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

Why Die Hard is a Christmas movie

Mason Giustino, Executive Producer // Published December 19, 2018

The holidays are a time for family, friends and taking time to be grateful for what you have. All of these things are represented in popular Christmas movies such as Elf, The Polar Express, How the Grinch...

Creative writing, is there a write way?

Autumn Scriven, Staff // Published December 19, 2018

When I write I try to always let my imagination take me to where I want to go next. Sometimes I worry if what I’m writing is okay -- will others like it and am I writing it the right way? Online...

Why 2018 has been so long

Why 2018 has been so long

Mariah Perez, Staff // Published December 17, 2018

As the new year approaches, it is only natural to reflect on the year we will be leaving behind. When I myself recently thought back on the year, I came to the sudden realization that I didn't actually...

Controversy in Music

Gavin Herrington, Staff // Published December 17, 2018

Every generation seemingly boasts notorious celebrity figures, particularly musicians, often driven by a social conscious or intentions of disrupting the status quo. When people discuss these controversial...

Mental illness needs to be discussed

Sophia Spoja, Staff // Published December 17, 2018

When talking about mental health and more specifically mental illness, it is most common for individuals to start looking to something familiar that they know, something they can draw on from experience....

Split Christmas

Split Christmas

Jacob Wyatt, Staff // Published December 11, 2018

My nephew runs through the house waking everyone up, letting everyone know what day it is. It’s Christmas. The sun has barely risen but everyone is awake and ready to open up presents. We...

Why You Should Have Voted Yes on Initiative 1634

Gavin Herrington, Staff // Published November 29, 2018

As political turmoil was reignited with the recently passed mid-term elections which included a multitude of impactful initiatives to be considered, a state of renewal was ushered in bringing forth a...

What Thanksgiving means to us

Mariah Perez, Jaime Hernandez-Goldberg, and Jacob Wyatt // Published November 29, 2018

Jaime Hernandez-Goldberg It's Thanksgiving and I’m just getting home from my uncle’s yearly Thanksgiving flag football game,as the smell of freshly-cut apples fills the air. The smell of my grandma's...

Kanye West diagnosis, excusable?

Parker Rosdahl and Jasmyne Smith // Published November 27, 2018

  Excusable Kanye West has always done or said something that renders us speechless. Infamous events, such as interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMAs, the countless times...

How the World Ends

Autumn Scriven, Staff // Published November 7, 2018

This is the end of the world. Where the fighting never seems to end, and violence destroyed the earth. This is how it begins: two kids getting into a disagreement, whether it was small or big we...

Load More Stories