Game of the Month: Pres v. St. Francis

It was a fierce battle on January 19 when Presentation’s varsity basketball team lost to St. Francis 49-41. Throughout the whole game Presentation was neck and neck with St. Francis.

At the start of the first quarter Presentation showed how determined they were to win, with points coming from four different players. Senior Aly Murakami hit a three, while Savae Harper racked up four points and Courtney Danna two. A free throw from junior Janelle Schneider put Pres up 10-9 at the end of the first quarter.

Presentation and St. Francis remained consistent with their shots through the second period. It was a challenge for Pres to keep their lead, but after a three-pointer from Danna they were able to fend off St. Francis and stay up 20-18 before the quarter ended.

The third quarter was Pres’ biggest, with 13 points spread among freshman Akilah Jennings, Murakami, Harper and Schneider, plus two frees from Danna, but St. Francis kept at their heels. Senior Elizabeth Stelling racked up more than half of St. Francis’ 12 points–five from free throws–bringing the third quarter to an end with Pres hanging on 33-30.

The tough fight was clearly getting to Pres, as the team began to falter. Despite three-pointers from Dung and Danna, a flurry of fouls against St. Francis gave them seven free throw opportunities, racking up 11 of their 19 points. With five minutes to go in the fourth quarter, Presentation was still up 33-32, but it wasn’t enough to fend off a revived St. Francis, and Pres ultimately lost by eight points.

“Our game plan was to kick their butt and come out with a win, but unfortunately we got tired at the end and gave up our lead,” said Danna, who had a solid game with 11 points. “Although we lost that night, the loss gave us more determination to beat them next time and work harder in practice every day. So the next time Saint Francis plays Pres…they better watch out!”

Teachers Share Funny Break-up Stories

Do you think your break-up was bad? Well some of your teachers might have you beat. Here are some embarrassing/funny/interesting break-up stories from your teachers to make your Valentine’s Day a little brighter.

Mr. Pistacchi: “My high school girlfriend moved to Sacramento but we decided to do the long-distance thing. One day I randomly met a guy who lived in her area and asked if he knew her. He said, ‘I totally do, she’s going out with my best friend!’ D’oh.”

Mrs. Cozort: “My boyfriend I had when I was a sophomore in college wanted to get married. He was the sweetest guy, but I didn’t want to get MARRIED yet! I was only 19! After I said I wasn’t ready to leave school to get married and have kids, he transferred to a neighboring school, was married within a year and had twins a year after that. He now has two sets of twins…thank goodness I didn’t sign up for that!”

Ms. Perryman: “Once I was having trouble breaking up with someone because he’d be so sad that I’d give in. So I asked my sister to drive all the way over from Oakland to meet him and break up with him for me. (So lame, I know.) About one day after that he cried again and I caved again, and my sister was so mad at me. Obviously, he finally realized that this was not a healthy relationship and my sister eventually forgave me.”

Mr. Wang: “I was talking to my best friend in my room about deciding whether or not to break up with my girlfriend and she was listening outside my door. She then burst into the room and yelled, ‘If you want to break up with me, just tell me instead of just talking about it!’ Then she slammed the door and stomped away, leaving my best friend and me wide-eyed and staring at each other in disbelief.”

Ms. Gutto: “This isn’t really a break up story per se. I was out with some friends and out of nowhere, this man swaggered up and stepped between my new friend and me. He pointed at me with four of his fingers and said, ‘You. I’d like to take you out sometime. What’s your name?’ His manner annoyed me and I thought he was really rude to step into a conversation, but I was also slightly amused so I said ‘Laura.’ He said, ‘Ok Lauren, what’s your number?’. I didn’t want to give him my number, but I sensed that he was the persistent type and I really just wanted him to go away. In the end I gave him my sister’s number instead because 1) It wasn’t my number and 2) I thought it was funny. He texted her the next day and she thought it was hilarious as did I. Her fiancée wasn’t so happy.”

Mrs. Rodriguez: “I was dating this boy who lived down the street from me during my senior year of high school. He had a wandering eye, and I was growing very tired of it. We went to Valley Fair to do some shopping and I had driven (he did not have a car). After seeing him check out the tenth girl to pass by us, I said I had to use the restroom. I snuck out an emergency exit door, ran to my car and left him there. About three hours later I saw him pass by my house looking completely defeated. I never spoke to him again!”

