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Editors in Chief
Grant Huson
Maddy Weaver
Multimedia Editor
JoAnn Laning
News and Features Editor
Katelyn Ervin
Opinion Editor
Reagan Jones
Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Editor
Ethan Barker
Digital Media Editor
Margo Hermann
Sports Editor
Sienna Hanson
Graphics Editor
Ezruh Hacker
Web Editor
Dylan Sandstrom Staff
Hunter Ihlen
Leia Waggoner
MiahRese Terlaje
Aiden Arthur
Paul Busching
Julian Guiterrez Iniguez
Enodia Harder
Brandon Harris
Madeline McDaniel
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Brian Bates
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Mariela Garcia
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Sandra Coyer, MJE
Technology consumes the world. Throughout time, humanity has developed with the production and execution of the car, the radio and the cellphone that have greatly impacted the shift our societies have taken.
However, there is a point when technology consumption, like the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), diminishes critical thinking abilities such as media literacy, sets precedents for unethical standards and dehumanizes society.
Regarding the use of AI in the applications, ethics and considerations of use by journalists, we, the Viking Vanguard do not condone such behaviors and practices for the reasons stated.
Alan Boyle, a contributing editor for GeekWire, a Seattle-based technology news site claims that the generative AI program ChatGPT will make up nonexistent references for the user to be content. In using these references in articles, papers or infographics, it is using AI as a crutch to critical thinking and diminishing media literacy globally.
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interview questions and help research topics, we, the editorial board, rebuttal with history. Throughout time, journalists have persevered through turmoil and censorship, without the assistance of AI.
Journalists have won countless Pulitzer Prizes, organizations have won Pacemakers and other awards, without the assistance of AI. Though AI may have some benefit to beginning a story, journalists are capable individuals who have shown time and time again that AI is not necessary to produce a story worthy of awards and recognition.
Journalists are everywhere. Scrolling through Instagram you will find infographics and news briefs, curated by journalists. Switching through the channels on the TV, there is countless channels displaying news ranging from the local weather to global politics, curated by journalists. There are various ways each journalist could approach a story, with different tone, inflections or angle.
urge you to support journalists and persist against the use of AI in news...”
AI-generated information requires fact-checking and verification that users will not execute if such content produced is followed blindly. Generative AI produces references, images, videos and writing based off of information around the world that is published or plastered onto the internet.
This information, however, may contain heavy bias that would skew an audience if it were to be published by journalists or used in a story from any news source, leading the audience blindly into accepting truth and chipping away at media literacy across the globe.
Further, AI is raising issues of ethics and questions around accountability--as it should. There is currently no laws in Washington regulating the use of AI in journalism.
There is also no national regulation for journalists by convention standards like AP Style or the Society of Professional Journalists. Though the superintendent of public instruction in Washington has sent out suggestions on the general use of AI, there are no legal consequences for not following through with these suggestions, meaning they contribute to the decreasing media literacy globally.
Though some may argue that the use of AI can help journalists with interview transcripts, condensing them into outlines and summaries, generate
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What one journalist may want to cover as a feature story, another may want to cover as entertainment. This is what keeps journalists humane and worthy of their jobs. With the development of AI in the application of delivering news that is quality, informative and unbiased, these traits are diminished.
AI is not an empathetic tool.
It is a machine-based system built upon non-human algorithms that feed into what the user wants, as AI’s main goal is to please said user.
For broadcast journalists, such as Mariah Valles, a segment producer at FOX 13 Seattle, are able to enter a press release audio file into certain AI platforms and request a 30-second anchor news brief, chipping away at the humanizing work of other journalists behind the camera. If a journalist using AI needs an image for their online story regarding an event they covered locally, generative AI can produce images that are flawed, cartoonish, fake or adjacent to copyright images, putting the reporter at risk for lawsuit. These qualities are not aligned with what a personable society needs and therefore risks dehumanizing communities.
