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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

Potholes and cracks on El Camino Real are being repaved with new asphalt concrete.

El Camino Real under repair, with potholes to be repaved and bike lanes added by spring 2025

Vivien Chen, Lifestyle Editor December 12, 2023

Starting in fall 2023, the California Department of Transportation is improving El Camino Real’s road conditions. Caltrans, which owns El Camino, is repairing potholes and cracks, adding new bike lanes, and upgrading crosswalks to improve ride quality and pedestrian safety. The project spans from...

Humor: A Guide to Gift-Giving

Humor: A Guide to Gift-Giving

Vivien Chen, Lifestyle Editor December 4, 2023

As the holidays roll around, people are scrambling to find the perfect gift for their friends and family. Here are three gift ideas that will make this holiday season an unforgettable one.    Clothes Picked by Your Mom Everyone knows that moms have impeccable fashion taste. Whether it’s...

Autumn snacks pack flavorful suprises

Autumn snacks pack flavorful suprises

Vivien Chen, Lifestyle Editor October 29, 2023

Best: Pumpkin Spice Blondie Duet Bites Sugar Bowl Bakery’s Pumpkin Spice Blondie Duet Bites, a seasonal spin on their classic brownie-madeleine combo, are miniature cakes with layers of madeleine and pumpkin-spice cake. Natural, flavorful and perfectly sweet, the bites capture the taste of pumpkin...

The Binary Code: Enrollment gaps in STEM, humanities typify gender bias

The Binary Code: Enrollment gaps in STEM, humanities typify gender bias

Vivien Chen and Jeffrey Kang September 24, 2023

Computer science teacher Joshua Paley was guiding a group of freshmen around campus when a former student came by and asked if he could talk to them about computer science. When Paley asked the group how many of them were interested in computer science, almost all the boys raised their hands, and half...

Students should spend their summers on jobs, internships or academic programs

Students should spend their summers on jobs, internships or academic programs

Vivien Chen, Lifestyle Editor May 19, 2023

Summer break is usually thought of as a time for students to do whatever their hearts desire, whether that be unwinding from busy academics or hanging out with friends. At the same time, these nine weeks of freedom can be used wisely to help build students’ strengths and futures. Students should spend...

Gifted by grants: Community members contribute to installations on Gunn campus

Gifted by grants: Community members contribute to installations on Gunn campus

Vivien Chen, Kenneth Soh, Lita Sone and Irene Tsen March 22, 2023

Class gifts come from the graduating year’s student body and are funded using extra money from class fundraisers. While gifts can fund material improvements to Gunn’s campus, Student Activities Director Lisa Hall has also seen classes use funds to discount apparel or fund future events. “(Funds...

Molding new narratives: How inclusivity in Gunn's humanities curricula has evolved to meet the politics of the present

Molding new narratives: How inclusivity in Gunn’s humanities curricula has evolved to meet the politics of the present

Amann Mahajan, Editor-in-Chief February 7, 2023

“My child will not read this garbage racist book and I would like you to immediately assign an alternate curriculum for the month that you will be spending on reading and disseminating this garbage book!”  So wrote school board election candidate Ingrid Campos of  “Stamped, Antiracism and...

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