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

Feb issue

Through the looking glass: TikTok pushes a skewed beauty standard to new heights–and onto teens screens

Through the looking glass: TikTok pushes a skewed beauty standard to new heights–and onto teens’ screens

Haley Pflasterer and Mia Knezevic February 18, 2021

TikTok has taken over the world. The app has become so ubiquitous among younger generations that the platform, which consists of five to 60 second videos of everything from comedy sketches to dance routines, rarely bears explanation. With over 2 billion downloads and 800 million active users, the...

United Computations Club organizes virtual Gunn Hack-a-thon

Vandana Ravi, Reporter February 18, 2021

Gunn Hacks 7.0, a 36-hour high school hackathon, was held virtually this semester from Feb. 12 to Feb. 14. The event consisted of mentor talks, workshops and a main goal of constructing a project from scratch. Completed projects were eligible for a number of prizes, including $500 of Bugsee credits...

Gunn Theatre prepares for production of “Something Rotten” musical

Vandana Ravi, Reporter February 18, 2021

Gunn Theatre’s 2021 Spring Musical will be “Something Rotten,” a light-hearted musical comedy about two Renaissance brothers competing with Shakespeare to write the world’s first musical. The performance will occur virtually in March, and the theater team hopes to experiment with different media...

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