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

Sophomore Griffin Wu eliminates sophomore Ryan Tse with his plushie in the N-building.

2024 Elimination brings new rules, increased participation

Jeffrey Kang, Forum Editor February 12, 2024

On Jan. 29, 691 Gunn students flocked to a website created by Web/Tech Commissioner senior Dylan Lu to learn the identity of their targets, marking the beginning of the seventh annual Elimination game. Hosted by the Student Executive Council from Jan. 29 to Feb. 20, Elimination has players tag their...

Nature’s Titans: Guide to trees on campus

Nature’s Titans: Guide to trees on campus

Jeffrey Kang, Forum Editor October 29, 2023

Ginkgo Located in front of the J-building, Gunn’s ginkgo tree sports fan-shaped leaves that will soon cascade down beautifully from their branches. Native to China, ginkgo trees have been around for an eternity — around 350 million years — and they can live for over a millennium. Their name originates...

The Binary Code: Enrollment gaps in STEM, humanities typify gender bias

The Binary Code: Enrollment gaps in STEM, humanities typify gender bias

Vivien Chen and Jeffrey Kang September 24, 2023

Computer science teacher Joshua Paley was guiding a group of freshmen around campus when a former student came by and asked if he could talk to them about computer science. When Paley asked the group how many of them were interested in computer science, almost all the boys raised their hands, and half...

Improve your shot with these phone photo tips

Improve your shot with these phone photo tips

Jeffrey Kang, Forum Editor May 20, 2023

Leg Zoom Often, when taking photos, the subjects are miniscule against the vast background. Many people resort to zooming in by pinching the phone screen, but this solution is not ideal: Zooming in on the phone’s camera leads to lower-resolution photos because the phone’s “zoom” is a digital...

Load More Stories
Donate to The Oracle
$550
$1000
Contributed
Our Goal