Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Artist of the Month: Senior Lauren Priest

Artist of the Month: Senior Lauren Priest

Andrew Zhao, Online Editor September 7, 2018

The Oracle: How and why did you get into drawing? Lauren Priest: Drawing has always been a skill that I’ve had, but I never decided to pursue it any more than something that I did in my free time. I never tried to improve until a couple years ago when I started self-studying and teaching...

Student Youtube Channels: ChronoYinger

Andrew Zhao, Online Editor May 18, 2018

Take a quick look at ChronoYinger and you’ll notice two things: that most of its videos are about Counter Strike Global Offensive (CS:GO), a multiplayer first-person shooter video game, and that it is a popular YouTube channel with 77,346 subscribers. A closer look at a video reveals that it...

Freshman promotes creativity through online journal

andrewz8642 February 2, 2018

By: Andrew Zhao   An avid reader of fantasy and science fiction, freshman Keshav Dhir manages Scribere, a free on- line literary journal. Every three months, the site publishes fiction, non fiction and poetry. Scribere has four issues; the most recent one was published a month ago and includes...

Senior Kevin Frans pursues opportunities in artificial intelligence

andrewz8642 December 8, 2017

While senior Kevin Frans might seem like a typical high school stu- dent at rst glance, he’s been taking online courses at the undergraduate level, applying this knowledge to create robots that learn and publishing research papers as a lead writer. Most remarkably, Frans cultivated his in- terest...

Administration, staff, students examine disciplinary system

epsteineric November 9, 2017

Despite many recent changes on campus, such as the construction project and the bell schedule, Gunn’s disciplinary policy has remained relatively the same throughout the years. The policy on suspension and expulsion has seen virtually no change from 2013 to 2017. In addition to suspension and...

Q & A with Wellness Worker Lauren Rocha

andrewz8642 September 5, 2017

  Compiled by Andrew Zhao The Oracle: You work in the wellness center. What is your position and what do you do in that position? Lauren Rocha: My title is called the Wellness outreach worker, and my job is to welcome everyone when they walk in and help them figure out why there are here. I...

AB 165: State assembly bill proposes warrantless searches of students

AB 165: State assembly bill proposes warrantless searches of students

andrewz8642 March 3, 2017

Written by Evalyn Li and Andrew Zhao Proposed by Assistant Majority Leader Jim Cooper of District 9, California State Assembly Bill 165 (AB 165) would exempt local educational agencies from the two-year-old California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA). CalECPA says government entities must...

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