Getting ready shouldn’t be a quickie

I cannot begin to count the number of times I have heard guys say that girls always go for the jerks. I have to wonder if said guys have ever considered the reasons for this.

Over the past three years, I have to agree with this statement, and have come to what seems like an obvious conclusion: Most boys do not seem to care about their appearance, but the ones who do, magically get the girls, even with the attitude that they are God's gift to the girls at Gonzaga. Perhaps there would not be such a drastic difference between the boys that get girls and the boys that complain about it, if the complaining boys took a moment to look in the mirror and see what girls see.

Sweats and a free Gonzaga T-shirt are not appropriate for going out, or frankly, going anywhere. Why is it that boys can sit around critiquing how awful or hot girls look while their evening preparation generally consists of considering throwing on a clean T-shirt (or at least one that smells clean compared to the mound of clothes lying on the floor). Maybe brush your teeth? How hard it is to buy a few button-ups or polos?

If that is too aggressive for you, a plain-colored tee never fails. On top of this, I have witnessed countless boys wearing shoes that are falling apart, caked with dirt, or legitimately intended for running. It has sunk as low as the time I saw a guy wearing slippers to a party. Who raised you?

Time has taught us that women take forever to get ready. True, we are not perfect, but at least we are trying. Being a girl who generally takes around an hour to get ready, I am disgusted that the effort is never reciprocated by the other gender. When I have invested time in informing boys that maybe a wardrobe change would be beneficial, I have heard: "Girls can suck it," "Why?" and many other variations of "I could not care less." Well, guess what? We care.

What if we all said goodbye to dresses, heels, skirts, skinny jeans, or even the girls way of scrubbingit:yoga pants (yes, even our sweats look good).  What would you guys do then? Beg us to spend some time getting ready? Well, I am begging! Please spend an afternoon buying something that we can appreciate. None of us wants to date a scrub.

For those of you gentlemen who are taking this article seriously, and are wondering, "What do I do now?" I would like to offer a little more clarification and specific advice. Shoes say a lot about a guy, specifically if you own more than one pair and they indicate some sort of fashion sense.My point is this: Your running shoes belong at the gym.

You also have a lot of options regarding your upper half: polos, plain tees and button-ups are a great alternative to your favorite pit-stained T-shirt from ninth grade. If you have tees with awesome designs or sayings, it's great that you are expressing yourself, but don't look like an idiot. A shirt that says "Wasted All the Time" in giant letters is not a turn-on.

We are not asking you to start the next fashion trend; it would just be refreshing to see more than 50 percent of the men at Gonzaga put a little thought into an outfit. You may be reading this and accusing me of not caring about a guy's personality and thinking that I'm merely a superficial brat. Don't get me wrong, I look for that too. The problem is that if you're a great guy and look like a slob, you're less likely to make a good impression.