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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

The Oracle

‘Hot girl summer’ fosters unhealthy standards, toxic dating culture for students

‘Hot girl summer’ fosters unhealthy standards, toxic dating culture for students

Diya Bose-Malakar, Features Editor May 19, 2023

When I first announced that I was destined to be single this summer, I was met with congratulatory remarks from my friends because that meant that I could participate in “hot girl summer” for the first time in two years. Yet I couldn’t share the same excitement that made my friends’ faces glow,...

Practice of self love proves to be a continuous journey

Practice of self love proves to be a continuous journey

Madison Nguyen, Features Editor March 5, 2020

As teenagers, there’s a pressure to have the perfect high school relationship. From endless streams of rom-coms to the plethora of public displays of affection, the media isn’t subtle about displaying people in relationships. However, they almost never show real steps to build a healthy...

graphic by Jocelyn Wang

Self-love fosters confidence, strengthens bonds

Madison Nguyen, Copy Editor December 11, 2018

The term “self-love” has recently been gaining traction with the sharpening focus on mental health, but many people rarely stop to think about it or realize its importance. As teenagers, we often criticize ourselves for things that shouldn’t matter in the long run, such as beating ourselves...

I realized that to be happy, I had to put myself first—other relationships came second. Photo courtesy of Jenna Marvet

A balancing act: junior Jenna Marvet on putting herself first

The Oracle February 16, 2016

Written by Jenna Marvet A high schooler has many weights they must carry with them. The stress of classes, exams, friends, relationships and future plans looming in the distance. It’s all difficult, but adding the trauma of sexual assault on top of the heavy stack made me worry everything would...

Courtesy of Rachel Congress

“We are all graphs of y=x”: math teacher Rachel Congress on embracing self-awareness

The Oracle November 9, 2015

Written by Shawna Chen Math teacher Rachel Congress arrived home one night in 2010 to the smell of gas filling her house. She found her then-husband intoxicated at the stove, cooking dinner over an ignited burner that had not lighted its flame. Her husband had lacked a sense of smell from his youth,...

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