As you can see teachers have crazy dating histories. Break-ups happen to everyone, and eventually we will learn to look back and laugh at them just like our teachers have.

Non-Catholic Girls at Presentation

Masses once a month, crosses in every classroom, and prayer that starts and ends each week–yep, there’s no doubt that Presentation is a Catholic school. But what does that mean for the27% of Presentation students who are non-Catholic?

 

Judaism: Lizzie Braunreuther

Lizzie Braunreuther, senior, belongs to the Reform Movement of Judaism. This is the least orthodox form of Judaism. When she first came to Presentation, she knew little about Catholicism, other than that Catholics believe in Jesus.

The main difference between Catholicism, and Judaism is, “Catholics believe that Jesus is the savior, while Jews believe that the Messiah is yet to come. While it is likely that he really existed, we just believe that he was an ordinary person like anyone else,” said Braunreuther.

Although Braunreuther does not believe that she will ever convert to Catholicism, she enjoys singing some of the songs at Mass, but does not always feel comfortable. “I don’t entirely feel comfortable praying to Jesus or reciting that I believe Jesus is the Son of God, and becomes one in body through the bread and wine during Communion. It’s just not what I believe, so I chose not to participate in that regard,” said Braunreuther.

Other than feelings of discomfort during Mass, Braunreuther does not feel out of place at a Catholic school. She said, “I definitely feel welcome. I got so many positive responses when I first told people I was Jewish, so now I just work it.”

 

 

Islam: Nura Kawa

Junior, Nura Kawa, a member of the Islamic faith was exposed to Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Christianity while attending Challenger. Although she learned about Christianity in history and English classes, she has had the opportunity to learn about Catholic theology at Presentation.

The Trinity, the Catholic belief that there are three persons in one God, is one core of Catholicism that Kawa had not learned about before high school. In fact, the Trinity is one of the key differences between Islam and Catholicism. “Muslims believe that God, Allah, is not a Trinity but simply one God. Jesus was therefore His prophet, not His Son. Muslims follow the message of Islam as taught by the Prophet Muhammad but do not worship him as a god,” said Kawa.

Since freshman year, Kawa has developed a deeper understanding of the Catholic Church. “Sometimes teachers reference something Catholic that I used to not know about, but by now I’ve learned enough to understand everything in class, even Mr. Buell’s Catholic jokes,” she said.

Kawa has participated in Presentation’s May Day celebration, but does not receive the Eucharist at Mass, or make the sign of the cross. Although she respects Catholicism, Kawa said, “I have a strong faith in my beliefs and have never considered changing them.”

 

Hinduism: Moni Pal

Moni Pal, a junior, is a Hindu. Compared to Islam and Judaism, which share a common history with Christianity, Hinduism is the least similar to Catholicism.

“The main differences are that we go pray at a temple, we are not monotheists, and we have different beliefs of what happens after death (Hindus believe in reincarnation),” said Pal. These traditions vary greatly from the Catholic beliefs in Heaven and monotheism.

Before coming to Presentation, Pal knew little about Catholicism other than the lessons she learned in about the Holy Roman Empire in history class. On her first day of school, lack of knowledge about Catholicism was a slight issue for Pal.

“The mass that we had on the first day of school of my freshman year was a bit daunting, but other than that, I never felt that I was at a disadvantage because I think that the religion teachers at Pres realize that there are several students who don’t know as much about Catholicism as others do, and I think that they try to make their classes a learning experience for everyone,” said Pal.

Since Pal’s first Mass, she has begun to participate in the liturgy through song, but has never considered becoming Catholic due to her strong Hindu roots.

 

 

Presentation Alumni Share Their Experiences as College Athletes

Today, college sports are glorified almost as much as professional sports. Players like Stanford’s Andrew Luck are garnering as much—if not more—media attention than current NFL stars. While college games are exciting to watch, and even more fun to attend, what the televised games do not portray is how the pressure of sports at the collegiate level affects its athletes. Our Pres alumnae gave The Voice an inside view to what it’s like to be a collegiate competitor.

While most college students arrive on campus for their first classes around mid-September, most student-athletes have already begun training for their intense pre-season during the summer. Athletes often characterize pre-season preparation as the most extreme because classes have yet to begin, so almost every minute of their day is dedicated towards their sport.

