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The Viking Vanguard

Key Club Betters Puyallup Commmunity One Act of Kindess at a Time

Breanna Kivlen, Staff // Published December 15, 2016

Since 1925, the Key Club at Puyallup High School has dedicated time and service hours aimed at creating awareness and advocating for the community. The club describes its mission statement as follows:...

Music Inspires, Molds Culture

Music Inspires, Molds Culture

Shayla Jones, Coverage Editor // Published December 15, 2016

Music, to some, is the voice of the people. It can be used as a weapon in the war against conformity, political antics or the war against one’s self. From the crooners of the ‘60s to the angst filled...

Rape Culture Explored

Rape Culture Explored

Haley Keizur, Social Media Editor // Published December 15, 2016

Every two minutes, someone in America is sexually assaulted, a­ccording to Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (WCSAP). Every two minutes, someone is forced into some sort of sexual action,...

School Safety Examined

Shayla Jones, Coverage Editor // Published December 15, 2016

In light of recent events dealing with issues of school safety in the Puyallup School District, questions may arise as to what plans are in place to protect PHS from a similar fate. Principal Dave Sunich...

Religious Views on Sexuality Examined

Religious Views on Sexuality Examined

Shayla Jones, Coverage Editor // Published December 15, 2016

“Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.” This excerpt from the new international version of the Bible is a phrase that some Christians have based their...

Minimum Wage Impacts Students

Aly McGinnes, Staff // Published December 15, 2016

The minimum wage in Washington State will be increasing by $4.03 and students at Puyallup High School are questioning whether the minimum wage increase is really necessary considering the consequences...

“To Be” Theatre or “Not To Be”

Shayla Jones, Coverage Editor // Published December 15, 2016

Theater is life. I do not mean this is in a new age meme way but in the sense that when people work together to create art on stage you, as an actor, are essentially playing at God. You create life,...

Media Affects Cultural Perspective

Media Affects Cultural Perspective

Shayla Jones, Coverage Editor // Published December 15, 2016

Whether one finds themselves looking through their Facebook or Twitter feeds, turning on their local news station or hearing it from a friend, news travels. It reaches the corners of the earth and impacts...

Youth Basketball Comes Full Circle

Published December 15, 2016

Sports can bring people together that have nothing else in common except for love of that team or player. The feeder basketball program that runs into the PHS boys basketball team has a similar effect...

Basketball Can Transform Lives

Jaxon Owens, Chief // Published December 15, 2016

I never would have thought that something as simple as a piece of paper from my third grade teacher would turn into something that not only has defined my life but my entire family’s life as well. That...

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