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Tabloid Turmoil Post prompts promdemonium!
Rare sight of a THHS senior girl getting a prom date captured on camera.
By Olivia Chan, Rebecca Kwon and Ekta Rana WHEN THE media publishes a news story on Townsend Harris High School, it usually involves scholastic or athletic achievements. Recently, The New York Post, Fox 5, and 1010 WINS radio covered THHS for reasons unrelated to academics: prom and the dress code. Both
articles drew swift and passionate responses from members of the school community who questioned the accuracy and relevancy of the reporting. It began on May 9, when the Post published an article on how THHS’s gender ratio disparity causes dilemmas for girls trying to procure prom dates. Despite the fact that several students they interviewed said
that the gender disparity was not a big issue when it came to finding dates, the article was titled “Girls at this school can’t find prom dates—because there aren’t enough boys.” Fox 5 subsequently interviewed students such as senior Gaby Cintron and her friends about their date situations. Gaby stated, “I feel like the newspaper only felt like using excerpts
from people who reflected what they wanted to tell their audience, and not the truth. I know several friends of mine who told them that going to prom with no date was not a big deal, myself included, yet they didn’t include those excerpts.” Another student interviewed by the Post, senior Rebecca
SEE PAGE 9 PHOTO BY JUNWOO SHIN
EXCLUSIVE DOE changes sex ed policy
The Classic reports on a change to the way condom usage is taught in NYC health classes. The DOE is planning to launch the new policy in the fall.
SEE PAGE 3 PHOTO BY STEPHANIE GEIER