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Don't  wear your  team's  colors,  bleed them.
           by LizBaaz


                 In  the  midst  of Spirit  Week, students ' style  and fashion  temporarily   hove a  sweater, but  I didn't let  that hold me  back. I wore Melisso
                changed into something  resembling  a  wardrobe featured on  What   Johnson 's grandma's sweater. I'm  hordcore."

                Not  to  Wear  The  halls  reflected the  theme  of the  day, which  included   Though  many  students  take the  opportunity to dress  so  boldly
                themes  such  as  "Cosby Sweater Monday,"  and "Toss -back T uesdoy •   because  it's such  a  drastic change  from  everyday wear. Torrell  sow
                 For  Junior  Kelsey T arrell.  Spirit  Week was much  more than  simply   it  as  more of on  obligation to get people full  of spirit  and ultimately
                dressing  according to the  designated theme.  On Wildlife Wednesday,   pumped for homecoming.
                Torrell  clashed  prints  and patterns to create a  look  that  was truly   Throughout  the  week, Torrell  received o myriad of reactions  to her
                unique ; giraffe-printed leggings, cheetah-spotted hair  bows, and a   outfits, and not  just  from  her  peers.
                zebra-striped shirt .                                      "I got a  lot  of weird looks  from  students  during passing  periods. but
                 "I like  to hove fun  and be comfortable at the  some  lime, so  I tried to   one  morning  I come downstairs for  breakfast and my mom  shook  her
                do both when  dressing  for Spirit  Week,"  Torrell  said   head and laughed at me."  Torrell  said
                 The  main  factor that set  Torr ell  aport from  other students  was her   Torrell  didn't dress  for other people, though
                mind -set.  She  envisioned  Spirit  Week as  on  all -out  competition, and   "My motivation this  year was purely  driven  by the  fact that so  for
                dressed  to  win.                                        our  football boys  ore number  one  in  the  state!'' Torrell  said
                 "The  most  common  excuse  for why people don't dress  up  is  that they   Torrell  summed  up  her  motives  for the  week in  one  line ; "I want to
                don't hove clothes  for the  theme ,"  Torrell  said "On Monday, I didn't   shine  like  a  dang golden star".
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