For students attending a school located in the heart of Silicon Valley, technology is an integral part of their lives—after all, it’s 2019. Classrooms are equipped with SmartBoards, Apple TVs and Macbooks. Students all have Chromebooks, and Schoology plays a large role in most classes....
It all began in 8th grade, when my friends and I organized the March 14 walkout for gun violence at our middle school.
When we heard about the nationwide walkouts students were planning, we knew we had to join in. Together, our we went to a few student council meetings, bargained with admin...
It’s the second week of the 2019 to 2020 school year. You open the Instagram app and begin to flip through stories but only see one type of post: “Repost on your story and we’ll donate one dollar to stop the fires.”
Chile, Hong Kong, Lebanon, single-use plastic, Amazon...
For high school students, exposure to alcohol and other illicit substances is inevitable throughout daily life. Modern society is past the point of trying to get teenagers to stop rebelling due to the fact that it’s an expected, unavoiadable part of teenage life. From an early age, students...
Substance use—and illegal activity in general—has been made taboo by our generation and the ones preceding. This stigma causes people to think it is “cool” to use drugs or other substances. In addition to peer pressure, teenagers will indulge in these substances to impress others or “just for...
On Sept. 6, the Student Executive Council (SEC) revealed the homecoming theme to the student body in a FlexTime/SELF assembly. The theme—“A Trip to Costco”—received large amounts of student backlash and response. However, it is unfair to be so critical toward the hard work and effort SEC puts...
Ryan Manesh, Sports Editor, Business Manager
• October 4, 2019
Written by Ryan Manesh
From a young age, every movie I saw that had a high school portrayed it with the same stereotypes. The school was always ruled by a jock—generally, a football player—and anyone who prioritized schoolwork was always depicted as a nerd with little to no social life. However,...
This summer, the non-profit organization “Vote16 Palo Alto” launched a campaign calling for the voting age in local school board elections to be lowered to 16. The petition comes as teenagers in Palo Alto—as in most other cities across the nation—cannot vote in any elections, school board...
Throughout the beginning of the school year and the schedule-change frenzy that accompanies it, certain questions are often heard in the hallways at Gunn: “Is this teacher an easy or hard grader?” “Which classes are easy A’s?” While these topics of conversation are common at a high...
If you’re a junior, senior or lucky underclassman, it’s that magical time of the school year again—the time when the days start getting longer and you’re barely dragging yourself through Advanced Placement testing. But none of that matters now. After all, you’re counting down the days to the...
Written by Elisa Moraes-Liu
My parents have always tried and failed to enforce strict bedtimes for me. Their strategies have ranged from confiscation of electronic devices to internet removal at 11 p.m. However, these tactics have not always been successful. As I write this, it is almost...
One of the most common things that can be heard around campus is that students are not getting enough sleep. The idea that sleep is a commodity and not a necessity has become ingrained in our society. In today’s culture, a lack of sleep among teenagers has become normalized, discouraging students from...
