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@gunn6thman

@gunn6thman

November 4, 2022

One Gunn account that has been around for more than a decade is @gunn6thman. The account is meant to highlight the importance of the student section at games. Basketball games feature five players on each team, and the “6th man” cheers on the team before leaving the bench and entering the game. This...

Behind the Scenes: Gunn Instagram Accounts

Behind the Scenes: Gunn Instagram Accounts

Safina Syed, Features Editor November 4, 2022

Gunn students have created various Instagram accounts dedicated to documenting life on campus, including accounts which post photos of students eating bananas, sleeping in class and behind-the-scenes shots from student-led elective classes. Along with the older and more serious accounts such as @gunn6thman,...

Senior Sanjana Rao: ‘Star Trek’ Memorabilia

Senior Sanjana Rao: ‘Star Trek’ Memorabilia

Madison Yue, Features Editor November 2, 2022

At three years old, senior Sanjana Rao loved watching rerun episodes of “Star Trek” and the endless possibilities each episode presented. “‘Star Trek’ gave me hope as a little kid,” Rao said. “It was the world I wanted to live in. A world where you don’t have barriers.” Rao has around...

Sophomore Zoe Heifets: Snow Globes

Sophomore Zoe Heifets: Snow Globes

November 2, 2022

Amidst the likes of t-shirts, keychains, magnets andpostcards, there is one souvenir that sophomore Zoe Heifets cherishes most: her beloved snow globes. Heifets has almost 20 snow globes in her personal collection, which she started at a young age. “I first started collecting snow globes because...

Junior Siena Tacy: Vinyl Records

Junior Siena Tacy: Vinyl Records

Vivian Studdert, Sports Editor November 2, 2022

Record players and vinyls are a symbol of the past, and the choice between using them or Spotify seems like an easy one, right? Vinyl collector junior Siena Tacy believes otherwise. Tacy has over 70 vinyls in her collection and has been collecting them for close to two years. “There is something...

Athletes balance competition, mental health

Athletes balance competition, mental health

Victor Dang, News Editor November 2, 2022

Grueling hours at practice. Long, exhausting weight room sessions. Meticulously counting of grams of protein in meals. All of the listed activities are some of the measures certain athletes implement in order to keep in peak physical health. In the pursuit of maximum performance, they often make many...

Shana Segal

Shana Segal

Kaitlyn Chen, Lifestyle Editor November 2, 2022

As a Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) alumni, PAUSD parent, former English teacher at Lynbrook High School and, most recently, a PAUSD substitute teacher, Board of Education candidate Shana Segal has been immersed in public school education her entire life: a quality she believes separates her...

Nicole Chiu-Wang

Nicole Chiu-Wang

Chris Lee, Managing Editor November 2, 2022

Nicole Chiu-Wang has experience as an attorney, is co-founder of a clothing brand and is currently a Product and Business Strategy Lead at Google. This year, Chiu-Wang is hoping to add one more item to this diverse list: Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) Board of Education Member. Chiu-Wang’s...

Shounak Dharap

Shounak Dharap

Fiona Xiong, Online Editor November 2, 2022

Since graduating from Gunn in 2008, Board of Education Candidate Shounak Dharap has always been a mediator in the community: both as a lawyer and a former board of education member. Now, he is running for a second term on the board of education. According to Dharap, Palo Alto United School District’s...

Ingrid Campos

Katie Lawer, Sports Editor November 2, 2022

Ingrid Campos is a Palo Alto parent running for school board on the basis of “traditional family values.” Although Campos acknowledges that family values can look different to everyone, she values advocating for her own kids within Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD). “I want my children...

Board of Education Shapes Policy

Board of Education Shapes Policy

Michelle Koo, News Editor, Graphics Artist October 31, 2022

With the duty of oversight and governance, the Palo Alto Board of Education deals with affairs regarding the school community, including: budgets, new curricular adoptions and superintendent supervision. The board is a group of five elected individuals who meet every second and fourth Tuesday of the...

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