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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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Stacey Kofman

Stacey Kofman

Diya Bose-Malakar, Features Editor December 2, 2022

Sports medicine teacher Stacey Kofman balances responsibilities at Gunn, Stanford University, Palo Alto High School (Paly) and Go 4 Ellis. A passion for teaching and helping athletes connects all of Kofman’s jobs. Her career began at Paly as the athletic trainer in 1993. Later, she began teaching...

After decades of fighting for equality in sports, women continue to face obstacles on the field

After decades of fighting for equality in sports, women continue to face obstacles on the field

Haley Pflasterer, News Editor May 25, 2021

In the late 1900s, female athletes fought for the opportunity to become athletes. Decades later, the fight has extended to advocating for equal treatment as athletes. The second wave of feminism, commonly known as the women’s liberation movement, took place in 1960s to the 1980s and brought...

Students balance school and work responsibilities: Retail worker senior Katarina Hamady

Angela Wong, News Editor April 5, 2020

Take a stroll through Stanford Shopping Center, and you may come across a particular clothing store. You can spot it from a mile away—just look out for the line of mannequins, right behind the row of long-paneled windows, showcasing outfits of myriad configurations of fabrics and accessories that are...

Stanford housing expansion proposal to increase PAUSD student enrollment without new funding

Stanford housing expansion proposal to increase PAUSD student enrollment without new funding

Joshua Yang and Vinay Ranganathan March 28, 2019

In light of the plans submitted by Stanford University to expand housing units and campus facilities, the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) is set to face a sharp increase in student enrollment without any expectation of increased funding from housing tax revenue. According to the General...

Staffer shares favorite sports rivalry

Staffer shares favorite sports rivalry

gtramack March 31, 2017

Written by Grace Tramack I am not personally the most passionate about sports, but when it comes to swimming, I could talk about meet results or race strategies all day long. Which is mainly why my favorite teams to go head-to-head are definitely the Stanford and University of California Berkeley’s...

Festival experience leaves positive impression

Helen Nguyen May 20, 2016

Written by Helen Nguyen, Assistant Business Manager I kept jumping from foot to foot—I couldn’t help myself as I stood in line for the Frost Music Festival. AlunaGeorge, Kaytranada and Flume were going to perform later that day. Flume is one of my favorite artists, and it was all I could do...

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