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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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Trick-or-Treating As Teens Is Acceptable

Trick-or-Treating As Teens Is Acceptable

Sophia Stern, Business Manager, Social Media Editor October 22, 2021

Once we start growing up, we start to wonder about the right way to spend Halloween. After years of trick-or-treating, teens start to ask, “Are we too old for this?” There is no right age to stop trick-or-treating. Even if it can feel like you’re out of place walking down the streets of your...

‘Senioritis’ allows seniors to enjoy end of high school

‘Senioritis’ allows seniors to enjoy end of high school

Ryan Li, Managing Editor March 5, 2020

Before we begin, there is a layer of irony that I would like to address. I started writing this column at 11 p.m. the night that it was due. The cause of my untimeliness is also the subject of this article. In case you didn’t read the headline, that subject is “senioritis”—something...

graphic by Jocelyn Wang

Yes: Should finals policies, procedures be more lenient?

Chelsie Park, Centerfold Editor December 7, 2018

The end of the semester is rapidly approaching, and finals are looming upon us. We have all, at some point, frantically rummaged through class notes in an at- tempt to recover faded knowledge of some chapter learned in September, calculated on RogerHub the minimum percentage needed for survival...

What really goes down during prep: a true story

What really goes down during prep: a true story

Ryan Li, Managing Editor September 7, 2018

When I got my first physical education (P.E.) prep during first semester freshman year, I thought I would use it responsibly. Every E period for half a semester I would walk straight from my previous class to the library, plop down a textbook and do math “funsheets" or work on a biology lab...

Pleasure reading should not be forgotten

chenganyi October 11, 2016

Written by Anyi Cheng Pleasure reading is dying a slow, terrible death, and we are doing nothing to stop it. The change is one that happened gradually—too slow for me to be aware that it was happening at all. It’s shocking how little I now actually read for pleasure, especially when I used...

Junior despairs lack of license, independence

chenganyi May 20, 2016

Written by Anyi Cheng “Can I catch a ride?” It’s just a question. To me, however, it’s mortifying to ask. I’ve been 16 years old for nearly nine months now and I still don’t have my license. Worse, I haven’t even started the online course you’re supposed to take before testing for your...

Syrian civilian provides insight, friendship for junior

Syrian civilian provides insight, friendship for junior

yurylim January 29, 2016
What I saw on the news was what Roy continues to personally witness.
Staffer explores intersection of privileges

Staffer explores intersection of privileges

yurylim January 29, 2016
Despite my immigrant status, I am part of the richest racial group in the United States.
by Cheryl Kao

Everyone should support feminism

katierrussell December 4, 2015

Written by Katie Russell Everyone should consider themselves feminists, and that statement should not be controversial. The definition of a feminist is someone who believes that men and women should be social, political and economic equals. This, at least to me, sounds reasonable enough,...

Everyone should support feminism

katierrussell December 4, 2015

Written by Katie Russell Everyone should consider themselves feminists, and that statement should not be controversial. The definition of a feminist is someone who believes that men and women should be social, political and economic equals. This, at least to me, sounds reason- able enough, and...

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