Written by Carolyn Kuimelis
I’ll admit that it’s hard to resist a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie fresh out of the oven, but let’s be honest. After the chocolate chips harden and your house no longer smells like Betty Crocker’s warm embrace, chocolate chip cookies are just dry biscuits of...
Written by Sabrina Chen
How many times did you take a selfie today? Go on Facebook? Double tap on Instagram? Social media has exploded in popularity in recent years, and it is definitely not for the better. Social media has made people less social instead of improving communication, as evidenced...
Written by Grace Ding
From June 2 to June 5, senior Matthew Shi and alum Maya Sankar competed in the American Regions Math League (ARML) at Las Vegas, NV. They were a part of the top San Francisco Bay Area team, which ultimately took first place in the nation.
According to Sankar, in the first three...
Written by Grace Ding
Principal Denise Herrmann officially shared the new bell schedule for the 2016-2017 school year on April 17 via Schoology. Although no major changes were made, the two most noticeable tweaks include shortening Friday by 10 minutes and increasing consistency by mirroring Monday...
Written by Sabrina Chen
In almost every high school portrayal, whether in books or movies such as “Mean Girls,” social cliques are present. The cliques, however, are dramatized and negatively stereotyped, making cliques seem exclusive and harmful. In reality, the effects of squads are positive—they...
Written by Shawna Chen and Samuel Tse
On Jan. 21, the United States Departments of Justice and Education filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief supporting the Chadam family in a DNA-privacy lawsuit against the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD). The case, which was originally...
Written by Shannon Yang
Assistant Principal Miriam Stevenson grew up in an unstable household. Economically vulnerable, her family moved about 19 times before she turned 10. Throughout their childhood, Stevenson and her three siblings underwent emotional instability. Together they endured psychological...
Written by Sabrina Chen
Sophomore Christopher Yang never thought he could meet 2005 men’s doubles world champion badminton player Howard Bach. This all changed when he started training at Bach’s badminton club, Synergy. Although Yang originally thought the world-class athlete would be intimidating...
Written by Grace Ding
For a while now, I have looked forward to watching my first K-drama, or Korean drama. Up until about a year ago, I had been fundamentally against watching or listening to anything that was in a language I couldn’t understand. I especially thought that Korean idols and actors...
Written by Grace Ding
For the past three years, campus supervisor Karin Delgadillo, known to students as Mr. D, has collected a number of abandoned bikes on campus. On March 30, the first bike was given to a Gunn student, with many more ready to be donated to any students in the school district who...
Written by Grace Ding
Unlike most students, freshman Alma Andino-Frydman commutes to San Francisco at least once, usually twice per week. The youngest certified instructor in the nation, Andino-Frydman teaches hot yoga and hot pilates.
At the age of ten, Andino-Frydman attended her first yoga class....
Written by Josh Spain
“Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.” William Shakespeare. The first time I truly faced adversity in my life was in seventh grade. The morning of the first football game of the season, I broke my...
