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The Daily Illini

The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini

The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini

The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini

    June 17: (Don’t) trash your Michigan and Indiana apparel

    There are two routes you can take here, and I couldn’t decide which was best. I’ve kept a few and wear them when I’m at home, but you wouldn’t catch me dead on campus wearing crimson or maize (or North Carolina baby blue for that matter). So I let other students give their advice. Here’s what people had to say about what to do with T-shirts and assorted paraphernalia from other colleges, particularly Illinois’ biggest rivals:

    “I didn’t really have anything from other schools except an Oxford shirt, but I still wear that.”

    — Stan Marquardt,

    Communications studen

    “I still kept it because I don’t like throwing things out. But I don’t wear any of it here. Except Wisconsin stuff because my sister went there, but I get bad looks when I do.”

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    — Kathleen Oyama, ACES student

    “Oh yes, I kept it.”

    — Iker Garcia,graduate student

    Editor’s note: Iker was wearing a Wisconsin T-shirt

    “I kept them but I don’t wear them around campus. I felt like I would be a traitor if I did.”

    — Mariam Mafee, 2008 alumna of LAS

    “I still wear all of it. It’s not that bad … right?”

    — Alex Brucks, students LAS

    “Me and a bunch of buddies got messed up and burned all of it. It was fun at the time. We thought we were going to have school spirit.”

    -Andrew Shallenberger, students ACES

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