Viking Call

Upper Merion High's Student Newspaper

Year: 2023

Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” This quote was said by Martin Luther King Jr, who was a prominent Baptist minister who advocated for the use of nonviolent…

The Senior Dread

What do seniors dread each and every morning? The pandemonium of the senior parking lot. With such limited spots for hundreds of seniors and oversold passes, there is never a guarantee of security when trying to acquire a parking spot….

Bounce-Back Basketball

The Winter Sports Season has been full of ups and downs across all sports here at Upper Merion. We have had a beautiful debut of new facilities such as the Vikings Aquatics Center, and the Valhalla Gymnasium. Baskets have been…

Promoting Progressive Conversations This Holiday Season

During the holiday season, it is traditional that families gather and spend time together. This season, while it is one of joy and celebration, it is also a time of awkward and difficult confrontations with families of different political ideologies….

Cultural Diversity During the Holiday Season

Cultural Diversity is an important conversation that must garner more attention, as it’s too often that hate crimes are committed because members of one group felt offended by the culture of another group. It happens constantly, regardless of the attacker’s…

Op-Ed

A Year In Review: My Thoughts and Memorable Events

My article this year is about a collection of events that will forever change my life.    I started my last year of high school in a new school, got curtain bangs and regretted getting curtain bags, and so on and…

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76ers Check In

Looking at the Sixers’ First Quarter of the Year The Sixers are a little bit past the quarter mark on the season, a season where expectations were high for a team with title aspirations. The start of the year did…

Featured Op-Ed

Adam’s Plan:A Faulty Policy to Address Mental Illness

   A relatively normal day with the streets bustling, the sun out, and December and the holidays coming around.     The month of giving, celebration, and love is almost right upon us.     And Mayor Eric Adams has given a gift to all…