Emma Caringello, who plays soccer for Boston University, compares her pre-season schedule to that of a professional athlete: “We have breakfast, then a two-and-a-half hour morning session, a lunch break, followed by a two-and-a-half hour afternoon session, dinner, and then a two-hour team meeting.”

However, once school starts, athletes need to balance school and their sport. A Pres alum, who plays field hockey, but cannot be named due to her school’s media policies, says that as long as she makes schedules and manages her time, schoolwork doesn’t become too unbearable.

During the season, most athletes will practice two to three hours a day, followed by a weight training once a week. However, because some athletes must travel out of state, or even cross-country for away games, college students will often miss anywhere from one to two weeks of school.

Although missing class is a huge disadvantage of playing sports in college, universities often do as much as they can in order to ensure their athletes’ academic success. Caringello says that Boston University allows its collegiate athletes to register 30 minutes before their other classmates. BU also provides a student athlete support services building that offer tutoring for athletes. Stephanie Sorg, who plays soccer for Santa Clara University says that SCU’s athletic program works hard to help student-athletes combat procrastination. “To help us balance school and soccer our athetic academic support manager makes sure that we put in at least six hours of study time in the library a week. The time set aside allows us to complete our work and get in any studying that we need. Having mandatory study hall decreasese that margin of being “lazy” and skimming on our work.”

According to Pres alumni, other benefits to playing a sport in college are the close friendships that they develop with members on their team and with players in other sports. Because athletes operate on a different type of social calendar (one that does not include alcohol) than the typical college-goer, they often spend their weekends on creative outings with their team. Also, playing a sport is a fantastic way to meet new people, they say, especially if you’re new to the school and aren’t yet familiar with the student body.

While many students readily praise the advantages of playing sports at the collegiate levels, some Pres alumni have had negative experiences. Sarah Cole, who was recruited to play volleyball for Davis, quit the volleyball program before the onset of the academic year.

“My current major is mechanical engineering with materials science, which would have been virtually impossible [to manage] during the volleyball season,” she explains. Sarah also offered some helpful advice to student-athletes who discover that collegiate sports are not what they initially expected

“My advice to student-athletes would be to treat the recruitment process like a two-way street. I think when I was talking to coaches, I acted like I was being interviewed, but really, I should’ve been interviewing them as well. You’re going to be working with them every day for the next four years, so it’s important that your values and expectations align. I don’t regret quitting the Davis team at all; if it doesn’t feel right, it’s not and it is perfectly fine to change your mind.”

Overall, while most of our alumni describe collegiate sports as much more difficult than the high-school level, they still recommended pursuing playing a sport in college. “It’s a whole different college experience; it’s difficult and something that you have to work at every day, but it’s definitely worth it!” says Caringello.

Black and White: Why October?

As you walked down the hallway mid-September there was one complaint that could be heard above all others—”Black and White bids are this week?!”

Black and White is a time to dance, get ready with all of your friends before the dance and raise money for Sacred Heart. However, all of this won’t happen if Black and White is too early in the school year for girls to find dates–let alone find dates they actually want to take.

Since Black and White is so early in the school year, many girls find themselves stuck in the situation of having to take a friend or not going at all instead of taking a boy that they are excited to spend a night with.

“It’s always awkward when taking a guy I don’t know so I’m just taking a girlfriend because it will be more fun,” said Nicole Capobianco, junior.

Some Pres girls are just deciding not to go at all because of the extra back-to-school stress and not having a guy that they really want to take.

“I feel like taking just a guy friend would be awkward because it’s more of a couple’s dance—not a place to take friends. I also don’t want to pay $80 to just take a guy friend,” said Cynthia Hara, junior.

In September most Pres girls are just getting used to the new school year and are meeting new guys at all the events such as mixers and football games that are just starting to happen when the bids go on sale. This year the first Bellarmine football game was the Friday after bids went on sale which was one of the first events to meet new boys. Since the Black and White bids go on sale mid-September, it puts an extra stress on girls at the beginning of the school year to try to find a date out of the guys that they just met.

All girls from every class level are stressed out about trying to find a date, but freshmen have an even harder time finding a date because they are new to everything and don’t know as many guys. My freshman year I had a date that I barely knew, but then decided not to go with him because I was just getting used to everything and didn’t want to take a guy that I just met.

