Author: Haley Berardinelli

  • Are you doing anything cool this summer?

    For many students, summer break is the time to tan at the beach, explore Santa Monica with friends, visit campgrounds with family, and spend lazy days lying on the couch eating or watching Netflix. However, this summer a few students will also be utilizing worry-free summer days to explore opportunities outside of school. Whether…

  • Seeing, Stuffing, Starving

    The Stigma and the Science Over 24 million people in the US have an eating disorder, according to the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. However, despite the sheer number of people affected by these disorders, there remain many misconceptions and incorrect assumptions surrounding their legitimacy as mental disorders. Many people develop…

  • Dear Abby: I like this girl…

    Dear Abby, I like this girl and I’ve been talking to her for one or two weeks and I was thinking about asking her out next week or the week after? What do you think I should do? If you mean to ask her on a date,  It wouldn’t make too much of a…

  • Student rights and student innocence: magazine sparks controversy in community

    At their meeting on March 17, members of the CVUSD school board considered an action item proposed by member Mike Dunn. The action item would “request” that the Panther Prowler print a front-page “uncensored rebuttal” written by parent Garry Pace, along with a picture of his choice in response to the Feb. 27 magazine…

  • Review: Taken 3 worse than Taken 2

    In the film “Taken 3”, directed by Olivier Megaton, ex-covert operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), once again uses his “particular set of skills”, to go above and beyond to protect his family. The first movie of the Taken series was a hit. The sequel, “Taken 2”,  followed up on the first’s plot. The third…

  • Winter (In)Formal: a comparison

    Winter Formal On Feb. 7, 2015 Newbury Park High School hosted their annual Winter Formal … actually make that Winter Dance (nobody calls it that but let’s keep ASG happy). 900 students, primarily from NPHS along with a handful from other schools, attended the New York themed dance (yes, it had a theme), and…

  • Taylor Hertz: Composing his way to a career

    An accomplished pianist and violinist, senior Taylor Hertz both plays music and writes it.  Over the duration of his musical career, Hertz has composed both piano and orchestral music. Hertz began his musical journey at a very young age. When Hertz was two, his older sister took piano lessons and would often play Beethoven’s…

  • Take a walk down “Lou Lane”

    After 23 years of working as a campus supervisor and school security enforcer, 93-year-old Louis “Lou” Trevisan retired on Oct. 29. Students, faculty, and staff gathered in the quad during lunch on the day of Trevisan’s retirement to celebrate and thank him. Later, the faculty held a more intimate celebration where they shared humorous…

  • Paranormal experiences haunt students’ memories

    Clairvoyance: ten years of spirit sensing Taryn Schweissinger, junior, claims that she can tell where there is a spirit around her. “It’s hard to explain, but it’s a sense that you would know is real,” she says. According to Schweissinger, some people in her family also have the same ability to experience the presence…

  • The F Word: Modern day feminism sparks debate over gender equality

    If you’ve been on the Internet in the last couple weeks, you’ve probably noticed the storm raging around the feminist movement. On Sept. 20, Emma Watson, recently appointed Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women, gave a speech at the United Nations launching her new campaign, HeforShe. According to Watson’s speech, the goal of this new…