The editorial board urges you to support journalists and persist against the use of AI in news by calling your local state government, petition the government, buy the local newspaper or turn on the community news to keep humane journalism alive. Your actions help provide journalists with a quality reputation of unbiased and humanizing news.
When you first start attending Puyallup High School, you get caught up in the general sense of awe. The building is likely bigger than any other school you’ve ever been to, and more crowded. A maze to get lost in the first day of sophomore year.
When the school becomes familiar, you begin to see a different side of it. It stops being so intimidating, and as you settle in, you come to odds with the fact that the building is rather worse for wear.
I became privy to the situation with the state of the build ing a few months into my sophomore year. The Library-Sci ence building and classrooms were obviously dated, the lab benches poorly arranged and aged. But it wasn’t a big problem, more of a quirk.
A few months into the year, however, noticeable prob lems started to arise. The only elevator in the building was deemed out of order due to sewage issues, making my second-floor classroom inaccessible to some of my classmates. We had to have class in a room set up to teach health for several weeks.
The Library-Science building kept deteriorating throughout the year, finally culminating in the decision to close the building the following school year. Almost comically, a sinkhole opened outside the building soon after the announcement. By this school year, we had lost the Library-Science building, but every water fountain in the school gained a little yellow sign informing users not to drink the water without running it for 30 seconds. The warnings popped up seemingly over night and students were joking about them nearly as quickly.
a lock. It was funny to hear someone noticing something so normal to anyone who frequents this building often.
I can only hope that we can do something about the situation at Puyallup High School. With the recent passing of the district levy, I am optimistic that our community will begin to see the physical version of this school that is obvious from the interior.
Until then, I’ll continue to run the water for 30 seconds before drinking it, study chemistry without the proper lab equipment and pray for there not to be another
That is the interesting thing about maintenance issues at PHS: they are obvious to the student population, and we love to talk about it. It becomes rather laughable after a while, an inside joke shared around the campus. There are only so many headlines you can write in the school newspaper about buildings being in disrepair before you notice the humor of it all, only so many times you can talk to people from other schools at parties about ‘the sinkhole’ before you realize the comedy.
Occasionally, these things that we all gripe about lightheartedly break the bubble of our school, and the local community notices the things that we all take as normal. At the annual Alumni Assembly this year, I overheard several people in the women’s bathroom commenting to each other about how only one of the stalls had
At least they replaced the locks in the gym bathroom.
Ever since I was a young child, I have had a passion for photography. I have loved taking pictures of nature, wildlife, and anything around me.
Before I started going to Puyallup High School, I never had the option to take a photography class in school. This was why I was ecstatic at the opportunity to take photography as a class in my sophomore year.
I instantly fell in love with the class because it was everything I loved about photography. I was able to go around campus and take pictures of what I found beautiful or interesting. My photography teacher, Mr. Anderle, helped teach me new ways to use the camera and rules of photography to better my prior skills.
But it is especially thanks to my teachers who helped guide and push me out of my comfort zone, proving to be some of the best decisions of my high school experience.”
Reagan Jones Opinion Editor
But before I knew it, the end of my sophomore
year was approaching.
I was at the class registration night when Mr. Anderle sought me out and told me I needed to join Yearbook next year. I was hesitant at first, even though I considered myself a good writer. I wasn’t sure if I would like talking to new people and interviewing them. But after much persuasion, I signed up for the class.
Joining the Yearbook staff was like jumping into a whole new world. Within the first two weeks of being in the class, I became one of the Co-Editor in Chiefs.
Right from the beginning I had to start writing stories, captions, and MODS. Thankfully our adviser Mrs. Coyer was always there to help guide and teach us how to do everything. I never knew how much work went into creating a successful yearbook, until the hours I spent going out and getting photos of events, interviewing people, writing and staying after school for late nights.
But after the initial shock and adjustment to the busy schedule, I ended up loving Yearbook just as much as photography. I was able to combine my photography and writing skills to make a final product the whole school would see.
