Hello and Welcome !

Welcome to On The Prowl, University Preparatory School’s online newspaper. The student run and written publication meets every day to collaborate and produce an edition every two weeks. With a wide range of article topics, we strive to report on issues relativent to the teenage population. Founded in 2007 by Mrs. Jepsen, Journalism is an A through G approved college course. Since then, the class has expanded to encompass a wider U-Prep population and continues to improve every year.

Holiday Cheer

Operation Christmas Child

Operation Christmas Child a charity that impacts the world by one simple task: filling a shoe box. This time of year, there may be many things students have already put down on their Christmas wish lists, but the goal of Operation Christmas Child is to bring supplies to children in other countries...
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National Sports

Football Playoffs

January 7th, 2012, a war is starting as all the top teams in the National Football League. After a long season, the real fighting begins: the players are ready to prove their worth and teams are ready to do battle. The American Football Conference has had some nail biters this year...
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Movie Review

The Sitter

Jonah Hill stars in The Sitter, where he is forced by his mother to care for three children that see him as another obstacle in what the kids actually want to do. Things get weird when Jonah’s character, Noah, is invited to his girlfriends house, Marisa, for a night of romance. Noah doesn’t turn this opportunity down, and takes the minivan...
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Restaurant Review

Lim's Cafe

EWalking into the diner off Market Street (it's the building with the big neon sign) it becomes apparent that the main dining area is not the room immediately adjacent to the entrance. Tiled floors and plastic upholstery give the appearance of a 1950's eating establishment, but not a particularly hygienic one...
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Local Sports

Panther Basketball

U-PREP’s entire Junior Varsity squad including both boys and girls traveled to Etna, California this last weekend (December 8-10). The JV guys did not perform to their full potential in the three games they played. They did not make it into the top four partly because they were missing their coach...
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Film Review

Breaking Dawn

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 hit the box office this past weekend, exciting Twihards everywhere. Kristen Stewart plays the emotionless human Bella Swan and Robert Pattinson portrays a friendly vampire who are getting married. The wedding scene is dragged on for an eternity and is simply composed of nothing more than...
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