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Yu-Ming's favorite holiday movies

Yu-Ming’s favorite holiday movies

Yu-Ming Liu, Forum Editor December 16, 2024

It's a Wonderful Life: “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) is a timeless Christmas movie. George Bailey (James Stuart), faces challenges in his adult life and is on the brink of giving up on his community of Bedford Falls. As he gets drunk on Christmas Eve, an angel, Clarence (Henry Travers), appears...

Roy's favorite holiday movies

Roy’s favorite holiday movies

Roy Lao, News Editor December 16, 2024

Cool Runnings: Jamaica, a country known for its tropical climate, is rarely associated with the Winter Olympics. Yet, in the 1993 film “Cool Runnings,” viewers are treated to the — loosely true — story of the Jamaican bobsled team and their improbable journey to a debut at the 1988 Calgary...

Stage to Screen: ‘Wicked’ adaptation defies gravity, expectations

Stage to Screen: ‘Wicked’ adaptation defies gravity, expectations

Charlotte Qian, Managing Editor December 9, 2024

The movie “Wicked,” adapted from the classic musical, premiered in movie theaters on Nov. 22 in the United States. This film was directed by Jon Chu, starring actresses Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda. The sequel is planned to be released in November 2025. Adapting musicals...

Staffer Bakes Spooky Treats

Staffer Bakes Spooky Treats

Gwendolyn Domine, Forum Editor November 1, 2024

When I agreed to bake fun Halloween-themed treats, I didn’t anticipate myself standing in my kitchen at 11:30 p.m. attempting to salvage a batch of brownies. However, while these didn’t all go according to plan, I eventually managed to pull it together and make a few festive baked goods. Armed with...

Sports honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Sports honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Ya-An Xue, Features & Online Editor October 25, 2024

Every October, National Football League games are a pop of pink, with players wearing pink accessories, mascots waving pink flags and football fields marked with pink bows — all to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. During the month, professional sports teams join the international health...

Flag, tackle football programs share mindsets

Flag, tackle football programs share mindsets

Kaylee Cheng and Anne Dong September 26, 2024

Gunn’s founding in 1964 marked the beginning of the tackle football team, recently accompanied by the girls flag football program, starting this year. Tackle football and flag football share many basic similarities — scoring, defensive positioning, offensive roles and defensive roles — but the...

Food graphics by Sophie Kou. Bag graphic by Sarah Xie

Increased DoorDashing raises campus concerns

September 24, 2024

DoorDashing, while convenient for students, is often quite bothersome for teachers. Students will find excuses to leave class without realizing the potential safety concerns and long-term impacts associated with it. To maintain a focused learning environment, students must put in the effort to be present...

Predictive technologies influence sport, societal decisions

Predictive technologies influence sport, societal decisions

Yu-Ming Liu, Forum Editor September 22, 2024

Recently, with the growth and acceleration in developing data analysis technologies, predictive analytics has grown to be more effective than ever. Getting statistics from different observations — which was once difficult to obtain accurately due to a degree of human error — has now been expanded...

Rock climbers scale up effort, engagement

Rock climbers scale up effort, engagement

Roy Lao, News Editor May 23, 2024

Although not as popular as sports like basketball or football, rock climbing has found its niche within the Gunn community. For many students, rock climbing isn’t just a sport to train and compete for — it’s a hobby that fosters camaraderie and personal growth among the demands of school life. One...

Sailing team navigates in passion, finds success

Sailing team navigates in passion, finds success

Roy Lao, News Editor May 23, 2024

Sailing as an international sport was first introduced to the world at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. Since then, it has steadily gained popularity and interest, with over 250 million viewers globally watching sailing events during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Although the sport has gradually gathered...

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