Over the year, I was able to go to both state and national competitions. I got recognized for my photography at a state level. I was also able to go to the JEA national convention where my poetry got an honorable mention.
This class sparked my love for journalism so much that this year I decided to take Yearbook II and News-
“I am looking forward to more sunshine and longer hours of daylight,” Marla Boyd Atkinson, staff
“I am looking forward to the 2024 Spain trip; we are spending eight to nine days in Spain,” Emily Waller, junior
“I am looking forward to spring to go on the band trip to California and have fun with my friends,” Ian Stiff, sophomore
paper. While it is sometimes hard to stay on top of both classes, I wouldn’t change my decision. That’s because both classes have let me see what I want to do in the future.
My plan is to go the University of Idaho to pursue a journalism degree. I want to become a photojournalist so that way I can combine my passion for photography and my writing skill to pursue a job that I love. Without having the help of the classes I took, I don’t think I would have found my passion. I defiantly would not have pushed myself to try something new, like joining Yearbook or Newspaper. But it is especially thanks to the teachers who helped guide and push me out of my comfort zone, proving to be some of the best decisions of my high school experience.
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“[I am looking forward to] riding my motorcycle around on the sunny days,”
Brandon Bottcher Pelton, senior
“[I am looing forward to] going to Disneyland; my dad said we are going to Disneyland,” Sierra Pimentel, junior
Community impacts us all. From the Washington State Fair to the small businesses downtown, everybody does their part to ensure that the city of Puyallup continues to thrive.
“Heart Connection” made by Alisa Looney “Heart Connection” is a statue located outside the Puyallup Post Office, made of powder coated steel. The statue is meant to symbolize the connection between the two people, showing how they can be connected by heart but separate individuals.
Photo by Reagan JonesThroughout the year, you’ll probably notice events like the Food Drive or the upcoming Book Drive. Key Club, advised by English teacher Brody Howe, plays a large role in making these events happen.
“I had helped out with a couple of Key Club projects, but I don’t think that I ever really went to meetings. I took on this role because students came to me asking if I was interested and they needed some support. So here I am to support,” Howe said.
ever. Each event takes time to plan and implement and the Key Club members take time out of their days to work on them. The upcoming book drive is one of those events that take a lot of work to bring to life.
“It usually starts with either an officer or someone else bringing it up. People chat about it, if it’s something that people are open to doing. We rarely get objections; people are cool with anything… We got to think, ‘Do we want to send fliers out to teachers… Do we want to put flyers up around the school?’
You get a sense of community, you volunteer in the community, you connect with people, you meet people, you meet new friends.”
One of those students is Alex DeForrest, who is the group’s media coordinator and has been elected to the position of president for next year. He’s been a part of many of the events that Key Club has worked on, both this year and the previous year.
“We are currently organizing a book drive. In the past we have we worked and we did the food drive this year… We also are helping plan the spaghetti feed which will be happening sometime in May… We’ve been involved with other key clubs, we’ve been going to events,” DeForrest said.
Key Club members work on a wide variety of different projects, all with a common thread of serving the needs of the community, both seen and unseen.
“They are primarily looking towards how they can serve the community both at PHS, in the Puyallup area and the Puyallup School District… Even if it’s unseen by many, sometimes those are the greatest needs, those that are commonly unseen,” Howe said.
The events don’t appear out of nowhere, how-
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juniorFrom there, it goes to scheduling. Is it something we have to collect, or do we have to be somewhere at the starting time,” DeForrest said. “Our members are really great, we usually do get most of our members to volunteer… Although we have a smaller population this year as compared to past years, we still have a very involved club.”
Though planning the events takes a lot of work for the members, Howe says he is proud of the work the club does.
“I think that there’s a great deal of pride that goes into seeing young individuals want to step up and support their community in some way, shape or form. Having them being able to show the motivation to do that on their own means a lot, and it’s cool to see growth in that manner,” Howe said.
