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The student news site of Papillion-La Vista High School

PLPulse

The student news site of Papillion-La Vista High School

PLPulse

EDITORIAL: Expanding Unified Activities Benefits Every Student

EDITORIAL: Expanding Unified Activities Benefits Every Student

STAFF EDITORIAL February 28, 2025

When entering high school, every student is encouraged to “get involved.” The immense variety of different sports, clubs and activities can seem overwhelming at first, but it provides everyone with...

A Misplaced Focus

A Misplaced Focus

Vivienne Agar, Staff Writer February 28, 2025

Supposedly, the land of the free, home of the brave; the United States has always been a nation that prides itself on safety and lack of censorship. On Mar. 14, 2024, the United States’ government...

Typical Typecasting

Typical Typecasting

Harper Gerharter, Staff Writer February 13, 2025

Who keeps casting Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart in jungle movies? I understand that they are a funny duo but it’s getting old.  Not only them but actors like Timothee Chalamet and Ryan Gosling continuously...

Minimum Care

Minimum Care

Hayden Hatch, PLPulse Editor-in-Chief February 5, 2025

Car insurance, gas, rent, food, phone bills, etc. Everyone in the U.S. has to deal with these expenses, and most people struggle with making ends meet. One group of people who are forced to live paycheck...

United We Stand, Divided We Fall

United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Hayden Hatch, PLPulse Editor-in-Chief December 9, 2024

‘We the people’ are the first words in the Constitution, setting a standard for the American people- but what standard is that? Being united. As a country, within recent years, ‘We the people’...

REVIEW: Beyond “Xtraordinary”

Sydney Schmid, Opinion Editor December 6, 2024

In the midst of what I would call the most embarrassing era of my school years - middle school - I found a band that gave me a sense of belonging. Dressed in clown costumes and high-tech wear, their debut...

A Social Scare

A Social Scare

Sydney Schmid, Opinion Editor October 30, 2024

Ding-dong! It is Halloween; time to answer the door and reward the next spooky trick-or-treater with a plethora of candy. Who will be on the front doorstep this time? Barbie? Ghostface? Or a frightening...

An Overhyped Nightmare

An Overhyped Nightmare

Hayden Hatch, PLPulse Editor-in-Chief October 30, 2024

With the holiday season quickly creeping up, we can expect a barrage of holiday movies to be constantly playing. This also comes with certain movies being overhyped and shoved in your face consistently...

REVIEW: Memoir of a Flop

REVIEW: Memoir of a Flop

Hayden Hatch, PLPulse Editor-in-Chief October 2, 2024

September 13, 2024, Suki Waterhouse’s second album “Memoir of a Sparklemuffin” was released. With 18 songs  on the album that total out at nearly an hour compared to her first album “I Can’t...

Fake Faces

Fake Faces

Olivia Harruff, Staff Writer March 8, 2024

TikTok, Youtube, Instagram, all of these are social media apps that people use to show the world who they are. Social media is unique because it’s the one space that you can flaunt your life and huge...

The Man, The Myth, The Garfield Movie

The Man, The Myth, The Garfield Movie

Hayden Hatch, PLPulse Editor-in-Chief March 5, 2024

June 19, 1978, the greatest comic strip turned TV show about an abnormal orange cat that has a crave for lasagna was published. That comic strip was the start of the cultural phenomenon of Garfield. Garfield...

STAFF EDITORIAL: Student Press Freedoms Deserve Protection

STAFF EDITORIAL: Student Press Freedoms Deserve Protection

March 1, 2024

A journalist’s job is to tell stories: to amaze, entertain and educate; but most importantly, to tell the truth. Sugarcoating should never be a necessary part of the equation, but as student journalists...

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