“It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover is a popular young adult novel that was published in 2016. The novel revolves around the life of Lily Bloom, a young woman and entrepreneur who meets a man and falls in love. Due to Lily’s past, however, her story isn’t a generic “love at first sight” with...

“The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas is a novel about 16-year old African American Starr Carter. She witnesses police violence and racism numerous times within her life, and the story focuses on her experience after witnessing the shooting of her friend, Khalil. However, the focus of the story is about...

“The Joy Luck Club” by Amy Tang is a story about four immigrant mothers from China and their second generation Asian-American daughters. The story follows two main timelines: one is of their daughters which take place in San Francisco, California, and the other is of their mothers’ childhoods which...

When sophomore Uyen Chanthery, a Vietnamese-American, was eight, her mother revealed what it was like growing up in Vietnam during the Vietnam War with a father who was incarcerated in a labor and re-education camp. Chanthery’s family are victims of post-war trauma. On April 30, 1975, after the fall...

Girl Up Club president junior Abby Moeljo, understands that the media can affect an election by influencing how voters perceive the candidates. “Obviously, news sources tend to sway people’s voting,” she said. “There are Republican and Democratic news [outlets] that can also sway people on...

Bias, as defined by Merriam-Webster, refers to “an inclination of temperament or outlook,” especially “a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment.” In today’s society, particularly in the field of politics, gender bias is a prominent issue. This can be seen in many ways, such as ignoring...

After an intensified state-wide political crackdown on homelessness following recent court rulings, the Bay Area is caught in an imbalanced pendulum of transitioning the homeless to stable shelters and long-term dignity-based solutions for unhoused families. The urgency of the issue is underscored...

Starting with a simple sketch on paper, the demolition and reconstruction sites of the administrative, food services and K- buildings, which first began in the fall of 2022, is now a prominent part of Gunn campus. There are, however, many aspects of construction that are often overlooked behind the sights...

When senior Mahadev Tapaskar attended a summer camp with other Indian kids, he didn’t expect to be faced with insults about his skin color. “The other kids saw how dark I was and would belittle me,” he said. “I even got called a monkey. Being so dark-skinned made me feel like an outlier. Because...

On Jan. 30, PAUSD Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Dr. Guillermo Lopez moderated the second ethnic studies community meeting alongside Gunn and Paly teachers on the district’s Ethnic Studies Committee. Although the virtual meeting was advertised as a “community input session,”...

In August 2023, students contracted food poisoning in four PAUSD elementary schools after consuming the school lunch provided through the California Universal Meals Program. Parents reported foodborne illnesses from the spaghetti served at Duveneck, Fairmeadow, Herbert Hoover and Palo Verde Elementary...