Written by Joy Huang
Sophomores John Guibas, Peter Li, Tejpal Virdi and Yinghui Sun won first place in the Los Altos Hackathon for creating SMS Maps, a chatbox service that provides navigation through Short Message Service (SMS) without using data. The hackathon took place at the Evernote Headquarters...
Written by Stina Chang
As the last relay wrapped up, the swim team was only a few inches from taking the lead and winning the championship. Senior Michael Lincoln, swimming the second to last lap, speeds up and secured Gunn’s win. The swim team won the 2016 Central Coast Section Championship, breaking...
Written by Stina Chang
When English learners start attending school, they are required to take classes that are predominantly taught in English. is is due to the outdated Proposition (Prop) 227 passed in 1998 that restricts school districts’ ability to o er dual-language programs that bene...
Written by Stina Chang
Take a trip down memory lane and escape to a place where only Halloween exists. Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” follows the pumpkin king Jack Skellington and his adventure of taking over Christmas. Bored by the same Halloween routine, Jack accidentally stumbles...
Written by Stina Chang
It’s the last pitch, last run and last chance to win the game. Sophomore Akhil Kumar stands nervously on the field as he watches the batter launch the ball straight into the air, flying towards him. Kumar stretch his hands out towards the ball and catches it, securing the team’s...
Written by Stina Chang
Junior year. After listening to scary stories from upperclassmen about late night studying and stressing out, it’s finally coming true. Don’t stress out yet, because I’m here to tell you how to conquer what you might think is “the most important year” of your...
Written by Stina Chang
“Mean Girls,” “High School Musical,” “Clueless”—what do these movies all have in common? All of them display a culture of cliques on high school campuses, something that kids today call “squads.” Distinctive friend groups have become extremely prevalent...
Written by Stina Chang
The Oracle: How did you get started in theatre?
Shayan Hooshmand: I showed no interest for theatre when I was young, but I was always sing- ing, running around and just being crazy. So, in 2010, The Outreach Production from Palo Alto Children’s Theatre held auditions...
Written by Stina Chang
“Hey, you’re f*** adorable <blowing kiss emoji>.” This was one of the messages I received from a match result on a dating app. When I saw this message, I had never felt more uncomfortable in my life. Since I had absolutely no intention of continuing this...
Written by Stina Chang
Best Foods
Dino Chicken Nuggets: Pretending that your nuggets are from the Jurassic era until your mom says to stop playing with your food, but continuing to do so until the last piece is fully devoured.
Candy: when your mom lets you buy one of the chocolate bars...
Written By Stina Chang
Gunn alumni Cat Volpe and Ming Ming Caressi launched the first Tea Time with Alumni program during Flex Time on Tuesday, Jan. 12. Tea Time consists of sessions in which students have the ability to talk with Gunn alumni and hear about per- spectives of life after Gunn....
Written By Stina Chang
We value creativity and imagination in children, but what about solving world problems? We tend to think of practical solutions instead of solutions primed on creativity. Though many students are train- ing to become the best problem-solvers in school, freshman Amber Fu...