While they’re helping the Puyallup community, members of Key Club are also learning and growing themselves.
“You get a sense of community, you volunteer in the community, you connect with people, you meet people, you meet new friends. I’ve seen people I’ve met through Key Club that I never would’ve met either, and I’m still in contact with them,” DeForrest said. “When you’re at colleges, you can get involved
in clubs, or if you’re at jobs, you can say ‘Oh, I have ran or helped with events before.’”
Howe also believes there’s a lot of value in the work students do at Key Club, especially beyond the spot it fills on a resume.
“I think that a lot of the value that comes from being a part of an organization like this stems from them being able to recognize and look out to the community and recognize what needs to be done. Seeing a need and filling a need is the expression that I think is most commonly used. Being able to see ‘Hey, this is a service that should be provided’ or ‘Hey, this is a resource that is commonly not met for populations of people that need it,’” Howe said. “It sets them up in terms of work ethic to know that ‘Hey, this is extra work for me that I have to do or I’m choosing to do it.’ Performing that at a high level will always support them and create a better en vironment for themselves as they move forward into adulthood.”
To students that might be on the fence about joining Key Club, DeForrest says to simply jump right in and go for it.
“It never hurts to come to a meeting, maybe a couple. You don’t have to become a member right away… it’s not like a job, it’s not like it’s a huge commitment. You don’t have to if you
Even if it’s unseen by many, sometimes those are the greatest needs, those that are commonly unseen.”
Brady Howe Key Club advisordoing community service and helping the com munity, you join to become part of that commu nity,” DeForrest said.
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turned to former photography teacher, John Anderle.
“I was trying to figure out how to merge the two, so, I met with Mr. Anderle. We’ve been friends for decades; we went to school together and I asked him what his thoughts were and how we could merge those two,” Door said. “He came up with the ‘Love my Puyallup,’ putting them together and he came up with our logo and we launched it.”
the journalism program had interviewed people off the street creating a video about why people loved Puyallup, which is still on the Facebook page today.
small hashtag to a full campaign and activities that help the comJulie Door’s “Love my Puyallup” has brought the people of Puyaltogether and gives a definition of means to be a part of the Puyallup community. started just as #MyPuyalthat was because Puyallup to everybody, it means it, but we love it for difreasons, and I like the idea being able to highlight it special to them,”
the key inspirations for campaign was a League of Conference that she went that they had for the
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It’s been great, I love that we can partner with the high school students because we are building the future for them.”
Julie Door founderBut the collaboration with Anderle didn’t just end with him designing the logo. Door and Anderle worked together, getting the students in the Photo Club to help take pictures around town and show what Puyallup meant to
“It’s been great, I love that we can partner with the high school students because we are building a future for them,” Door said. “This is their community as much as it is anybody else’s, and so the collaborations have been a lot of fun.”
“Another activity that has been done with the Love my Puyallup campaign was supporting healthcare workers during COVID. During that time, Door raised money for healthcare workers, gave them Starbucks gift cards, as well as getting the nearby school districts to make personalized cards for hospital employees.
we create,” Door said. “If we focus on a negative environment, we perpetuate that. If we want a vibrant community that’s caring and a fun place to be, then we need to be focusing on that and that is the intent of Love my Puyallup. Focus on the things that make us unique make us special, make us a community.”
And when it turned into something bigger, it turned into something where we’ve given hope to families.”
Julie Door founderDoor saw the struggles the community was going through and looked past the negatives to uplift the positives.
“It was a effort of trying to keep up our health care workers morale during a really difficult time and I went to the schools and the principals all engaged in, had their kids participate,” Door said. “In a time that was really difficult for all of us, we were able to find a way to do something positive, the kids felt great about participating and the healthcare workers felt appreciated.”
Door’s passion for the community comes from the fact that she was born and raised here. She has just always loved the community.
