifically-mention-any-garment.jpg\" alt=\"'No shorts': Dress code sparks protest at DU's St Stephen's College on first day of new session\" title=\"St Stephen's rule book, published over the past several years, requires students to be \u201cdecently dressed\u201d on campus but does not specifically mention any garment.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"St Stephen's rule book, published over the past several years, requires students to be \u201cdecently dressed\u201d on campus but does not specifically mention any garment.\">St Stephen&#8217;s rule book, published over the past several years, requires students to be \u201cdecently dressed\u201d on campus but does not specifically mention any garment.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/delhi-university\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delhi University<\/a>\u2019s St Stephen\u2019s College has prohibited students from wearing shorts in several parts of the campus, including classrooms, assembly hall, library, dining hall and chapel. <!-- -->The move sparked protests on Tuesday and several students turned up in shorts on the first day of the new academic session.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>In a notice circulated internally and pasted across the campus, a copy of which was seen by TOI, the college directed \u201call junior members\u201d to \u201cstrictly adhere\u201d to the campus regulations on dress code. It was signed by the college\u2019s new principal Susan Elias.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Students, however, claimed that the restriction applies to senior members as well. <!-- -->TOI reached out to Elias for a response, but she did not reply.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Many students described it as \u201cmoral policing\u201d and an \u201cintrusion into their choice of clothing\u201d. They, however, said that teachers assured them that the notification would not be enforced.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>A third-year student, who requested anonymity, said the practice of discouraging shorts has existed for years, particularly in the dining hall and around the principal\u2019s office. \u201cThere are certain practices that get passed on here as part of the college\u2019s tradition. This is one of them,\u201d the student said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Another student said the practice has often caused inconvenience to members of the college\u2019s sports teams, who attend morning practice in their official sports kit. \u201cStudents returning from sports practice have at times been denied entry into the mess because they were wearing shorts,\u201d the student claimed.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Teachers acknowledged that students have informally been discouraged from wearing shorts in certain parts of the campus for years. This is the first time the college has formally issued a notification explicitly barring the garment, said one of them on the condition of anonymity.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>The college\u2019s rule book, published over the past several years, requires students to be \u201cdecently dressed\u201d on campus but does not specifically mention any garment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>However, a faculty member said that \u201cthe notice is of little consequence.. In nearly three decades of teaching here, I have never seen anyone being punished for wearing shorts.\u201d<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/st-stephens-bans-shorts-on-campus-students-turn-up-wearing-them-in-protest\/articleshow\/132692732.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Stephen&#8217;s rule book, published over the past several years, requires students to be \u201cdecently dressed\u201d on campus but does not specifically mention any garment. NEW DELHI: Delhi University\u2019s St Stephen\u2019s College has prohibited students from wearing shorts in several parts of the campus, including classrooms, assembly hall, library, dining hall and chapel. 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