As proms come and go, many students are getting geared up towards finding the perfect everything for the dance. The perfect dress, the perfect shoes and perfect hair are common, but for a Mississippi student named Constance McMillen, 18, prom means having to go to court to fight for her right to attent.

"In eight children, the onset of behavioral problems had been linked, either by the parents or by the child's physician, with measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination."

This excerpt from gastroenterologist Dr. Andrew Wakefield's study was enough to strike fear into the hearts of thousands of parents, and seemed to confirm their belief that vaccines can, indeed, cause autism.

However, on Feb. 2, the controversial study was officially retracted by the Lancet, the British medical journal that originally published it in 1998.

"Stop callin', stop callin', I don't wanna think anymore. I left my head and my heart on the dancefloor."

These popular lyrics of Lady Gaga's hit song "Telephone," featuring Beyonce, can be found on almost every pop radio station . The infectious beat pumps out of car stereos and iPod speakers alike. The world waited expectantly for months for the music video, anticipated to display Gaga's infamous fashion style and Beyonce's Sasha Fierce influence.

I bet everyone has seen, at least once, the Jenny Craig commercial that features actress Kirstie Alley gushing over her recent weight loss while sporting a tight black dress. What everyone fails to notice is how many times Alley has had the weight loss "success" of dropping a few pounds.

Each year high school sophomores all across the United States celebrate an important milestone in their lives: getting their drivers license. Though several people believe that the mandated age should be increased to 18 for safety reasons, the current minimum driving age of 16 is, without exaggeration, perfect.

As a new swim season commences, the previous one seems almost like a dream. One fateful day last May, the boys' CCS swim team, consisting of only 10 swimmers, won seven events, broke five CCS records, one national record and would later be named the high school national champions by Swimming World Magazine. This unlikely and unprecedented performance places the 2009 boys' swim team as the greatest in school history.

The season of college admissions has invaded the lives of high school seniors and, while there have been many acceptances to the typical "target" schools, there has also been an overwhelming and surprising number of rejections.

On a cold, windy morning, a large group of students, wearing only T-shirts and shorts in the 40-degree weather, huddle in a group like Emperor Penguins guarding against an Antarctic blizzard. Some of them stick their arms in their shirts while others move about, trying to generate and conserve heat.

In 1895, one man by the name of George Vernon Hudson had the idea to turn night into day. It was a seemingly ridiculous task at first sight, yet he accomplished it with one simple concept: daylight savings. Most of the time, clocks are set forward in spring and backward in autumn. However, the government decided to move the date up to the end of winter, leaving many restless upon the new change.

Since its inception in 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), former president George W. Bush's controversial brainchild, has brought Washington, D.C., considerable flak from critics who claim that the bill has been ineffective and even detrimental to educational system.