Door’s friends,
children have all lived here, and made Puyallup a great place to live for her.
““They were focusing on the negative because that’s what we just kept hearing. That’s what makes headlines. That’s what makes the news and so my intention was to lift the positive and then lift the community spirit with it,” Door said.
Door believes that strong community is what makes the people in Puyallup unique. The ability to see neighbors caring for neighbors, working together in difficult times and celebrating the success and good times is what makes us something truly special to our area.
“If you don’t have a community, I really don’t know what you have. I can walk down the street and say hello to whoever it is and there’s a smile, it’s a warm place to be,” Door said.
Every community has challenges, but how we respond to them, that’s what defines us.”
Julie Door founder“Every community has challenges, but how we respond to them, that’s what defines us, and that’s why I believe we need a strong community and I think that we have one here.”
“[Puyallup is] very unique and special and I think sometimes people lose sight of that because we see it every day,” Door said. “You just have to go outside the city limits and see you can see a difference; you can see a difference in how we care for each other and what our pride is.”
Door says that these days it is easy to focus on the negatives and things that bother us, but the goal of Love my Puyallup is to focus on the positives and the bright side of
“I believe that what we focus on is what
“The Heart of Puyallup” made by Chuck Fitzgerald (left)
“The Heart of Puyallup” is a giant heart statue with the message “Hearts are bigger in Puyallup.” The Puyallup heart has been up since 2001. Fitzgerald was inspired to make it after going through surgery and placed the statue outside the office of a local doctor.
Photo by Grant HusonFor the students at PHS, Door says that the campaign is for them. This campaign is about building the community they want to see and grow up in. Door wants to show that their voice matters.
“This is their community and if they are interested in participating in anything or they have an idea that I haven’t come up with for this campaign, I’d love to hear their ideas,” Door said. “I’ve been so impressed with the students at PHS, the creativity and the concepts that they have brought to me have been amazing.”
“Siblings” made by Olivia Broadfoot (below) “Siblings” is symbolic of the connections between people. Broadfoot was inspired to create it to show how we are all connected and to remind people of their friends and family.
Photo by Reagan Jones
Senior Alejandra Gonzalez took a leap into something new this year, something not many think of when they think of the term “extracurricular.” Gonzalez stepped into the glass slipper role of the Daffodil Court, where she took home the title Princess Alejandra last fall.
Gonzalez took the stage March 2 at the Daffodil Queen Coronation.
To her surprise, Gonzalez heard her named broadcasted over the loudspeaker as the 2024 Daffodil Festival Queen.
“Honestly, it was very unexpected. When I was actually sitting there with the rest of my court, we were all holding arms with each other and I was squatting down ready to start screaming when the Queen was actually chosen,” Gonzalez said.
Although it may seem like becoming Daffodil Queen was the most difficult part of the process, instead Gonzalez claims it was learning to become a princess.
“We had about 11 to 12 practices where we would spend from seven in the morning to noon going over how to be a princess and what to do. We even had a luncheon where we practiced learning how to eat with proper forks. When I became queen, it was pretty much learn as you go along, so it’s definitely a lot more laid back I’d say,” Gonzalez said.
Amongst all of the hard work Gonzalez says she poured into learning how to become a princess, the now queen looks back and acknowledges how much fun and excitement took place during the learning process of becoming royalty.
“I’d say my favorite experience is definitely meeting my court. We have 22 princesses from around Pierce County that have all just been amazing,” Gonzalez said. “When I was selected queen, no one was upset, no one was mad, everyone was just ecstatic. Even the next Tuesday [when] I was able to see them that day, everyone was coming up to me and hugging me and so I really loved that.”
While over the last several months Gonzalez has gone through the proper training to learn how to become a princess, she says she has also learned how to dig deep and find a stronger connection with those around her. The senior has also been able to learn the ability to recognize the accomplishments of her peers.
