The controversy surrounding this year's prom started long ago. In December, the rumor that it was going to be on May 15 circulated and raised a few concerns with upperclassmen across the school. It was on a Friday, leaving people limited after-school time to get ready, and it was on the one year anniversary of the passing of Drake student Jeremy Collins.

Since then, the date has changed a few times to accommodate the wants and needs of the student body, leaving a lot of questions and only a few happy students.

Prom is usually held in mid-May on a Sunday evening (there has always been a conveniently-placed staff development day on the Monday after, giving kids the day off). This model has been used for many years and has worked fine for students and staff attending the event.

The reason that all this ridiculous rescheduling had to happen this year is because, due to budget cuts, the amount of paid, teacher-only work days were cut drastically. There are no longer any Mondays off for students in the month of May -- hence the Friday solution.

When investigating this story for the school paper a few months back, I asked Kendall Galli, the leadership director and lead organizer of prom, a few questions. Why not just have the prom on a Saturday? Simple: every good venue in the Bay Area was booked up from March until June.

There is a staff development day in late March, leaving Sunday, March 20 open for the event. When I interviewed Galli before, she expressed some reservations about having prom this early. Mainly because prom signifies the beginning of the end of the school year, and having that “beginning of the end” start in late March could give senioritis a new meaning.

Well, here we are. The ides of March upon us and prom this upcoming Sunday. March 20th was settled upon as a date, mainly because it was the best opportunity to get a cool venue in San Francisco (the Regency ballroom on Sutter and Van Ness.) And, while it's early in the year -- in fact, to my knowledge, earlier that it ever has been -- there has been a surprisingly little amount of student outrage.

Honestly, at this point, people are more worried about who's going with who, what they are going to wear, and what hairstyle to go for (I'm personally not sure if I should slick back my hair or just get it cut shorter) than concerned about when it is. At least the major controversy is over and, hopefully, no more comes after the event. Students are just ready to have a great time. I know I am.