The deadline to RSVP for this year's prom is just a week away. Don't have a date yet? Get to it! Not quite sure how to handle the possible complications? Elaine Gu has all the advice you'll need. "In my opinion, when it comes to prom, things should be done the 'traditional' way," she writes. "That means guys should do the asking, because chivalry is not dead. So for all you single, eligible young men out there looking for a prom date, here’s a step-by-step guide on how to ask a girl to the big dance."

Many teenagers plan on getting jobs this summer, but there may be more complications than some anticipate. Maritza Mestre discusses the new job market, complications with a younger work force, and what it takes to get a summer job.

Yay! More poetry! Check out "Pens (There Is A Reason)" by the slam poetry group Death From Below: "What does it mean? THERE IS A REASON/ youth are pumping blood into microphone hearts/ spitting ink through hungry teeth onto willing paper/ there is a reason maturing spirits are vice-gripping pens and pages/ mics and stages/ readied faces searching for placement/ and individuality in a society that tells us/ we are everyone else." If you like it, make sure to read all of the slam poems we publish this week.

The Finnish metal band Children of Bodom (who get their name from a 1960 multiple homicide in their home country) released their latest album on Tuesday, and Carl Zielinski already has his verdict. "Even if it doesn’t leave you grinning in ghoulish delight as it does me," he writes, "respect has to be given to a band that plays as well as Bodom. You won’t find better musicians in any genre today. This is pure, unedited metal."