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

New White House environment policies to affect locals

New White House environment policies to affect locals

samueltse27 March 3, 2017

Written by Samuel Tse and Maya Rapoport After the election of President Donald Trump, there has been increased concern over the current White House administration’s stance and policies regarding the environment, as well as the position of the United States on climate change at a global level. According...

District to implement new web filtering program, Securly

District to implement new web filtering program, Securly

samueltse27 February 3, 2017

Written by Samuel Tse and Jennifer Gao   On Jan. 10, Securly, a new cloud-based web filtering system, was enabled on Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) school Chromebooks. Although the program was disabled the day after its initially-planned implementation date due to issues caused by the...

Warriors look to repeat as champions

Warriors look to repeat as champions

samueltse27 May 20, 2016

Written by Samuel Tse   After coming off a historic 73-9 regular season record, the Golden State Warriors have high expectations to win another championship. They haven’t disappointed so far after over two playoff rounds against the Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers and Oklahoma...

PAUSD discrimination suit reaches appeals court

The Oracle April 27, 2016

Written by Shawna Chen and Samuel Tse On Jan. 21, the United States Departments of Justice and Education filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief supporting the Chadam family in a DNA-privacy lawsuit against the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD). The case, which was originally...

by Joanne Lee

Backdoors are necessary to strengthen national security

samueltse27 April 15, 2016

Written by Samuel Tse After the recent terrorist attack at the San Bernardino Inland Region Center, the FBI launched an investigation, only to find that the iPhone used by the suspect in the case was locked. Due to the safety mechanisms put in place by Apple, the FBI could not guess the password until...

Viral Internet memes of the past year

samueltse27 March 19, 2016

Written by Samuel Tse Damn Daniel: This internet trend started from a Snapchat video of a person shouting to who we presume is Daniel, ‘Damn Daniel, back at it with the white vans.’ Since then, the phrase has been used everywhere, though nobody actually knows what the saying means. There have been...

Photo illustration by Jackie Lou and Alexandra Ting

Paint Gunn High School gathers students opinions

samueltse27 February 19, 2016

Written by Samuel Tse Paint Gunn High School, an organization based on the initiative to repaint the school, began on campus on Wednesday, Jan. 13. This program aims to develop a new color scheme for campus with ideas from students, teachers and parents. Led by Architarian Design, a Palo...

Get to know the biggest superfans at Gunn: Ben Roake

Get to know the biggest superfans at Gunn: Ben Roake

samueltse27 February 1, 2016

Written by Samuel Tse Who: Senior Ben Roake Sport: Baseball Team: Seattle Mariners The Oracle: When did you become a fan? Ben Roake: I became a fan when Ichiro Suzuki became a member of the Seattle Mariners in 2001. I was about five years old at the time. My Japanese side of the family are big...

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