The student-run online newspaper for Starr's Mill High School

The Prowler
The student-run online newspaper for Starr's Mill High School

The Prowler
The student-run online newspaper for Starr's Mill High School

The Prowler
Saijleen Chawla

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer

Senior Saijleen Chawla is a two-year member of The Prowler staff.  She is a staff writer.

All content by Saijleen Chawla
The footsteps left by an older sibling help guide a younger sibling in the right direction, especially when it comes to them now being more prepared for graduation and senior year. Though they may not be the ones in the spotlight when a senior is graduating, they will have learned a lot for when it is their turn.

OPINION: Senior siblings in the spotlight

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
May 15, 2019
Volunteer pre-tests some of the new technology available for public use at IonicVR. IonicVR is a virtual reality playground that will provide a new experience for many of the residents of The Bubble that may be valuable and worth the time.

Virtual Reality now a reality in Fayetteville

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
May 7, 2019
Junior Caylee Cicero displays her various lipsticks and other makeup products. Skillfully applied makeup is a form of art that should be admired instead of being discouraged, as it takes a lot of stamina to wear makeup every single day of the week.

Making the difference

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
April 24, 2019
YouTubers make money by hooking the consumer for views and likes through methods that aren’t ideal. Because the incentive to create content tends to be the income, YouTube should remain a hobby and shouldn’t be rewarded with payment.

‘YouTuber’ shouldn’t be on your résumé

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
April 17, 2019
Negative news starts April

Negative news starts April

Jacob Hunt, Saijleen Chawla, Hayeon Choi, Addie Ellison, and James Hindy
April 12, 2019
Stories to bring in spring… break

Stories to bring in spring… break

Mary Jane Gagliano, Saijleen Chawla, Hayeon Choi, Addie Ellison, and James Hindy
March 29, 2019
The number being expressed on the board is Pi, one of the most useful real numbers in math, specifically trigonometry. Because the Math team competition was on Pi Day, there was a scavenger hunt that helped boosting their morale and drive for math.

Celebrate math team, we have Pi

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
March 23, 2019
Plethora of book topics surrounding the Media Center chessboard represents the variety of interests that Starr’s Mill students have. If an interest is shared by many, they may influence the development of new electives offered.

Student choice creates new electives

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
March 10, 2019
Heading toward spring

Heading toward spring

Mary Jane Gagliano, Saijleen Chawla, Hayeon Choi, and Addie Ellison
March 8, 2019
Junior Dhara Padhiar covers her face with white hands, depicting the double standard society has put on her. Society tends to cause problems for kids who identify with two cultures because of the inability to see them in more than one way.

A kid of two cultures

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
February 28, 2019
If something has been censored, it means we have lost the potential benefits of what has been censored. Profanity is an example of this, because if uncensored and used properly, it could be a positive contribution to society.

OPINION: Cussing isn’t cool, but neither is its censorship

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
February 27, 2019
The pennies being swallowed by the couch represents the issue of one’s thoughts being oppressed with the desire to keep the peace at a time when discussion may be imperative. No matter how out there a thought or opinion may be, it must be shared if the desire is there.

OPINION: Penny for your thoughts

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
December 11, 2018
People tend to see daily life as running a race with time. Instead of increasing stress with that mindset, it would be more beneficial to regain control of our own schedules.

OPINION: Running a race with time

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
November 29, 2018
Interact Club Guest Speaker Darlene Drew poses with the Interact Club President Caleb Warnock, and club members Ashley Osborne and Thomas Cummings. Drew led the meeting with a speech about making choices, and personal anecdotes of her job as a warden.

Interact Club guest speaker discusses importance of choices

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
November 6, 2018
Two students depict their close friendship by hugging each other. Discussing about your problems can strengthen a friendship, but only if the discussion doesn’t become a competition.

Problems vs. problems is a problem

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
October 2, 2018
Terrence Fitzgerald (right) helps a student on an English assignment. “If my students don’t leave my English class feeling tired, I’m not doing something right,” Fitzgerald said.

Terence Fitzgerald

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
September 25, 2018
Myrtle Beach evacuee Robert Born poses by his grill that accompanied him to the trailers set up in Atlanta Motor Speedway. Cookouts used by the grill helped many of the evacuees feel at home during a trying time that forced them to evacuate.

Community fights Hurricane Florence together

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
September 22, 2018
Media center specialist Rick Wright plans to include technology that the Media Center has never seen before by Christmas. One example of such technology is media production, which will attract a larger variety of kids with its video and makerspace areas.

New media coming to the media center

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
September 14, 2018
Junior Avery Blaire and Senior Taylor Valenta take a selfie on Snapchat using the dog filter. This snap was taken to fulfill one in a long line of meaningless streaks.

Time to lose the streak

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
August 30, 2018
The new cell phone policy states that phones are no longer to be allowed for classroom usage without a clear relevance to the curriculum. Instead, teachers will use Chromebooks purchased through the Educational Special-Purpose Local-Option Sales Tax.