I truly believe that legacies are built on the effort that you put into things and not the amount of time that you are somewhere.”
“Something that I have learned from this is definitely that there are people out there who have done things that are just as amazing as you and taking the time to recognize that is truly incredible,” Gonzalez said, “I would have never met anyone from Orting or Sumner and all these places
Alejandra Gonzalez seniorif not for Daffodil, so taking the time to actually connect with the community is a big thing that I learned.”
Gonzalez looks at back at the entire day that led up to her coronation and believes that regardless of the outcome, it still would been perfect and she wouldn’t have changed anything about her process to becoming queen.
“Honestly, I wouldn’t have chosen to do anything different. When I went and did my interview, I was 100% myself and strangely enough I wasn’t nervous,” Gonzalez said. “My main focus was not to be Queen and was not to be Miss Congeniality, which is another thing you could get. It was honestly just to have fun and talk with the adults, because at the end of the day, that truly was all that mattered.”
When the time finally came for the queen to be announced, Gonzalez stood side-by-side, arm linked to arm, with her entire court. The shock that she felt when it was her named that boomed over the speaker was breath stopping.
“I froze in place. I was confused. I looked around and they have us take two steps forward after we’re chosen. After all that happened, I was trying not to cry because my mom was wailing in the background and the rest of my family [was] freaking out. I was in pure shock when I was chosen and I was completely frazzled and anxious,” Gonzalez said.
But, humbly Gonzalez credits her parents for her ability to successfully have become the Daffodil Queen, alongside PHS Band Director, Eric Ryan.
“My parents have definitely been some of the biggest supporters especially because coming into this whole thing, this was something I chose… So going into that they really did just support me through all of it. Even in the moments where they’re like, ‘Is that something you want to do? You’re gonna get really busy’. [Also] definitely my teacher Mr. Ryan, he’s been a big support with it,” Gonzalez said.
Amongst all the excitement, hard work, dedication and patience that the entire process took, Gonzalez hopes that she will be able to leave a memorable legacy behind to future daffodil courts and kids, who just like Gonzalez, come from a diverse backgrounds.
“I truly believe that legacies are built on the effort that you put into things and not the amount of time that you are somewhere. So the legacy I hope to leave behind and the whole reason that I accepted being queen was I wanted to emphasize that even if you’re from a diverse background, if you’re a military kid, if you’re a kid who’s moved around a lot, you still have just as much of a chance as any other kid who’s lived here their entire life, to try for something as big as this. That’s the only reason I wanted to be recognized as queen,” Gonzalez said.
You wake up and ask Alexa to tell you a joke.
You unlock your phone using facial recognition. You plug a prompt into an image generator. What do these routine actions have in common?
The answer is Artificial Intelligence.
The truth is, for better or worse, today’s society—and today’s media—is deeply caught in the web of Artificial Intelligence: a machine-based system capable of prediction, decision, and creation.
While a number of experts debate on this controversial topic, Mariah Valles, segment producer at FOX 13 Seattle, argues that AI is for the worse.
“When you’re reporting on a story where you have to have a human decision; that ethical, moral boundary
that we all talk about in journalism school and then in practice, too. I think you just can’t rely on it,” Valles said.
Though agreeing that Artificial Intelligence has several beneficial uses, such as spellcheck and written prompts, Valles advocates for the voice of a human journalist rather than an algorithmic one.
I think that a journalist’s job is to be a journalist,” Valles said. “I think you can [use] it on things like AP style and grammar, but not your facts. Not your storytelling. If you lose your storytelling, you lose everything.”
Brett Atwood, associate professor of practice for Edward R. Murrow’s College of Communication at Washington State University, is another media advisor arguing against artificial intelligence in journalism.
“If you turn to ChatGPT as a crutch to not think more deeply or to just satisfy that urge in you to learn
because it makes you a better and more empowered person and citizen, that’s a problem,” Atwood said. “In terms of a journalistic context, a lot of the things that drew me to journalism was to satisfy that curiosity and to ask questions.”
