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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

Senior Terrence Wu ranks first in nation for badminton

Senior Terrence Wu ranks first in nation for badminton

juliac145 March 31, 2017

Written by Julia Cheunkarndee Senior Terrence Wu represented the United States at the Pan American Junior Badminton Championships and BWF World Junior Championships last year. Today, he is ranked as the best badminton player within the under-19 age division in the U.S. Wu moved from China to California...

Teachers recall, share previous careers, experience: Bill Dunbar

Teachers recall, share previous careers, experience: Bill Dunbar

kristenyee00 March 31, 2017

 Written by Kristen Yee  Physics teacher Bill Dunbar spent his years before teaching as an aerospace engineer at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company developing satellites, space shuttle equipment and missile equipment. From his youth, Dunbar always had an affinity...

Media literacy education is essential, beneficial

Media literacy education is essential, beneficial

jennamarvet March 31, 2017

Written by Jenna Marvet President Donald Trump shames news media, often blaming news agencies for propagating “fake news.” While his claims have been broad and reached beyond the truth, they have brought a real issue to the attention of many Americans: a lack of media literacy and an overly-trusting...

GRT sweeps first at robotics regional competition

GRT sweeps first at robotics regional competition

The Oracle March 21, 2017

Written by Tim Sun Last weekend, the Gunn Robotics Team (GRT) won the FIRST Robotics Arizona North Regional, going 10-1 in competition and winning the Excellence in Engineering Award. With the victory, the team secured a spot in April’s FIRST Championship in Houston. Controls lead senior Abraham...

CDC releases full Santa Clara County youth suicide report

CDC releases full Santa Clara County youth suicide report

yangshannon March 9, 2017

Written by Shannon Yang The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) have just released their Epi-Aid Investigation report today at 8:30 a.m. The report, which focused on 10-to 24-year-old residents of Santa Clara County,...

Confirmation of DeVos may have consequences for PAUSD

Confirmation of DeVos may have consequences for PAUSD

Helen Nguyen March 7, 2017

Written by Helen Nguyen and Ayala Tzadikario Betsy DeVos’ confirmation as Secretary of Education on Feb. 7 has been met with opposition by many teachers and parents across the United States due to her lack of experience working in public education. Concerns also reside in Palo Alto because of DeVos’...

Artist of the Month Q&A: junior Clarissa Daniel

Artist of the Month Q&A: junior Clarissa Daniel

chelsiepark March 3, 2017

Compiled by Chelsie Park How did you get into sculpting? I've been drawing for at least as long as I can remember. My parents took me to a lot of museums, so I got started there. I still go to art museums to get inspiration. Seeing master artists’ work is always a great way for me to come up...

Santa Clara County sues federal government over funding

Santa Clara County sues federal government over funding

jennygaoo March 3, 2017

Written by: Grace Ding and Jennifer Gao On Friday, Feb. 3, Santa Clara County filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his administration for his executive order that withholds funding from “sanctuary jurisdictions” that fail to comply with the deportation of immigrants. According...

Second-generation students speak about multicultural experiences

Second-generation students speak about multicultural experiences

sohiniashoke March 3, 2017

Written by Sohini Ashoke and Joanna Huang It’s a daunting task to start a new life in a foreign country, let alone learn a new language and adapt to a new culture. But for many students in Palo Alto, their parents have done just that. Whether they came for education or in search of better jobs, these...

Seniors, teachers prepare for Clash of the Titans game

Seniors, teachers prepare for Clash of the Titans game

joannakhuang March 3, 2017

Written by Joanna Huang Clash of the Titans, Gunn’s annual, highly-anticipated basketball game between seniors and staff, will be held on March 8 in the Titan Gym. One change has been made to the format of the event: the addition of a half-time performance from the dance team. Since basketball...

Gunn sophomores attend Los Altos hackathon, take first place

Gunn sophomores attend Los Altos hackathon, take first place

stina0213 February 22, 2017

Written by Joy Huang Sophomores John Guibas, Peter Li, Tejpal Virdi and Yinghui Sun won first place in the Los Altos Hackathon for creating SMS Maps, a chatbox service that provides navigation through Short Message Service (SMS) without using data. The hackathon took place at the Evernote Headquarters...

A New Hope for Buena Vista: Residents optimistic about Buena Vista preservation

A New Hope for Buena Vista: Residents optimistic about Buena Vista preservation

secret0556 February 3, 2017

Written by Evalyn Li and Ayala Tzadikario In 2012, the owner of the Buena Vista Mobile Home, the Jisser family, submitted an application for the closure of the property. is past December, the Santa Clara County Superior Court rejected the application and the Housing Authority of the County...

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