School Leadership Team cell-ebrates latest policy change

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
August 29, 2018
The mission statements that show what Fayette county hopes to accomplish all revolve around the success of the students. However, when the students are the top priority, the protections of the teachers are neglected.

Guilty until proven innocent?

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
May 22, 2018
American partners welcome German exchange students at the airport. They stayed for three weeks, arriving on March 19 and returning home on April 11.

Exchanging cultures

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
April 24, 2018
Back from break, back to headlines

Back from break, back to headlines

Jacob Hunt, Sophia Bender, Saijleen Chawla, Hayeon Choi, Caylee Cicero, and Ashley Irizarry
April 15, 2018
Headlines to end hard-hitting news month

Headlines to end hard-hitting news month

Jacob Hunt, Saijleen Chawla, Hayeon Choi, Caylee Cicero, Ian Fertig, and Valen Yeager
March 31, 2018
“Love, Simon” is the movie adaptation of Becky Arbertalli’s book “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.” Though the movie represents the book much better than many other adaptations, there are still things that deviate.

Masterpiece in the making

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
March 29, 2018
Headlines for the start of spring

Headlines for the start of spring

Valen Yeager, Sophia Bender, Saijleen Chawla, Caylee Cicero, Liza Eubanks, and Jacob Hunt
March 23, 2018
A family with two children all hold hands. Some children do not have the experience of being in a family before they are adopted, causing them to see the world in a different way.

Nurture better than nature

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
March 21, 2018
Slow school week meets huge headlines

Slow school week meets huge headlines

Jacob Hunt, Valen Yeager, Sophia Bender, Saijleen Chawla, Ashley Irizarry, and Kyle Soto
March 9, 2018
Loveless week in news

Loveless week in news

Jacob Hunt, Liza Eubanks, Saijleen Chawla, Sophia Bender, Mitchell Smith, and Luke Bennett
February 18, 2018
Store closing notices occupy the Inside of Toys R Us in the Fayette Pavillion shopping center in Fayetteville. By the end of February, one-fifth of Toys R Us locations will have closed their doors permanently.

Apps and Amazon R Us

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
February 14, 2018
Attentive Interact Club members listen to guest speaker Ray Godfrey’s speech. Godfrey is the first Interact Club guest speaker for 2018.

Interact Club opens 2018 with new guest speaker

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
February 6, 2018
Endings bring new beginnings

Endings bring new beginnings

Sophia Bender, Ian Fertig, Ashley Irizarry, Mitchell Smith, and Saijleen Chawla
January 26, 2018
People can easily become entangled in technology's allure, quickly wasting valuable and potentially productive hours each day. Technology is a part of society, but it’s role must be carefully constructed.

Hands-free devices

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
January 22, 2018
Cell phones and other technological devices that cause distractions are placed in pouches such as this one in most classrooms. Phone pouches such as these may decrease a significant classroom distraction, but do nothing to prevent antisocial behaviors when an authoritative person is not present.

Phone pouches only push ‘pause’ on growing problem

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
December 11, 2017
Interact Club members sing “Jingle Bells” to the seniors citizens living at Southland Health & Rehab Center. Interact Club is a leadership club that provides services by bringing the volunteers and community together.

‘Tis the season for caroling

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
December 10, 2017
A week of eruptions, rejections, and combustion

A week of eruptions, rejections, and combustion

Jacob Hunt, Sophia Bender, Saijleen Chawla, Caylee Cicero, and Kyle Soto
December 9, 2017
A student panel leads an interactive discussion along with the viewing of the documentary “Screenagers.” This documentary features the wide-spread use of technology and the impact it is having on today’s youth.

Teenagers discuss ‘Screenagers’

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
November 17, 2017
A week that totally ‘rocked’

A week that totally ‘rocked’

Sophia Bender, Saijleen Chawla, Ian Fertig, Ashton Long, and Brock Spence
November 13, 2017
All the participants for Declamation pose for a post-award picture. Nineteen out of the twenty-nine students who participated placed in either the first, second, or third division.

Starr’s Mill students recite their way to victory

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
November 7, 2017
A child intently plays an online game on her laptop. Online games have the potential to appear to be a higher priority than they should be, and they should be considered a case of digital addiction.

Digital addiction going viral

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
October 23, 2017
Old and new films are arranged in the shape of a castle. Only a few of them will truly be considered timeless.

Formula for timeless films not complicated

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
October 5, 2017
These students are hanging out together during lunch as they always do. This is normal for them, but may not be another student’s definition of normal.

Normal is a lie

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
September 21, 2017
History teacher Jason Flowers has a casual conversation with his daughter. Students do not appreciate an overabundance of interest in their academics and desire a broader range of discussion topics.

The wrecking ball of communication

Saijleen Chawla, Staff Writer
August 31, 2017
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