While considering that Artificial Intelligence can help with finer details, Atwood and Valles argue that it cannot replicate the human spirit of passion and thought that media thrives on.
“You know when your math teacher tells you ‘I’m gonna teach you the hard way, then I’ll teach you the easy way’? Obnoxious, right?” Valles said. “But in the end, you’re probably going to learn more about it. You’re going to be better at it because you understand the inner workings of it.”
Leia Waggoner Staff
Juvia’s Place, founded in 2016 by Chichi Eburu, is a makeup brand founded to increase diversity in the makeup industry. The display of packaging and shade ranges represent part of what the brand stands for: equality and inclusivity for all shade ranges.
The brand is best known for how pigmented their eyeshadow palates are, with bright vibrant colors and variety of products to suit all tones of skin.
A variety of products were purchased, including concealer, a creamy and powder bronzer, two shades of blush, a sparkly dark purple lip-gloss and finally the culture eyeshadow palate.
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formula is almost perfect on the skin and blends into the pores. This product is very pigmented though, so overapplying on the brush can lead to larger amounts than intended on the face.
A product that could be used for a wide range of skin types would benefit this brand further, broadening the horizon.”
For background – the makeup was done on myself. I have a noticeably light skin tone, with pink undertones and square jawline with a rounder face. All the products were applied with brushes, then patted lightly with a blender on top.
I applied an alternative foundation, eyebrow products and setting powder as well as lashes.
In shade 22, the I Am Magic Concealer is a high coverage concealer that covers any pores and unevenness in the student’s skin tone. It carved out my eyebrows clearly and covered any dark circles under my eyes. The only downside to this product, it is more textured – even with correct skin prep. This product is for people with more oily or hydrated skin and not for a dry skin texture unlike my own.
The artistic face can be tied together with a beautiful blush that suits the right skin-tone for you. Using the Blushed Duo Blush in Volume Two, these blushes are very pigmented in pops of peachy colors. Going in with the lighter shade as a base, then the darker on top can add the pop of color needed. But when tapping the brush to the powder, even though a little was applied a lot came off.
Leia Waggoner staff
This could be perfect for people with darker skin tones, where more pigment is needed. But, for people with lighter skin tones it may be best to tone down the pigment with a loose setting powder and baking around the edges.
Finally – the Culture eyeshadow palate. This palate provides a colorful range of shades, from shimmers to mattifying vi brant colors. Using the purple shade Edo in the outer corner, I then diffused the color into the eyelid with Ecowas. For the inner eyelid, a light shimmer shade called Wolof blended all the purples together. The pink shade, Benin, is used as a liner on the top of the eyelid, then on the sharp brow bone.
The display of packaging and shade ranges represent part of what the brand stands for: equality and inclusivity for all shade ranges.”
Leia Waggoner staff
To add warmth to the skin, the Bronzed Cream Bronzer in shade Caramel is a balm for the skin that provides a beautiful, radiant look. It adds a sunbaked glam, and the creamy
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From fractures and dislocations to torn ACL’s and sprains, sports injuries come in a wide variety. Athletes from all different sports are likely to encounter at least one of these throughout their Puyallup High School career— athletes like Ella Zieman, Kiera Thomas and Krysta Sugai.
Sienna Hanson Sports EditorThese female competitors’ seasons were interrupted by shocking injuries followed by stirring comebacks. They shared their experiences, their fears and the light of their recovery.
“I tore my ACL in July,” Zieman said. “It was a club sports injury, and basically a girl ran through my knee in the game and when I went to go extend my leg out that was when it tore. We were just playing a scrimmage against another team because we weren’t in season yet.”
Ella Zieman, a junior, plays both soccer and softball for Puyallup High School.
While preparing for her season, she completely tore her ACL and was unable to compete.
