Without a doubt, no freshman imagined starting high school on a computer. Before the pandemic, I remember hearing about all the classes and events going on at Gunn from my older siblings, waiting for my turn to experience it all. Now that we’re online, schoolwide events have been replaced, and classmate...
In the weeks following school closures on March 13, many students have begun group initiatives to bolster the Bay Area community during the global pandemic. From 3D printing face shields to simply displaying signs of support, students have sought a variety of ways to connect with hospitals, neighbors and vulnerable residents.
Back in February, when my dad flew to visit my grandmother in Taiwan, she asked him to bring toilet paper. At the time, the request seemed hilarious and absurd: a spark of amusement in the midst of my everyday life. Unbeknown to all of us, our stores would run empty of the same bathroom staple...
Our current shelter-in-place order, which has infiltrated seemingly every corner of our lives, is undoubtedly a stressor that has caused much financial and mental anguish. This does not necessarily mean that we’re alone. In fact, now more than ever, the local Palo Alto community has come together to...
I still remember the first time I saw a seagull. It was a rainy afternoon, and I—an exhausted sophomore—trudged past loud construction sites and whirring golf carts until a small but swift shadow sprawled on the pavement caught my eye. ‘Twas a plane! ‘Twas Superman!
No, ‘twas not. It was...
Along the winding bike path leading out from campus and past the baseball fields, the Veterans Hospital and the old wooden bridge, there lies a one-acre pasture that houses two Palo Altan icons: the Bol Park donkeys. Perry and Jenny, along with their caretakers, have become an integral part...
Bridgette Gong
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“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” These words by Mahatma Gandhi resonated with senior Sarika Saksena as she built what is now an immensely beneficial organization, Ujala, from scratch.
Her organization aims to help underprivileged women in India...
Written by Matthew Shi
I went into freshman year feeling confident, like most if not all freshmen. I had just graduated from middle school, had done fine in all my academics, and didn’t feel as if I could mess up. For me, the world was limitless, and anything I wanted to do I could accomplish.
A...