A simple solution to this problem is that Black and White should be switched with the winter mixer so we have more time to meet guys and not be as stressed out about finding a date. This will create a more stress free environment at Pres because we will have more time to prepare for Black and White. It will come as less of a surprise at the beginning of the school year if it is moved later to when the winter mixer is. This is the best time for Black and White to be moved to because not many other things are happening during this time of year to conflict with the date.

If Presentation moves Black and White to later in the school year, we will be able to raise more money for Sacred Heart because more girls will attend and therefore more cans will be donated.

“If [Black and White] is a little later and the tickets are sold later than it would be easier to find a date,” said sophomore, Lindsey Allen.

By December most of the major projects are done and college apps are also finished so moving Black and White later would help make the night more fun for everyone. Pres girls can relax instead of being stressed and exhausted from tests, projects and the SAT.

The main goal of Black and White is to raise as much money as we can to help Sacred Heart, so Presentation should be doing everything it can do to get more girls to come to this night full of corsages, dresses and extravagant make-up. This will be accomplished by simply moving the event a little later than when it is originally planned to be on October 22.

Player Profile: Laura Vazquez

Laura Vazquez is currently a Presentation senior who runs for both the cross-country and track team; she has been a member of both teams since her sophomore year. She is looking forward to her final season and is hoping to continue running in college.

The Voice: How did you become interested in running?

LV: I became interested in running my freshman year—I wanted to try something new.

The Voice: How much do you run during practice?

LV: Our mileage changes depending on when we race. On average, we usually run six to seven miles a day. When we do not have a race we can run up to nine miles a day, however, when we have a race coming up we usually cut down our mileage to about three miles the day before.

The Voice: You are a member of both cross-country and track. Do you prefer one to the other?

LV: I don’t; I really like both of the sports. I like cross country because of the time of season and the hills, but I also like track because we have more races.

The Voice: How do you prepare for the cross-country season?

LV: I build my base mileage over the summer. This helps me recover from the track season and transition into cross country.

The Voice: What’s the fastest time you’ve run in your event?

LV: The fastest time I ran for three miles was an 18:10 just recently this season!

The Voice: What is your most memorable running experience?

LV: I have had many memorable experiences with my team, but I think the team trip to the Clovis Invitational last year was a lot of fun and I am looking forward to it this year. Another memorable experience was when my team placed first at the Lowell Invitational. I was really happy and it was nice to see everyone else excited too.

The Voice: How do you balance schoolwork and sports?

LV: By trying to complete the assignments on the day they were given. However, I also try to catch up on a lot of my school work when we have morning practice because then I have the whole afternoon to catch up. I also do a lot of work over the weekends.

The Voice: How has running affected you as a person?

LV: Running always makes me feel better. When I am having a bad day, running always makes me feel good.

The Voice: Do you have any advice for someone who might be considering joining cross-country or track and field?

LV: My advice for anyone that is interested in running is that you should try it! You don’t have to already be running; when I began my freshman year I had never run before and ended up enjoying it a lot. The team is very supportive and the sport is so much fun!

The Voice: Do you plan on running in college?

LV: Yes, I plan to run in college. I have sent out athletic resumes and letters to the colleges that I’m interested in. I’ve gotten a few calls from some of the coaches and have been staying in contact through email by sending them updates about my season.

How Presentation Selects Musicals

         Have you ever wondered why Pres performs the plays we do? Do you know what musicals Pres will be performing next year? Theater directors do not simply pick a random show for their actors and actresses to perform. There is a process behind selecting each and every musical, and Mr. Houle, Presentation’s main theater director, is here to answer all of your questions.

The Voice: “In general, how do high schools around the bay area select their musicals? What is the process like?”

Mr. Houle: “I would imagine that the process is different for every high school. I know that the International Thespian Society sends out a monthly magazine, and once a year, they list all of the shows that high schools are doing. I see the most popular shows that high schools all over the country do, but I think the selection process is different for each performing arts director.”

The Voice: “Specifically for Pres, being a Catholic school, are there any boundaries we face on what types of plays we can do?”

Mr. Houle: “The boundaries are not so much because we are a Catholic school but because we are a girls’ school. You have to find musicals with good female roles and not just prostitutes, which a lot of musicals had as their female roles for many years. Now it’s changing: Legally Blonde, Wicked, they have great female characters. But in the forties, fifties, sixties and seventies, when most of the musicals that high schools perform were written, they were almost all male-centric. So that would be the main challenge for Pres in terms of musicals. They haven’t said no to any of my suggestions so far.”

