The student news site of Puyallup High School

The Viking Vanguard

The student news site of Puyallup High School

The Viking Vanguard

The student news site of Puyallup High School

The Viking Vanguard

Sexual Harassment Needs to be Reported

Sexual Harassment Needs to be Reported

Andi Weigand, Editor-in-Chief // Published November 16, 2021

Side comments. Inappropriate jokes. A text sent with suggestive language. Students engage in conversations day in, and day out, but how much of that conversation could verge on sexual harassment?  There...

This Is Not Okay

Anna VanderLinda, Staff // Published November 16, 2021

How often do you think incidents of racism happens at school?   Perhaps you’ve experienced it or know someone that has experienced it; but what about experiencing it every...

A Good Book Sumners Hidden Gem

“A Good Book” Sumner’s Hidden Gem

Andi Wiegand, Features Editor // Published June 11, 2021

Nestled in the heart of downtown Sumner lives A Good Book.  Hidden amongst a strip of cafes and consignment shops, this gem is the beating heart of the bookworm community that spreads in the miles...

A Tale of Two Students

Christina Rhoades, Print Editor // Published February 1, 2021

The blip of the Teams meeting. The instructions to enter breakout rooms.  And the push by your teacher to turn on your camera.  All staples of online learning. As the first semester...

Climate Change and the Response

McKenna Zacher and Natalie Eychaner // Published May 17, 2019

The Green New Deal Resolution proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey Feb. 7 has resurrected the debate around climate change. This increase of conversation has also sparked students...

Student Expression Explored

Student Expression Explored

McKenna Zacher, Natalie Eychaner, Parker Rosdahl, and Blaise McMacken // Published December 18, 2018

The music you listen on the way to school, the graphic on your shirt, the photographs on the wall. Expression is everywhere. It surrounds us and shapes our culture. But what would happen if it was...

Daffodil Tradition Continues

Daffodil Tradition Continues

McKenna Zacher, Managing // Published October 25, 2018

Another year, another Daffodil selection night. This year, eight senior girls and their escorts took the stage, doing a walk down to the stage called the “promenade,”  giving one-minute speeches...

Memes find new meanings

Memes find new meanings

McKenna Zacher, Managing // Published May 29, 2018

In his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins described a meme as a “self-reproducing” cultural idea shared between organisms. Today, the word meme has transcended its...

Activism Goes Viral

Emily Van Bergeyk, Managing // Published April 6, 2018

To step into the public sphere in this day and age is to step into an ocean of technology. The American public is awash in smartphones, smartwatches, tablets; in blogs, posts, online forums. The tide of...

Social Media Influences Eating Disorders

Social Media Influences Eating Disorders

Haley Keizur, Chief // Published April 6, 2018

Two likes. Refresh. Eight likes. Refresh. 16 likes. Pause. Refresh. 27 likes. And so the process goes. Studies show that people can get addicted to social media in a similar way they can...

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