Violence in Atlanta
On March 16, in Atlanta, Georgia, Robert Aaron Long drove 27 miles to three different Asian-owned massage parlors and opened fire with a 9-mm gun, murdering eight people—Delaina Ashley Yaun, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels, Hyun Jung Grant, Soon Chung Park, Suncha...
What's the state of our nation?
2020 is undoubtedly a year for the history books. Four years into President Donald Trump’s term, a runaway virus, protests against police brutality and increasingly polarized politics have shaken the nation—not to mention the upcoming presidential election.
As...
Written by Shawna Chen
Congratulations, seniors! You have arrived at your last year of high school in one piece... or so we hope.
Senior year is never what you expect it to be. For me, it was one long process of self-discovery— first in the form of college essays and then in second semester,...
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...
Written by Shawna Chen
The Student Executive Council (SEC) members announced the administration’s decision to cancel the Paly Rally in online class groups on Jan. 21. The message cited lack of time as a reason for not holding the rally, along with concerns about appropriateness in light of the Board...
Written by Shawna Chen
If you’ve been my friend since elementary school, one of the questions that most often came up in our conversations was probably: “Are you mad at me?”
I’ve been insecure ever since I can remember. To some degree, everybody has insecurities, but when your behavior...
Written by Shawna Chen and Janet Wang
It’s test day. You’re sitting at your desk, nervously tapping your pencil. You’ve prepared to the best of your ability, but your anxiety increases as you open the test booklet. One problem in particular is worth a lot of points, but you don’t know how to...
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,...
Titan Broadcast Network (TBN) sent a reporter to take a peek at what we do. Watch the video to learn more about how we work.
Directed and produced by TBN.
Written by Shawna Chen
Published in the April 17, 2015 issue
In March, the Cable News Network (CNN) published an online interac- tive story by John D. Sutter titled, “The poor kids of Silicon Valley,” which took an in-depth look at how the poor and homeless struggle for survival in the cutthroat...
Written by Shawna Chen
On Feb. 20, the Gunn community gathered in the Titan Gym to watch the senior class face off against staff members in Clash of the Titans. Titan Gym thundered with energy and excitement as the players took their places on the court. Staff members on the bleachers held up signs...
Written by Shawna Chen
When I first heard about ABC’s new show “Fresh Off the Boat,” the first Asian-American sitcom in 20 years, I cringed. The history of Asian representation on film and television had not given me much to hope for. In the past, Asian characters had been caricatures, used to...
