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AP Economics

AP Economics

Diya Bose-Malakar, Features Editor September 23, 2022

Advanced Placement (AP) Economics—split into a fall semester focused on the Microeconomics AP test and a spring semester focused on the Macroeconomics AP test—is a course at Gunn offered to seniors interested in learning about finance, business and the world of economics at a collegiate level. To...

Gunn Style Watch: Senior Anna Toksvig shows off Gunn fashion

Gunn Style Watch: Senior Anna Toksvig shows off Gunn fashion

Sophia Stern, Business Manager, Social Media Editor December 10, 2021

Senior Anna Toksvig is constantly scanning Gunn’s campus, searching for students in cool vintage pieces or funky accessories to feature on the Instagram account @gunnstylewatch. Gunn Style Watch was founded in 2017 by former Gunn student Dajiana Huang with the purpose of showcasing students’ unique...

Senior advice: Nikki Suzani

Senior advice: Nikki Suzani

Nikki Suzani, Managing Editor August 20, 2021

Welcome, class of 2022, to senior year. I’ll start off with a surprise: this article isn’t about college applications. You’ve already worked hard enough—the last hurdle is writing essays about that work, and honestly, it’s the easiest part. Instead, here’s some advice on the life part of...

Students balance school and work responsibilities: Retail worker senior Katarina Hamady

Angela Wong, News Editor April 5, 2020

Take a stroll through Stanford Shopping Center, and you may come across a particular clothing store. You can spot it from a mile away—just look out for the line of mannequins, right behind the row of long-paneled windows, showcasing outfits of myriad configurations of fabrics and accessories that are...

Students find creative outlet through passion for art, design: Senior Nina Chen

Students find creative outlet through passion for art, design: Senior Nina Chen

Angela Wong, News Editor November 1, 2019

Late at night past her bedtime, when the only noises that could be heard were the snoring of her brothers deep in sleep and the chirping of the crickets outside, nine-year-old Nina Chen sat cross-legged in front of her mother’s sewing machine. Without the internet’s help, Chen was left with...

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Senior Vincent Lomeland completes first novel

Angela Wong, News Editor September 20, 2019

Senior Vincent Lomeland was only eight years old when they first dreamed of becoming a writer. Every now and then, they would jot down fragments of an ambiguous story’s plot and fractions of a character’s life—a young and naive, but active, attempt to begin their writing career. Little...

The Class of 2020 shares their advice for Freshman

Ryan Manesh, Sports Editor, Business Manager September 20, 2019

By Ryan Manesh Coming towards the beginning of my senior year and the end of my high school experience, I have had time to reflect on the many things I have learned and wish I knew when I was younger. My high school experience, like that of many, has been an emotional rollercoaster. I have had countless...

Letter to my senior self: Sophia Stern

Letter to my senior self: Sophia Stern

Sophia Stern, Business Manager, Social Media Editor May 17, 2019

Dear Senior me, So far, freshman year has been a rollercoaster. Over the course of two semesters you have lost friends, gained some new ones, and reconnected with others. I’m sure that the next three years will be filled with just as much drama, excitement, sadness and times where you laughed so...

Meet The Makers: Joseph Kim, Sculptures

Meet The Makers: Joseph Kim, Sculptures

Eric Tang, Reporter March 29, 2019

Art can come in numerous forms, shapes and sizes, and sculpting is just one of those many mediums. Sculpting is the art of creating or representing something by means of carving, casting or other shaping techniques. Senior Joseph Kim enjoys sculpting in his free time. He originally began his art portfolio...

Seniors demystify second semester senior year

Seniors demystify second semester senior year

Grace Williams, Changing the Narrative Editor February 1, 2019

The members of the Class of 2019 have finally been ushered into the status of second–semester seniors—or 'SSS' for short. This name indicates the beginning of the end: the last semester of high school, ever. For some, this is an exciting time to make their last memories of high school. For...

Senioritis podcast explores second semester senior goals

Senioritis podcast explores second semester senior goals

sawngbird March 6, 2018

Written by Collin Jaeger Saying goodbye to Gunn will be a strange experience for every Titan, but Seniors Thomas Burton and Kevin Huang have found the right way to end it with their new project Senioritis. Senioritis is a podcast with episodes released every Tuesday and Thursday on SoundCloud, featuring...

Triathlete Thomas Burton sustains vegan lifestyle

kayav2 December 8, 2017

Written by Kaya van der Horst  In the past two years, senior Thomas Burton has consistently placed top 10 in multiple triathlons—a race involving the sequential completion of swimming, cycling and running. The most impressive part of it all? Burton is a plant-powered athlete, disproving the common...

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