Word: prom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...students themselves, coming out is as personal as it is political. After Christopher Humphreys, 18, came out at West Valley High in Hemet, he received death threats. But he held his ground and in May took a friend named Dan to the prom. His date forgot his boutonniere, and other guests hurled dirty looks, but in the end, he and Dan slow-danced to The Lady in Red, one of Humphreys' favorites...
...however, is the delicious comic relief found between Kadmos (Alvin Epstein) and Tiresias (Will LeBow) at the start of the play. One cannot help but love the funny old men as they prepare to dance in the mountains near the Bacchae, particularly Kadmos in his dress straight out of "Prom Night Horror." When they have to, however, both can instantly become powerful leaders on the brink of destruction. LeBow's Tiresias sends chills through the audience with his dark fore-shadowings to the giggling Maenads. Likewise, the perpetually-talented Epstein manages to make his bitter tirade against Agave ring with...
...That's right. If the Paula Jones case makes it to trial, poor President Clinton will have, in TV sitcom parlance, two dates to the same prom. Remember Ms. Flowers from '92? Her attorney Rugger Burke says that she has been officially subpoenaed to give a deposition to Jones' lawyers...
...threshold for what is considered news-worthy is lowered, and we find ourselves reading about Prom Moms on the front page of national papers and about college moms on the front page of The Crimson. In both cases, the publishers and editors defend their decisions to print personal tragedy with the language of professional integrity and journalistic honesty--after all, it happened. But maybe mere existence should not be the sole criterion for publishable material. Maybe the impact on the lives of those being written about and a sense of responsibility to the greater community should also be included...
...would anyone but Melissa Drexler be to blame for disposing of her baby? She's the one who put it in a trash can at her prom [PUBLIC EYE, June 23]. With all the methods available to teenagers today to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, there is simply no excuse. You cannot blame her parents for not putting her on the Pill, her teachers for not handing her condoms to use when she wanted to have sex, or a political party for wanting to preserve life. Drexler knew she was expecting and had time to have a legal abortion. This horrible...