Protesting racial injustice and police brutality, Colin Kaepernick, former quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, knelt during the National Anthem on Aug. 14, 2016 at the beginning of the first game of the season. On Sept. 4, Nike released a commercial celebrating their 30th Anniversary of their Just Do It campaign, with Kaepernick as…
Even after hosting two walkouts against school shootings in support of the Never Again movement, students were not done. Kylie Vincent, senior, still wanted to advocate for the cause in a positive manner. She was inspired to put on a performance containing a variety of artists on May 21 pertaining to the Never Again…
A new district policy to dissolve district maintenance departments at the high schools was presented at the last school board meeting. The proposal will be voted on at the June 5 meeting. This move would align the high school maintenance process with the middle and elementary school. “(This system) works on the middle school…
After a series of unsolved rapes, murders and burglaries, former police officer, Joseph DeAngelo, has been arrested. Police suspect that he was involved in the string of crimes in California during the 1970s and 80s. The press branded the criminal with various nicknames including East Area Rapist, Diamond Knot Killer and most infamously, Golden…
Driver’s Ed was taught in high school. Panthers had six classes a day. 1992 is proof that a lot can change in 26 years. On the front page of the school newspaper, the 1992 Prowler publicized the possibility of having a block schedule with 90 minute class periods, which is what we have now.…
Past, current and future Panther students and staff filled the quad on May 5 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of NPHS. The campus was completely decked out with black and yellow streamers, balloons and posters, displaying the relentless school spirit that has existed for five decades. Carmen Armstrong, a former administrator, has fond memories…
Following public complaint as to whether the actions taken by CVUSD board members at the most recent board meeting on May 15 were lawful, a statement was issued on May 25 by Thomas Frye, Deputy District Attorney of Ventura County, finding board Vice President Sandee Everett guilty of violating the Brown Act. At the…
Students take action into their own hands on gun-violence February 14 – Stoneman Douglas school shooting (Parkland, FL) Former student Nikolas Cruz walked on to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSDHS) with an AR-15 rifle. In six minutes he shot and killed 17 people. 14 of those people were students and three were adults.…
Across the quad instead of hearing the sound of splashing and spectators cheering on swimmers, the pool is filled with sounds of heavy machinery. Construction started by request of the city due to health code violations blocking off the surrounding areas around the pool. “There were violations and concerns whether water coming through the…
After a school shooting ended the lives of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, students rallied together to protest gun violence. Around the nation, students have stood in solidarity with Parkland in one of the biggest student-led protest movements since Vietnam. Last month, students held a 17 minute walkout…