The Voice: “Do we have to get all of our plays approved, and if so, who are the people that approve them?”

Mr. Houle: “Yes. Well, we have a committee that makes a recommendation, and our administration does the ultimate approval, as they do for everything else on campus. They want a cohesive theme for our campus, so the musical must fit into it as well. Although I think if I made a really good case to do something like Sweeney Todd, they might let me do it–I just did Little Shop of Horrors where a crazy plant ate a whole bunch of people, and that was okay!”

The Voice: “Besides the strong female roles in musicals, what do you personally look for in shows you choose?”

Mr. Houle: “Well, I look for challenging roles for students to learn and grow up. That’s number one. Then I like to have a title that the audience may know and might be interested in, because that’s the other part of theater. We have the performers and then we have the audience, so there needs to be a nice balance between the challenging roles and a title that people will know.”

The Voice: “In terms of next year, we have Phantom of the Opera and Pride and Prejudice. I understand that the rights of Phantom of the Opera just were released, correct? How do you find out that the rights have been released?”

Mr. Houle: “Yes; yes, they were. There is a publisher. Once the rights have been secured by the publisher, they are all packaged together–all the books, the trumpet books, the lines, et cetera–and then they send it out to us high schools and ask if we want to do it. They send out a catalog every year with a whole bunch of publishers; five or six people a year are constantly trying to get me to do their shows through the mail. Every time we do their show, they make money. If we do someone else’s show, then those people will make money instead of them. Hundreds of thousands of high schools may perform Guys and Dolls- imagine how much money that is for the publisher!”

The Voice: “Why do you think the publishers are reluctant to let high schoolers perform their work?”

Mr. Houle: “Well, it’s not the publishers who are reluctant because if it were up to them, they would release it the second they get it. It is the creators who are reluctant because they want to protect their work. For example, there is a tour of Grease going around, and we almost had our rights pulled for the summer production of Grease because the people who own it want to make the most money through the tour. They don’t want the audience to come to my production instead of theirs because then they don’t make as much money. Phantom of the Opera has been around for around thirty years or so, and only now they released it. Sometimes you just never know when the rights will be released.”

The Voice: “Are there any specific plays you would do if the rights were released?”

Mr. Houle: “Wicked and Legally Blonde for sure. Just think of the great roles- three, four, five great female roles with all the incredible music! A story that everybody knows and a title? That’s the perfect show for Presentation! I would love to do something like Hairspray, but we don’t have the racial diversity to do it because it is very specifically required that you have people of certain races, so that’s a show that I can’t do.”

The Voice: “For Phantom of the Opera and Pride and Prejudice next year: are there any reasons why you picked those two together? Do you feel that the cast for next year will be especially strong?”

Mr. Houle: “Well, I take a look at the possibilities for future performers, but in the end, I just know that the roles will be fulfilled by qualified people. Phantom of the Opera was just too tough to resist- I love the show so much–everybody loves the show–so it will be very fun to do. As for Pride and Prejudice, I saw a version in Ashland, Oregon last year at the Shakespeare Festival, and I immediately called up the festival and asked ‘Who has the rights?’ They gave me the person’s name, and I worked out a deal with them. I had just seen the show, and I liked it very much.”

The Voice: “In general, what can Presentation look forward to in terms of big theater production next year?”

Mr. Houle: “Well, next year, we are going to pull out all the stops! Both shows are going to be beautiful and very well performed. I would imagine that this will be one of our strongest years. Our selection of students is very strong right now, and everybody is in place: it’s the same team that has been working together for the last few years, and they are clicking really well. Everyone is excited about both shows and are looking forward to it!”

Thanks for the Award, But…

Let’s face it. Most of us love to be com­plimented. Most love the feeling of receiving awards for a job well done, for a performance most excellently delivered, for a game valiant­ly won. We will vehemently deny it, but for a good many of us, it is one of the reasons we do what we do, whether that be succeeding academically or simply showing up to school every day.

So it’s nice of Presentation High School to offer us not only awards for our success but also the opportunity to see the success of those around us every year at the Awards As­sembly. It may even serve as an inspiration to some.

However, for all the good that the Awards Assembly offers, there are certainly some cons that prevent this event from being enjoyed by all.

