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...

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....

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...

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 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...

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 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]...

Recently, California adopted the new Com- mon Core State Standards (CCSS) presented by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers in an effort to align the English and math core standards in school districts across the United States. CCSS outlines the English and...

On Nov. 5, Palo Alto voters shot down Measure D, a pro- posal put on the ballot in an effort to to rezone the empty lot on Maybell Avenue in order to build affordable senior hous- ing. In the weeks prior to voting, the measure was highly publicized across the community; Gunn students experienced campaigning...

As the first quarter came to a close, many seniors were shocked to hear that first quarter grades do matter and do have an impact on the college admission process. There was a misconception on campus that first quarter grades did not matter at all, and it was only after the grade report came out that...

On Oct. 25, Santa Clara County District Attorney (D.A.) Jeffrey Rosen visited social studies teacher Patricia Holmes’ Law 1 class. Students were invited to ask questions for the majority of the period after he gave an outline on his duties and road to becoming a lawyer. Although Rosen was elected...

Summer has ended, fall has begun, and now the real work begins for most of Gunn’s nearly 1,900 students. Yet, for most seniors, the workload has been doubled instead of just merely being started.  During the final three months of the calendar year, seniors who plan to attend college must finish applications,...