Viking Call

Upper Merion High's Student Newspaper

Month: December 2022

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Magical Red October and What’s Next

The Phillies started the month of October not very red hot. They were quite cold with a playoff spot slipping out of their grasp. The chances of a Red October were slipping away from Phillies fans, something they had been…

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Joel Embiid-Chamberlain?

Joel Embiid’s performance against the Utah Jazz on November 13th was one of the greatest achievements a player has ever had in a 76ers uniform.  The 77th NBA Season has been full of surprises, excitement, and competition. Every year, we…

Harry Styles’ Pleasing Pop Up

Harry Styles starred on X-factor and has grown ever since. He and his fellow X-factor contestants even formed their own band named One Direction, which instantly became famous across the world. The band eventually split up but Harry Styles had…

Op-Ed

Anna “Delvey” Sorokin: Master Manipulator and My Personal Hero

Scams. Pyramid schemes. Fraud.  All things I wish I had enough craftiness, resourcefulness, and courage to pull off. To make up for my shortcomings, I have made it my life’s work to highlight the extremely intelligent women who have been…

News

Three Lives Cut Short: Tragedy and Fear on the UVA Campus

On a cold Sunday, November 13th of 2022, the University of Virginia African American Theatre class was on a field trip to Washington D.C. with their professor to see a play about Emmett Till, the young African-American man viciously killed…

News

Speaker Pelosi Steps Down as Party Leader

On Thursday, November 17, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would be stepping down and no longer leading the House Democrats. After gaveling the house into session, Pelosi made the announcement and received a standing ovation from her colleagues. No….

Arts & Entertainment

Full Review Of Taylor Swift’s Album, Midnights

Taylor Swift’s new studio album, Midnights, came out on October 21, 2022 and it’s safe to say those 13 songs are so good that Swift’s new album broke the Billboard charts – as in, the top 10 Billboard spots were…

Club Shoutout: Sign Language Club

We’re all familiar with the most common languages that most schools offer, like French and Spanish, but what about a language that’s just as important, but not spoken? Sign language, a form of communication that utilizes everything but a person’s…