Zoe Leontis is vice president of the Title IX Club. “If you’re still struggling with consent, just imagine instead of initiating sex, you’re making them a cup of tea.” This sentence starts the popular consent-education video “Tea and Consent.” The video, which was used in PAUSD student...

This opinion piece on national Title IX policies is written by senior Ravina Nath, Title IX Club co-president. It has been 1,000 days. Despite the many slogans, messaging campaigns and empty promises of a new Title IX rule in his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden has failed to pass one....

This story contains discussion of topics that may be triggering, such as sexual assault and harassment. On Aug. 25, 2020, former math tutor and Palo Alto resident Mark Hodes was arrested by the Palo Alto Police Department after two girls that he had tutored came forward with accounts that he had molested...

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...

The Gunn Oracle conducted Q&A sessions with both the Gunn Title IX Club and Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) Title IX Coordinator Kelly Gallagher. The following transcripts have been lightly edited for conciseness and clarity.  This section of the Q&A was conducted via email with...

“LISTEN,” read the letters across the masks of protesters; chants of “stop the violence, no more silence!” echo outside the house of Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitan. The socially distanced silent vigil and protest, which was held Sunday afternoon, came on the heels of Simitian voting...

As ongoing sexual harassment allegations in the Gunn Robotics Team (GRT) were brought to court last month, the spotlight is being refocused onto the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) Title IX procedural requirements. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ proposals to grant more rights...

Written by Joy Huang On Aug. 25, female athletes found signs outside of their locker room that read: “Girls’ locker room closed at 5:15 p.m. today for varsity football game.” The Lynbrook football team would be occupying the girls’ locker room, and the female athletes had to take their...