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Word on the street

June 18, 2008

Salbador Del Cos

What was your prom experience like?

“The best way I can describe it is a huge drunken party. Since my prom was in Mexico, the legal drinking age there is 18 so people just got wasted. We drank until sunrise.”

Salbador Del Cos
Physics junior

“Loved it. It had an ocean theme. Good times and your best friends. Did the prom, did the afterprom, and the after prom party.”

Michael Staten
Elementary Education senior

“A lot of people make a big deal out of it. By the time prom rolled around I was more focused towards going to college. I guess I had sort of moved on mentally at that point in time. Everybody told me at the time I would regret not going to my prom. I’m 35 and that was when I was 18 and I have yet to regret it.”

Chandra Palmer
Graduate Studies, Geology

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