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[News] The Oracle interviews Dean of Students James Lubbe on the topic of truancy. —Danielle Aspitz
[Features] The Gunn Robotics Team (GRT) is comprised of a group of diverse students united by a singular love for engineering and robotics. The team recently returned from regional robotics competitions in Portland, Oregon. “If you go by our alliance that we got picked on, we placed maybe 5th [in Portland],” sophomore GRT member Shreyas Parat said. —Danielle Aspitz & Eugenah Chou
[Entertainment] ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’ invites audiences to participate by choosing the fate of the characters—Danielle Aspitz
[Sports] The Gunn wrestling team came closer to beating Los Gatos than they have in past years. The final score came out to 30-35, but captain senior Phil Park felt that the outcome could have gone either way. “We could have beaten them,” Park said.—Danielle Aspitz
[Forum] Race is a broad unification of people based on geographical and ethnic origin, containing a large group of people with varying personal traits. While race is sometimes a valid characteristic in describing a person, using race to clump an entire group of people is completely uncalled for. While racial profiling may help the FBI pinpoint suspects, it promotes the belief that everyone within a race behaves in the same manner. —Danielle Aspitz
[Sports] A new coach, playing field and division has set the girls’ varsity soccer team off to a new start. —Danielle Aspitz
[News] The Oracle staff interviews Katherine Chi, College Admission Counselor. —Danielle Aspitz
[Forum] As if the Gunn academic environment is not tough enough, seniors must also apply to college. For the entire first semester, students struggle to write essays and create portfolios while simultaneously maintaining a sky-high GPA. If that was all they juggled, perhaps they could manage, but most students also have extracurricular activities and sports to worry about. With no break, there is no way students can utilize their full potentials to create breathtaking applications. But if seniors had a week off dedicated specifically for college applications, the quality of both their applications and their work would rise.—Danielle Aspitz
[Features] Singing and performing since she was a little girl, senior Chloe Fuller hopes to take her musical talents on a journey through college.—Danielle Aspitz
[News] Anonymous survey assesses students’ consumption—Danielle Aspitz
[Forum] Intimidation uncalled for, AP students already well-aware of challenges —Danielle Aspitz
[Sports] Cross country coach Ernie Lee has decided to put on a shoe collection for charity through an organization called ProjectActive. —Danielle Aspitz
[Entertainment] Trends this summer are wavering between conservative and bold. For one, full swimsuits are back. However, these new one-pieces are far from the traditional unflattering swimsuits of the past; full suits with pieces missing from the sides and the back, mini-skirts on the bottoms and tankinis, while more modest, are all big hits this summer. —Danielle Aspitz
[Entertainment] High school movies generally exaggerate high school issues in order to send powerful messages about how students should be well-rounded and unaffected by others’ opinions. While this is great advice, the teenage years can be extremely challenging to those who are still struggling to find their place. Some movie creators have realized that these students need to know there is really more to life than getting everyone to like you and scoring well on certain exams.—Danielle Aspitz
[Sports] The Oracle staff looks at some ways to stay fit over the summer.—Danielle Aspitz & Sarah-Jean Zubair
[Forum] A pedestrian-friendly Arastradero which is being proposed by the city is not necessarily the way to resolve global warming. —Danielle Aspitz
[Centerfold] How Gunn stacks up: The Oracle staff sends its most intrepid reporters to scope out other Bay Area schools. Danielle Aspitz, reporter, goes to visit Half Moon Bay High. —Danielle Aspitz
[Entertainment] A magical fairy tale, posed towards older girls, Penelope is definitely out of the ordinary. The film appeals to teenagers by touching on what so many students struggle with during their adolescence. The story begins with a witch chanting a spell on the next daughter born to the Wilhern family; she shall have a pig face until “someone of her own kind” loves her. The mother is off on a hunt for the right man from day one, bringing in every royal suitor in the country. Catherine O’Hara does a great job acting the nervous mother, who only wants the best for her daughter. The distressed anxiety O’Hara portrays as Mrs. Wilhern is very convincing, and a great exaggeration of the stereotypical perfectionist mother.—Danielle Aspitz
[Sports] The Oracle staff reveals Gunn sports' most unique team building activities. —Danielle Aspitz & Wen Yi Chin & Veronica Polivanaya
[Sports] "[The baseball team] had a rough start, but we are getting better," junior right fielder Taylor Hopkins said. —Danielle Aspitz
[Forum] While President Bush preaches abstinence and schools are funded to teach minimal sexual education, high school and middle school students are being deprived of critical information that could prevent anything from an unwanted newborn child to disease.—Danielle Aspitz