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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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The Oracle investigates gender imbalance in classes

The Oracle March 6, 2014

By Rebecca Alger Gunn students take honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses to stand out in the college admissions pro- cess and get ahead on college credits. However, though the ratio of males to females in most AP courses at Gunn is evenly distributed, notable gender disparities exist in the student...

Gunn prepares for annual Peninsula-wide trivia hunt

The Oracle January 31, 2014

From Feb. 31 to March 3, the Millard Fillmore Trivia Club will compete in the annual Millard Fillmore Trivia Hunt. Teams from across the Peninsula will receive a list of questions on Friday afternoon and will have until 7 p.m. that Sunday to find not only answers, but print sources proving them. “The...

Campaign aims to increase defibrillator awareness

The Oracle January 31, 2014

Stephanie Martinson, founder of the health organization known as Racing Hearts, is using the “Spot the Box” campaign to raise awareness for automated external defibrillator (AEDs) installment throughout Palo Alto. Martinson believes that the positive statistics regarding AEDs gives reason for their...

MLK, Jr. assembly features civil rights documentary

The Oracle January 31, 2014

This year’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. assembly featured “Soundtrack for a Revolution,” a documentary directed by Stanford professor Bill Guttentag that focuses on the civil rights movement in the mid-20th century. “Soundtrack for a Revolution” incorporated various music artists performing...

Stanford Blood Center, SEC collaborate on blood drive

The Oracle January 31, 2014

Today, the Stanford Blood Center is transforming the library into a blood donation center for the annual blood drive. Staffed with nurses and organized by the Student Executive Council (SEC), the drive aims to collect at least 100 units, or draws, of blood from those students participating. “Donating...

Robotics team gears up for build season

The Oracle January 31, 2014

Gunn Robotics Team (GRT) is preparing for the 2014 season, with high hopes of winning regionals. The team looks forward to its first tournament of the year in March, the Hub City Regional in Texas that will feature foreign and unfamiliar competition. The Wisconsin Regional will take place from March...

Orchestra performs at Chicago event

The Oracle January 31, 2014

The orchestra performed on Dec. 20 at the Annual Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago, IL. At the conference, students in the orchestra performed ten compositions from a wide variety of genres in front of an estimated six to seven hundred band and orchestra directors and professional musicians....

Gunn hosts student-organized TEDx conference in Spangenberg

The Oracle January 31, 2014

On Friday, Jan. 17, Gunn hosted its annual TEDx conference, an independently organized event dedicated to the spread of ideas and messages throughout communities. The event featured 14 speakers, four of whom were Gunn upperclassmen. The other presenters included professionals from a diverse range of...

Miranda Ave dropoff undergoes construction

The Oracle January 31, 2014

After being in progress for a month now, the construction near Miranda Ave should be complete by this June. However, according to Assistant Prin- cipal of Facilities Kimberly Cowell, because of favorable circumstances regarding the weather and the con- struction crew, the project has been going efficiently...

Superintendent switches position on bullying policy

The Oracle January 31, 2014

Superintendent Kevin Skelly has recently pro- posed that instead of approving a general bullying policy, the district will split the bullying policies into two tiers. The first tier would consist of the “protected class,” which includes bullying regard- ing sexual orientation, disabilities, gender...

Teachers participate in Massive Online Open Course

The Oracle December 6, 2013

Four teachers are participating in Stanford’s Massive On- line Open Course (MOOC), a program devoted to helping students develop better and more informational conversations with peers. According to math teacher Megan Stauffer, the MOOC’s Constructive Classroom Conversations course, which in- volves...

The Oracle, TBN launch collaborative journalism project

The Oracle December 6, 2013

The Oracle and the Titan Broadcast Network (TBN) will be collaborating on future projects and stories in the form of a joint venture project. According to broadcast teacher Edward Corpuz, both programs have wanted to do this for quite awhile. “I’ve been working with [The Oracle adviser Kristy]...

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