Alita: Endurance Test
REVIEW BY: Gabriel Lyden, Staff Writer
March 8, 2019
Filed under Entertainment, News Briefs, Opinion, Showcase
“Alita: Battle Angel” tells the story of a robot dug up in a garbage heap that discovers a strange and hostile new world in the form of Iron City, or at least that’s the story it attempts to tell. 20th Century Fox saw fit to give this film a 200-million-dollar budget to Robert Rodriguez, or as you may ...
Snow Day Madness
Tatum Jorgensen, Entertainment Editor
March 8, 2019
Filed under News Briefs, Opinion, Showcase, Student Life
It’s Sunday night and you didn’t do any of your homework, so you wait for the snow storm to pass through tonight, hoping it’s enough to call off school. Your Twitter feed is filled with students harassing Dr. Rikli into giving us yet another snow day. Dr. Rikli and the other superintendents get pressured ...
New Leadership
Delani Watkins, Scepter Editor-in-Chief
March 1, 2019
Filed under News, News Briefs, Showcase, Sports, Sports Showcase
The Monarch football team will be under new leadership in the 2019-2020 season. After former football coach Mr. Randy Huebert announced his departure, a search for a new head football coach began. Athletic Director Mr. Jason Ryan and the administrative team advertised the open position for ...
Varsity Girls Basketball – Districts Slideshow
Emma Betts, Staff Writer
March 1, 2019
Filed under News Briefs, Showcase, Sports
Last Minute Scholarships!
Lily Allpress, Assistant Editor-In-Chief of PLPulse
March 1, 2019
Filed under Features, News, News Briefs, Showcase, Student Life
Seniors! Still looking for some last-minute scholarships to apply for? Here’s a list of a few that haven’t quite hit their deadline yet. 2019 Student View Scholarship Award: Up to 4,000 Deadline: 4/22 Requirements: Take a 15-25-minute survey and be entered in a drawing for scholarship money A...
RESTAURANT REVIEW: How Good is The Good Life?
Kaylen Maltais, PLPulse Editor-in-Chief
February 28, 2019
Filed under Entertainment, News Briefs, Showcase, Student Life
Perhaps, as of late, sports bars have earned a bad rap, what with the whole ‘dudebro’ stereotype and all its drunken glory being associated with the patronage of these establishments, but maybe in our haste to condemn their exaggerated movie portrayals, we were too quick to judge their true character. Mayb...
Cutting the Inequality
Annie Waldman, Opinion Editor
February 28, 2019
Filed under News Briefs, Opinion, Showcase, Sports, Sports Showcase
School sports tryouts are usually used to weed out the less experienced players and set different teams. For girls, however, the former is not a common practice. Girls sports have been overflowing with players for year, yet the coaches cannot do anything about it. PLHS has long had a precedent that coaches are not allowed to cut fem...
RESTAURANT REVIEW: At Your Service
Delani Watkins, Scepter Editor-in-Chief
February 28, 2019
Filed under Entertainment, Showcase
A golden bell tied to red, white and blue ribbon adorns the door handle at Hard Bean Coffee. Its chimes are welcoming, and they are the gateway to a quiet coffee shop tucked in the end of the small strip of stores that lies on the northwest corner of 72nd and Giles streets. This cozy store opened just over a year ago and...
A New Chapter
Vincent Lin, Staff Writer
February 19, 2019
Filed under Entertainment, Features, News Briefs, Showcase, Student Life
The people we pass by on the street are generally strangers; strangers that we normally do not think twice about. Usually, we cannot even remember the face of one from just a few days ago, but regardless, all strangers have histories. When almost fifteen percent of the US population consists of immigrants, you are bound to come across someon...
The Story Behind the Plaque
Josey Ryan, Sports Editor
February 15, 2019
Filed under News Briefs, Showcase, Sports
Across from the north gym, next to the bench many students sit on daily, hangs a plaque with the words “Papillion-La Vista High School class of 1972 and Nebraska’s first 7’ High School Basketball Player." Students walk past it daily; some notice it, but most do not. However, the story behind the...
Paper Positivity
Owen Sumter, Staff Writer
February 12, 2019
Filed under News, News Briefs, Showcase, Student Life
Most things in people’s lives are taken for granted while they are there: food, clothes, water, shelter. But once they are taken away, they are dearly missed. Some items are hardly even thought about, but leave a deep impact when they’re gone. The Monarchs for Social Justice club is holding a paper drive this week to get toilet paper, feminine hygiene products, and tissues for...
Ten Days Abroad
Elizabeth Eidem, Copy Editor
February 12, 2019
Filed under Features, News Briefs, Showcase, Student Life
Trips abroad are always well sought after for everyone, but senior Alexa Rudner is going to Israel and Jerusalem on a free, 10 day trip for both fun and to increase her faith life. Over the summer, Rudner and many other Jewish people, 18 to 32 years-old, will be traveling to locations th...
