It’s been a long night of homework, and I still have some more notes to study over.  I’ve been doing pretty well, so I tell myself: it’s okay, log on to Facebook for five minutes, what’s the harm?  Of course, there is the little voice in my head screaming and pleading me not to do it.  The reasonable side of me that knows there is no such thing as five minutes on Facebook. The reasonable side tries to remind me that I have a huge APUSH test to study for.  This reasonable side is tossed aside.  I live life on the edge.  As soon as I log on, I see an extraordinary amount of notifications, even for not having been on for two nights.  That’s when I start to get the feeling that the studying is going to have to wait.

It quickly becomes apparent  that 48 of the notifications are from the Niles West Class of 2013 group page.  And more are coming in by the minute.  All of them are about what color we’re going to wear on Friday.  It’s not a total shock, given that I’ve already received about 8 million text messages all saying we are going to wear red… Or white… Or black… Or, you know what?  Just forget about it and wear purple guys!  And no final decision has been made yet.  Which is weird, because all of the texts start saying: FINAL DECISION ABOUT FRIDAY’S COLOR.  Of course every text says a different color, or a different thing that we’re doing during the Assembly.

To say that the seriousness people are giving this topic is ridiculous would be the understatement of the century.  Ever since color wars got cancelled, the juniors have been running around like chickens with their heads chopped off trying to pick a color.  Standing out for Homecoming is apparently one of the most important things ever, and there is only one way to do it: having every single person wear the same color.  That may sounds suspiciously like color wars to some readers, but it totally isn’t: we just want to stand out.  If that doesn’t make any sense to you, don’t worry: you aren’t alone.   And from what I hear, other classes (especially Seniors) are having the same problem.

I know, I know: how are people supposed to know if someone is so 13OSS or totally 12ECKLESS if they aren’t wearing the same colored t-shirt as their year at the Homecoming Pep Assembly?  It’s a serious topic that should be dealt with seriously and should be taken with great seriousness.  It’s so serious that maybe Junior Cabinet should make a decision on it… BREAKING NEWS: This meeting was already held.  And the results of this emergency meeting?  IT’S A SECRET, DON’T LOOK IF YOU AREN’T A JUNIOR!1!1one!!!!eleven!!1!  White.  But wait,  that’s what the sophomores are wearing!  We can’t wear the same color as the sophomores!  Or the seniors.  So red and white are both out.  So it’s black; we’re wearing black.

However, according to student activities director, Jessica Ogulnik, red and white are the only colors we are supposed to wear. Now, the reason provided for this totally mystifies me.  Red and white are the school colors?  Nah, stupid reason.  I mean, we all know that class spirit is far more important than school spirit anyways.