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PRESS RELEASES NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY PROM RESEARCH
The Extension Service of North Dakota State University at Fargo's Office of Family Economics is at the forefront of serious academic research into the economic impact that proms have on families and commerce in the United states.
Gone are the days when students wore their Sunday suits and dresses to
their proms. According to research done by the North Dakota State University
at Fargo' s Department of Home Economics, the typical prom couple spends
an average of more than $500 on prom. Costs include buying or renting
formal clothing, grooming, flowers, prom tickets, photographs and
limousine rentals.
The Cost of Putting on Prom Varies Greatly in North Dakota News Release 2006
Holding the Line on Prom Costs News Release 2005
NDSU Survey Provides Tips to Hold the Line on Prom Costs April 2005
Youth Realize Prom Can Be Affordable And Fun News Release 2004
Prom Night Just How Much Is It Worth News Release 2003
High School Financial Planning Newsletter Prom Report 2003
Prom Planning Ahead News Release 2002
NEWS CLIPS
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2007
Students attend school's first integrated prom
(CNN © April 23, 2007)
ASHBURN, Georgia (CNN) — Students of Turner County High School started what they hope will become a new tradition: Black and white students attended the prom together for the first time on Saturday.
Jordan High School Students Cater Humble Prom
Houston ISD © May 15, 2007
After catering their first major event, students in the culinary arts program at the Barbara Jordan High School for Careers can take their rightful place among Houston's caterers. The students bid for and won the contract to cater the Humble High School prom, and they seized the opportunity to showcase their talents.
Grandmother finally gets date for high school prom
Oakland Tribune © June 3, 2007
ALAMEDA - Mattie Scott, at age 54, finally went to the prom.
Her date to Alameda High School's end-of-the-year formal Saturday night was a young man she finds charming and intelligent, someone she cares for deeply and who gave her a corsage with a white gardenia as a way to show how much she means to him.
The All-Muslim, All-Girl High School Prom
EducationWonks Blogspot June 11, 2007
The University of Minnesota's Al-Madinah Cultural Center is an Islamic student group (website here) that receives much its funding
from mandatory
student activity fees paid by all students who attend the university. Al-Madinah's mission
is "to create a better understanding and appreciation for the diverse culture of Islam through educational, social and community activities at the University of Minnesota and grooming the leaders from our campus community." Recently, this group sponsored an all-Muslim all-girl high school prom that was held in the University's student union where non-believers and boys were barred at the door.
Duct tape prom dress brings slick reward for Salisbury teen
The Tribune — Democrat –Johnstown, PA © July 14, 2007
SALISBURY — Adrienne Beiler didn’t dance on prom night, and it was not because she can’t or because she didn’t have a date. Adrienne gave up on the dance floor because her sticky ensemble, a 25-pound dress made of duct tape, was a tad restrictive.
Prom Gives Cancer Patients Some Normalcy
(Associated Press © July 20, 2007)
ORANGE, Calif.—The music wafted out of the ballroom and down the hallway as the prom-goers broke away for portraits against a printed backdrop of a medieval castle.
West Knox County Couple gets Diversion in Alcohol Case Butturinis Charged With Violations at Farragut Prom Party
(Knoxville News-Sentinel –Tennessee © July 25, 2007)
The West Knox County couple charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and providing alcohol to a minor agreed to a pretrial diversion today in Loudon County General Sessions Court.
Fun Times, Serious Fashions at Gay Prom in Chandler
(The Arizona Republic © July 30, 2007)
A group of women in jeans and Ts, ponytails and sandals stood outside Chandler's Wild Card bar late Saturday night. They debated whether or not to go in. "There are people in there. I mean it looks crowded."
Arena Heeds Players’ Needs, Even When Prom Intrudes
(USA Today © August 7, 2007)
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — Jozy Altidore, Major League Soccer's top young player, had a problem. He wanted to take his girlfriend to her high school prom in Florida in May, but the New York Red Bulls had a game vs. the Columbus Crew.
Project Prom Store Opens at Century III Mall
(Pittsburgh Tribune - Review © August 9, 2007)
For the past five years, hundreds of teens looking for prom dresses successfully ended their search in a dark, downtown office building.
“Island Prom” To Be Shown
(The Ellsworth American –Ellsworth, Maine © August 9, 2007)
STONINGTON — “Island Prom,” a short documentary film on Deer Isle-Stonington’s unique junior prom, will be shown in two special, celebratory screenings Tuesday, Aug. 14, at 7 and 8 p.m.
Troup's Junior Class Plans Tiger Cookbook
(Tri County Leader –Whitehouse, Texas © August 16, 2007)
The junior class at Troup High School is compiling a cookbook for their fund-raising project this year. The funds raised during this project will be used for their Junior-Senior Prom in the spring and their future senior activities.
Hanover Park Grad Gets Probation for Drug Sales After Prom
(The Star Ledger – Hanover, New Jersey © August 17, 2007)
A Hanover Park High School grad who told police he sold drugs so he could enjoy filet mignon and lobster was given a probationary sentence this morning, but even a small slip-up could land him in jail for a year.
Student Fundraiser Gets "Burned" By Burger Chain
(KGO-TV Channel 7 San Francisco © August 20, 2007)
Students and teachers at two local schools received a lesson in hard knocks that they could have done without. They asked 7 On Your Side's Michael Finney to make things right.
Teenage Gambling At Post Prom High School Party
(Copyright by Howard Keith)
The latest trend to hit high schools is supervised teenage gambling at the Post Prom School Party. Over the past few months I have received numerous emails from parents, students and school faculty expressing concern about the new alternative entertainment. In all cases these people believe it would do more harm then good
2005
Long Island School Cancels Prom, Doesn't Want to Sponsor "an Orgy"
(Associated Press © October 16, 2005)
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Brother Kenneth M. Hoagland (search) had heard all the stories about prom-night debauchery at his Long Island high school: Students putting down $10,000 to rent a party house in the Hamptons. Pre-prom cocktail parties followed by a trip to the dance in a liquor-loaded limo. Fathers chartering a boat for their children's late-night "booze cruise."
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