Every Presentation Awards Assembly has the same three components—a small group of seniors who receive nearly every academic award possible, a smattering of freshmen, sophomores and juniors that receive awards such as “top student” and “most improved,” and a large group of freshmen, sophomores and juniors who are stuck in the bleachers through the ordeal.

The group that is often overlooked at the Awards Assembly is obvious to each grade level; it’s 50% of the senior class, which is nei­ther at the top nor at the bottom of their class and thus get no praise for their achievements. It is unfair for these hard-working Pres girls to have to sit through about two hours worth of hearing about the achievements of others when they are not receiving their own deserved pat-on-the-back.

In addition, with a history of praising the virtue of modesty and a strong emphasis on education over simply good grades, it seems slightly unnecessary of Pres to host such an event in front of the entire school in the first place.While honoring successful students for their work in front of others serves as a po­tential impetus for the younger classes to work harder, it can also serve to make some seniors uncomfortable. Especially for those seniors who receive award after award, the excessive recognition can make them feel awkward about their work.

Several seniors have noted their lack of de­sire to be recognized in such a way, stating that they feel the long procedure of the event and the incredible amount of importance given to the awards detracts from their pride in their work.

These seniors may feel uncomfortable re­ceiving so much praise for their work, mostly because they feel it wastes time for the students who have no interest in watching the event. When the majority of the school is not receiv­ing awards at the assembly, it can be even more awkward for those students who are receiving awards, as their abundance is in such sharp contrast to others’ lack of awards.

Instead of hosting such an important event in front of the entire school, Pres could in­stead extend the senior dinner night and hold an awards ceremony at that time. By doing so, freshmen, sophomores and juniors would be exempt from attending the ceremony until it is their grade’s chance to be in the spotlight.

For the few freshmen, sophomores and ju­niors that receive awards, they could be recog­nized during Panther Pride announcements, which still acknowledges their achievements, but in a more appropriate manner.

As one of the last events for seniors, this senior dinner and Awards Assembly combina­tion would serve as one of the last bonding experiences for the class as a whole. Also, after four years, seniors would care about each oth­ers’ successes and would likely be happier to view the success of their classmates and have their successes viewed by their classmates as opposed to the entire school.

The senior dinner would also be at a more convenient time for proud parents that want to witness their children’s successes. For work­ing parents, 10:40 a.m. on a Friday morning is not necessarily the most convenient time to leave work for an Awards Assembly, causing many family members to be excluded from this special event. Parents and other family mem­bers who have supported students for about 18 years deserve to be present to witness the awards their children gain.

For those seniors not receiving any awards, the dinner would still be a fun event to attend as one of the last chances to have the entire senior class in one location. Plus, with only se­niors getting awards, the ceremony would be much shorter and easier to manage.

For the time being, it looks as though all grade levels will have the pleasure of viewing yet another Awards Assembly in the stuffiness of the packed gym on a sunny May afternoon.

Panther Report May 2

Prom Facebook Group

Students at Presentation High School have one less thing to worry about during Prom this year: wearing the same dress as someone else. A new Facebook group called “Prom Dresses 2011″ is saving girls the stress and anxiety of worrying about wearing the same dress as someone else at Prom this year.

This group was created by Presentation’s own senior Emily Wallace. The group is very simple and helpful for all the juniors and seniors going to Presentation’s Prom on May 14.

When a girl finds the prom dress she plans to wear, she takes a picture of it and posts it onto the group wall for all the other group members to see. All members of the group can then make comments and give their opinions on the dress.

Best of all – other students can make sure they do not buy the same dress. Prom is filled with more than enough stress, and this simple and easy process takes some of the anxiety away.

Because it’s important for students to remember the rules, this helpful Facebook group also provides the rules and regulations for dresses that students must follow to prevent being removed from the dance or receiving a detention. With this simple and easy process girls can take some of the stress of Prom away and make sure that they truly shine in their dress on that special day.

Many students are already a member of this group, including juniors Isabella Nguyen and Diborah Wubshet, who found the site helpful.

“I looked back at it each time I found a new dress to make sure I didn’t buy another person’s dress,” Wubshet said. “I really appreciated my friend’s comments, which helped me decide which dress to buy for prom without actually having to wait to ask them what they think.”

When asked about the difficulty of uploading a picture in the group she said, “It was really easy to post in the group all I had to do was upload a picture or you could just post a link on the group wall.”

So if you’re not a member yet, just ask one of your friends to add you and let the anxiety slip away.

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