See p. 16 for fall drama photos
THE TUESDAY October 19, 2010 Conestoga High School
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Volume 61 No. 1
Students share their opinions on the behavior at school dances: grinding, freaking and why the rules don’t stop a thing. By Liz Bravacos and Laura Weiss
Graphic: Erin O’Neil, Luke Rafferty, Sam Winfield
Junior Claire Noone swiped on eye shadow and pinned up her hair as she prepared for the Homecoming Dance with her friends last year. Noone felt excited about the event, yet when she walked into the center of the dance floor, she was surprised by what she found. “It’s so dark in that gym and then there’s that huge mosh pit in the middle of the dance floor and the teachers can’t see what’s going on in the middle,” Noone said. “Nobody can walk through there because people are too buy [dancing provocatively].” Noone said that she will not be
attending Homecoming this year, which is scheduled for Oct. 23, because she does not want to feel pressured to dance a certain way. Students who have felt discomfort on the dance floor at local schools, such as Penncrest and Radnor High Schools, have encouraged the creation of “dance contracts” in recent years in an attempt to moderate inappropriate dancing. Though Conestoga is not currently considering this type of agreement, both students and faculty are raising questions about the way students act after the lights go down. See STUDENT, p. 4