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Students reflect on culture differences

The Oracle • November 16, 2015

Written by Kush Dubey Published in the November 6, 2015 issue Students who find themselves transitioning between cultures—whether it’s from Kenya to America or from Hong Kong to Australia—often find themselves in positions of uncertainty when adapting to new atmospheres and lifestyles. For...

Fire alarm review scheduled for break

The Oracle • October 8, 2015

Written by Kush Dubey The Gunn administration and Palo Alto Unified School District Office (PAUSD) have scheduled inspections and modifications of fire alarm sensors over winter break after being notified that the school could face fines from the Palo Alto Fire Department (PAFD) due to the...

Flex Time makes Tuesday debut

The Oracle • September 14, 2015

Written by Kush Dubey Published in the September 11, 2015 issue Included in the new bell schedule are additional, mandatory periods called Flex Time and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), which takes place every Tuesday. According to Assistant Principal Jack Ballard, students and teachers...

Obama’s community college plan lacks foresight

The Oracle • March 20, 2015

Written by Kush Dubey President Obama’s free community college proposal seems like a silver bullet solution to the intractable problem that is the United States’ higher education system. The plan has a noble intention; it allows citizens to acquire a degree after two free years of community college...

Pandora’s Box

The Oracle • March 12, 2015

Written by Kush Dubey Literary magazine Pandora’s Box—which publishes student-produced creative writing pieces, photography and art—sold out their winter issue last Dec. and hopes to attain similar success with their spring 2015 issue in May. According to junior club president Elise Most, the...

Gunn theatre captures Roaring Twenties in “Hay Fever”

The Oracle • November 17, 2014

By Kush Dubey Set in an English countryside mansion during 1924, playwright Noël Coward’s “Hay Fever” depicts the comical romp that ensues when the eccentric Bliss family invites guests who happen to be the polar opposite in both class and personality. Junior Alan Hanson—who plays David Bliss—believes...

Sophomore LARPer explores new role as weekly game master

The Oracle • November 17, 2014

Written by Kush Dubey In fourth grade, sophomore Henry Tschudy stepped into the world of physical fictional storytelling that has recently gained popularity in the Bay Area. Live action role-play (LARP) is an activity involving people of all ages representing characters that carry out actions as part...

Five school board candidates offer diverse qualifications

The Oracle • October 13, 2014

Elections will be held Nov. 4th for the two available school board positions. Jay Cabrera School board candidate Jay Cabrera has several major priorities he wants to bring to Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD). One is to teach students real life-skills. Cabrera believes education should prepare...

Student club eliminates plastic bottles at Gunn

The Oracle • September 17, 2014

Written by Kush Dubey The second semester of Advanced Placement Environmental Science features the documentary “Tapped,” in which an investigative team analyzes the climate, economy and health roles of the American bottled water industry. The documentary inspired seniors Aitan Grossman and Josh...

Longest-serving PAUSD employee passes away

The Oracle • May 19, 2014

Every day at 6:15 a.m. sharp, data processor Martha Cartwright would arrive at Gunn in her trademark car, a white 1977 Pontiac Trans Am. “It was like clockwork,” Guidance Technician Assistant Robin Francesconi said. “Even the janitors had to make sure they would come before her.” Francesconi...

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