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PVHS does poorly on 2016 SBAC

Katherine Boyd, Writer November 11, 2016

The CAASP (previously SBAC) test is the high school equivalent to STAR testing in elementary/middle school. Not many students take it seriously, and yet the PV school district seems to always do well....

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Students pledge to be allies

Jacob Dominguez, Writer November 11, 2016

Ally Day is a day dedicated for students to stand up with members of the LGBT community to help them fight off harassment and name calling. The goal of the event is to think about how people can be an...

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Clinton and Trump Faceoff Nov. 8

Cashell Downs, Writer November 11, 2016

The news media is, admittedly, a mess. The type of mess waiting to smother you every time you open your closet door. Except, it isn’t clothes or toys or various trinkets that come out of this hypothetical...

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Red Tide Revamped

Katherine Boyd, Writer November 11, 2016

Red Tide has been the face of PVHS for a while now, and with their rowdy chants and contagious energy, it is not hard to see why. Last year however, the leadership aspect of the club, the presidencies,...

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Goodbye Vine

Leah Pratley, Writer November 4, 2016

     Vine, the 6-second app we all loved and treasured, is sadly leaving the app store. On October 26th, Twitter said it would shut down Vine’s mobile app sometime in the next few months. But what...

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Earthquake shakes Italy and destroys Benedictine cathedral

Katherine B., Writer November 2, 2016

     Yesterday a 6.6 magnitude earthquake shook Italy which has been the strongest to strike the country in thirty-six years. The quake came after two jarring jolts last week and a large shake that...

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Antarctic Sea is now the world’s largest marine protected area

Abby L., Writer November 1, 2016

     The high seas or open oceans compose 45% of our planet and is home to 25% of the Emperor penguins and 40% of Killer Whales; however, a study directed by National Geographic predicted that if fishing...

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Kim Kardashian West: Paris Burglary

Sophie P., Writer October 30, 2016

     Although burglaries take place each minute, Kim Kardashian West’s break-in is one the most profiled of them all.  In the early-morning hours of October 3rd, West was robbed at gunpoint in her...

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How many earthquakes are too much?

Audrey C., Writer October 25, 2016

     Earthquakes. We get them very often, but sometimes we don’t feel them. In California, it was reported it is possible we get thirty-five earthquakes in a day. Over the past couple of weeks, we...

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Clowns – Are they really coming?

Audrey C., Writer October 19, 2016

     Over the past couple weeks, news about clowns put people in a state of clown hysteria. Specific parts of the country have been disturbed by the sightings of clowns or clown threats. The police...

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Hurricane Matthew

Isabelle S., Writer October 19, 2016

     Although the weather in Southern California seems uncontrollable as it continues to fluctuate, this is not the craziest weather in the United States. Since September 23, hurricane Matthew has torn...

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Conflict in Colombia

Voters reject Colombia’s Farc Peace Deal
Jamie Doo, Writer October 11, 2016

On Sunday, October 2nd, Colombian voters recently rejected the 4-year peace deal negotiated between the Colombian government and the Marxist FARC guerillas. This was a shocking national referendum result,...

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