Cultural Studies

Model Students

Before Chicago scholars don cap and gown, they proclaim their affliliation with alma mater more casually, broadcasting the University spirit in all its iterations—from wry puffery to sly contempt. This fall photographer Lloyd DeGrane found pret-a-porter propaganda gracing the shoulders of several Chicago students. In fact, unsanctioned slogans are so popular among quads fashionistas that the classic, “Where fun comes to die,” has spawned its own knockoffs.—A.L.M.

Graduate students Ke-Chin Hsia, Fet-Hsten Wang, and Cheng-Yi Huang scout for bargains. View the rest of the slideshow