Uni High Gargoyle Staff Blog

I know, everyone will be writing about the big night this week, but that’s all I have to talk about, so here I go.

Prom. The infamous night when teenagers dress in ridiculously expensive dresses, eat fancy food, and then dance together for three straight hours. Everything about prom applies to Uni’s prom here, except my dress cost me 15 bucks.

Overall prom was fun for me. I got to hang out with my friends, and I didn’t spend a bunch of money. Plus the DJ played “Safety Dance.” It was pretty rockin’ on the dance floor at that point.

The lows of prom were picture taking beforehand, mostly because it was weird, and a certain someone was late and therefore I was the only person there who didn’t have a date who was also present, and therefore had to take a picture alone, looking stupid.

Also, there was a fairly awkward moment when I was named prom queen (only at Uni could I be prom queen). I think that the ritual of electing rulers for prom is silly in the first place, and having to perpetuate the ritual myself was kind of weird, but the weirdest thing was that everyone kept congratulating me like I had just done something really really cool, instead of just happening to be in a relationship that people think is cute.

Oh well, in the end I got a tiara to give to my 3-year-old brother (a naked little boy wearing a tiara is a good photo op), and I got to make some cool prom queen jokes. Also, in the future I could join a sorority!

— Bethany Hutchens