“I had surgery on Sept..15. My ACL was torn all the way through. There’s two different things that typically happen when an ACL is torn, it’s either partially torn or it’s completely torn and because mine was completely torn the surgery that they had to do required them taking out a part of my muscle. The muscles that they had to choose from were the quad, the [hamstring] or the PCL,” Zieman said.
These muscles were the best options for graft because of their regrowth abilities. Most recently, the quad is being used because of its rapid growth and tendency to be the sturdiest muscle in female athletes. Despite the advantage of this surgery, problems can still arise in the time before it’s completion.
“It was also found that I tore my meniscus during the month and a half it took me to get surgery, just walking around. I only had a partial tear of my meniscus, but it was enough that they had to stitch it back to the area where it was,” Zieman said.
“Not only have Zieman’s friends been supportive, but her club coach as well.
“He has been a long, longtime friend and I’ve actually known [his daughter] since we were in elementary school. They were always there for me; the whole team has,” Zieman said. “Just being able to still be a part of that team, they all offered me their support in a way that I don’t think I could repay.”
Sophomore Krysta Sugai, who plays on the volleyball team, experienced a similar recovery after fracturing her right knuckle.
“I was out for three weeks,” Sugai said. “It was really hard to just do anything like writing because I had to go to school the next day. I had to have people help me write, and eating was hard because I couldn’t grab anything without it hurting.”
As a solution to her writing problems, Sugai ended up going left-handed for a couple days. The rest of her recovery method wasn’t quite as simple.
“The process was wearing a brace and icing a lot,” Sugai said. “It was just getting back to the fundamentals. The entire inside of my palm and finger were bruised, and it’s a lot more sensitive now. It took a little while to get back into [the game], but after a couple of practices I was back to normal.”
Just like Zieman, Kiera Thomas found support in her friends and club coach after a shoulder dislocation that caused a labrum tear and a fracture of her humerus.
“All of my friends did a really great job of supporting me. I couldn’t carry my backpack for quite a while, so they were always willing to help me by carrying my backpack or help me with my hair because I couldn’t put it up,” Thomas said. “Also, my club coach was a big part in my recovery. She was always super positive and reminding me that I was still there and I was still able to help as much as I could.”
I slept in a chair for three months, I couldn’t get dressed, I couldn’t shower on my own and I even had trouble eating... You don’t really understand how much a shoulder affects you until it’s incapable of being used.”
Thomas was injured in PE during her ninth-grade year, while trying to protect her friend from getting hit in the head with a medicine ball.
“I was taken from school in an ambulance and spent a lot of time in the ER,” Thomas said. “After the original injury I had continuous dislocations, and after about a year of me trying to fight the injury, I ended up having surgery.”
The consequences, however, reached far outside of Thomas herself.
But no matter the trials, the light at the end of the tunnel can always be found: whether it be in the form of friends, family, or teammates.
“My best friend Kiera Thomas supported me a lot. She’s been a real big help because she also had an injury that was bad and affected her for almost two years,” Zieman said.
“When I first told her that I had injured myself during the game, she went online and had already Googled everything about the different types of injuries that I could have had based off what I said.”
Kiera Thomas junior
“It was right during high school softball season. I missed districts for high school softball, and then I also missed a club tournament. Surgery put me out for all of my sophomore high school softball season, and then all of my club season. It was about a nine-month recovery process until I was cleared,” Thomas said.
All students get the fear of missing out—also known as FOMO—but there is no worse feeling than that of letting down your team.
“It was really hard. I cried about it a lot because it took away such a big part of my life, especially recovering from surgery. I slept in a chair for three months, I couldn’t get dressed, I couldn’t shower on my own and I even had trouble eating,” Thomas said. “It was just such a big process. You don’t really understand how much a shoulder affects you until it’s incapable of being used.”
But through all this, with some adjustments to her hitting and range of motion, Thomas was able to get almost all the way back.
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