Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Glossophobia: fear of public speaking

Elizabeth C April 18, 2016

Written by Elizabeth Chung Nearly everyone has fear of public speaking. However, it is the severity difference that makes some people more afraid than others. Clinical psychologist Dave Carbonell says that the fear of public speaking can start from one small incident. “Once the person...

Us going to prom—for the record! Photo courtesy of Miranda Smith.

Pursuing freedom: senior Miranda Smith on coming out to the world and herself

The Oracle March 29, 2016

Written by Miranda Smith When I was 16, I fell in love with another counselor at an all-girls summer camp in Maine. No, I’m not pitching you a twenty-first century coming-of-age rom-com (but look for it in a theater near you, summer 2040), but this is how my entire world flipped upside down over...

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