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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Official Student Newspaper of Henry M. Gunn High School

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Tech is dumbing future generations down

Tech is dumbing future generations down

carolynkuimelis September 15, 2017

Written by Carolyn Kuimelis It is undeniable that technological advancements have revolutionized the way we communicate, connect and learn: news articles can be shared with the click of a button, and diplomas can be earned entirely online. Although technology has proven to be a useful tool in educating...

Palo Alto Should Punish Texting While Walking

epsteineric September 15, 2017

Written by Eric Epstein   On July 27, Honolulu, Hawaii approved a law that prohibits pedestrians from using their electronic devices while crossing the street. Offenders of this law will be fined $15 to $35 for their first violation, and the fines increase with each successive offense, according...

Silicon Valley: History of Google

chelsiepark May 19, 2017

By Chelsie Park Google is one of the most widely known companies in the world. Since its creation, Google has steadily taken over the internet as the world’s number one search engine. Google currently holds 89 percent of the search engine market share, with its many other services including email,...

Silicon Valley: History of Apple

kristenyee00 May 19, 2017

Written by Kristen Yee Apple is just one of the major tech companies in the Silicon Valley. e company was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976 in the garage of Jobs’ house in Los Altos, Calif. Originally, the company was named Apple Computers Inc.; it was changed...

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...

AB 165: State assembly bill proposes warrantless searches of students

AB 165: State assembly bill proposes warrantless searches of students

andrewz8642 March 3, 2017

Written by Evalyn Li and Andrew Zhao Proposed by Assistant Majority Leader Jim Cooper of District 9, California State Assembly Bill 165 (AB 165) would exempt local educational agencies from the two-year-old California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (CalECPA). CalECPA says government entities must...

Chromebook security good-intentioned but hasty

Chromebook security good-intentioned but hasty

icarolinesro February 3, 2017

Written by Akansha Gupta and Caroline Ro Thanks to the internet, this generation has the world at its fingertips. At the same time, the internet serves as a new tool for schools to monitor bullying, drug usage and self-harm amongst their students. The current tug-of-war between privacy and security,...

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...

Computer science requested as graduation requirement

clarakieschnickllamas September 9, 2016

By Clara Kieschnick-Llamas Due to the increase of lines of work involving computer science, there has been a recent movement to make computer science a graduation requirement at Gunn. Last year, eight administrators and teachers met regularly and had a meeting with the district office about the...

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More advanced non-STEM classes can benefit all

chenganyi December 4, 2015

Written by Anyi Cheng There is just something that screams “science” about living in a place called Silicon Valley. Stationed in a city only a few miles away from big-brand tech companies like Oracle, Tesla and Apple, it comes as no surprise that Gunn is inordinately science, technology,...

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