By SHREYA SHIVAKUMAR, junior ON THE NIGHT of May 17, 2019, JP seniors made the most of their last months of high school by attending their senior prom at Addison Park. Prom is a rite of passage for every American teenager. Second-semester seniors at JP Stevens, freed from the pressures of college application deadlines and … Continue reading
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The Senior Prom(ise)
By FRANK JIANG, senior By the time you read this article, the flushed faces, pampered hair, and classy dresses of prom will have disappeared, leaving behind a normalcy governed by t-shirts and shorts. An evening of photos that have smiles permanently etched onto faces, plans that were thought of last-minute and assembles last-second, and post … Continue reading
A PROMising evening
By SHASHWAT CHUGH, senior The bell was met with a simultaneous, almost coordinated, cheer by one quarter of the JP Stevens populace. The clock had struck 11:22 AM. Prom – long anticipated, fervently prepared for, endlessly discussed – was nearly upon the JP Stevens Class of 2012. Its story, however, begins long before that Friday. … Continue reading
Prom etiquette
By Bhavna Bhatia, junior Prom is a mandatory dance held in the United States, Canada, Greece, Uzbekistan, Kurdistan and some villages in the outskirts of Madagascar. Every spring, indigenous creatures known as “high school students” get dressed up in hopes of impressing each other. It’s important to know exactly how to behave at a social … Continue reading
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