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[News] As a paper, and a community, we are faced daily with the difficult question of how to deal with the recent events. Each loss is a tragedy, and the lives of those who have passed deserve recognition. As a newspaper, however, we have decided not to directly cover the suicides in an attempt to switch our community’s attention from the suicides to a solution.—Jon Proctor
[News] King Tut and his ancient Egyptian army of seniors have taken over and decorated the quad as part of an old Gunn tradition. “The First Day activities were designed as a way for the new senior class to declare their new status, and to celebrate the start of their last year of high school,” Student Activities Director Lisa Hall said. —Jon Proctor
[News] Fourteen new digital cameras and two desktop computers were stolen from the photo room and A-5 sometime between April 9 and 12. When Photo teachers Mark Gleason and Jennifer Hogan walked in the room Monday morning, they knew something was missing. “Mrs. Hogan asked me if all my students had checked out cameras, and only two had,” Gleason said. —Jon Proctor
[News] Twenty-five cent tax proposed—Jon Proctor
[Forum] The economic crisis has tipped Americans off balance. As the stock market reaches new lows, cataracts of debt and unemployment threaten to sink the American spirit. Rather than drowning in the hardships of a recession, however, we need to step back and appreciate what good the recession has brought us. Just as a rainbow can follow a storm, economic slumps tend to bump up our physical health and environmental friendliness.—Jon Proctor
[Forum] Every year, five million lives are lost to cigarettes—the only known product that kills you even when “used as directed.” Last month, however, the city of Belmont took a laudable step towards ending this silent massacre. On Jan. 1, this Bay Area community passed one of the strictest set of anti-smoking laws in the United States, banning the use of tobacco anywhere within the city limits except for in private, detached residences. Belmont’s legislators have shown that it is possible to gain ground against the tobacco company giants whose intensive lobbying clips on many new laws in the bud. Palo Alto should follow Belmont’s lead and ban the sale and use of tobacco within its city limits as well. A tobacco-free Palo Alto would save lives, reduce our carbon footprint and make our city a more pleasant place to live.—Jon Proctor
[Entertainment] The Oracle staff shows how to cook raspberry duck. —Jon Proctor
[News] In the wake of difficult economic times, schools in the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) have fallen victim to many thefts of computers and laptops. Burglaries at Terman Middle School and Addison Elementary School are just some of the most recent in a string of robberies of nine PAUSD schools this year.—Jon Proctor & Tenny Zhang
[News] 1. Writing test answers or equations on: erasers, rubber bands, inside of water bottles, calculators, rolled up inside pens, pencil pouch, bill of a hat or body parts.—Jon Proctor
[Entertainment] If you want to enjoy the delicious taste of fresh chestnuts, you’re going to have get out of your chair and pick them yourself. Skyline Chestnuts, a family-run orchard in La Honda, is the perfect place to enjoy a winter afternoon picking chestnuts and conversing with friends. According to orchard manager Donna Johsen, the trees were most likely planted by a group of Spaniards over 150 years ago and have been growing delicious chestnuts ever since.—Jon Proctor
[Entertainment] The Oracle’s own super-chef Jon Proctor gives your Thanksgiving table pizzazz.—Jon Proctor
[News] The administration has implemented a new breathalyzing system to curb the consumption of alcohol at school dances. At Homecoming this year, each student will be tested before entering.—Jon Proctor & Melissa Chan
[Forum] It is important to realize that if the housing market had not burst, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would have made billions. They took a gamble, they lost, and now the U.S. government plans to bail them out of debt by simply handing over $700 billion—more than the entire cost of the Iraq war so far. It is unfair and ineffective to reward the greed and recklessness of the banks with a blank check coming straight out of taxpayer’s pockets. The government should treat banks like every other institution and make them pay for the consequences of their actions.—Jon Proctor
[Forum] Imagine adding intelligent design to the Advanced Placement biology curriculum. Although this may seem ridiculous, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin would embrace the idea.—Jon Proctor
[Features] When you’re riding, it’s all up to you and your horse. This is what drives junior Alex Chou to ride every day after school, galloping and jumping her dark bay horse, Noah.—Jon Proctor
[Entertainment] The Oracle staff shows how to make Jamaican rum bananas. —Jon Proctor
[News] Differences in achievement pose problems—Jon Proctor & Tenny Zhang
[Features] If your life depended on it, could you instantly name the pitch of a car horn, or sing a middle C on cue? Odds are you could not, but there are a few students at Gunn who can.—Jon Proctor
[Entertainment] The Oracle super-chefs Jon Proctor and Mari Ju bring you the best in summer barbeque cuisine.—Jon Proctor & Mari Ju
[Forum] It’s Tuesday morning, you’re late to class and barely catch the last minutes of “The G” reporting on today’s assembly schedule. Could the day get any worse? You’ve just lost the tutorial that you desperately needed to study for a calculus test, and on top of that, you are going to miss out on the delicious sandwich that you could have gotten during your expertly chosen G prep. Assemblies are inefficient, unneeded, overused and a large source of stress for students.—Jon Proctor
[Sports] Students who participate in school sports solely for the purpose of getting a prep are wasteful, foolish and greedy. I constantly hear students say, “I’m doing it just for the prep” as an explanation for their participation in a sport, and it’s time for these people to come to their senses.—Jon Proctor
[Forum] Sausage for breakfast, turkey for lunch and steak for dinner. America has become addicted to meat. In the past, meat was a luxury item, but now it has become close to a staple in the American diet, and its detrimental effects are starting to become evident. Eating meat is a poor use of our resources, expensive, harmful to the environment and unhealthy.—Jon Proctor
[News] Over winter break, most of the West Coast, including the Bay Area, was hit by a storm that dumped eight inches of rain and 11 feet of snow.—Jon Proctor
[Forum] It’s the last period of the day, and your English teacher has just assigned an in-class quick write. You’re tired and writing is the last thing on your mind. You have to escape the stuffy prison that they call a classroom, so you raise your hand and ask to be excused to go to the bathroom, disturbing the class’s concentration and turning others’ attention to the outside as well. This classroom escape act, although seemingly innocent, is both unfair to your classmates and teachers.—Jon Proctor
[Entertainment] Recipe for Caramel Flan with Raspberry Sauce by Jon Proctor, reporter. —Jon Proctor
[Forum] In October, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill allowing the sale of kangaroo leather products in California. This overturned a law that banned kangaroo product sales that had been in effect since 1970 and will allow sales until 2011 when the California legislature will rethink the ban.—Jon Proctor
[Entertainment] Iron Chef, Top Chef, and Turkey Chef—I want all the danger, flavor and excitement food has to offer. Ever since I was a child I have loved to cook. A few weeks ago, I saw an ad in the San Francisco Chronicle for the Chronicle’s Turkey Team Cook-Off on Nov. 4. I knew it was for me. I sent in an application by email including a 100-word essay and some of my favorite recipes. The captains responsible for choosing the teams liked it, but they were worried that a teen might not be able to work in a kitchen environment. Fortunately, they took the risk and a couple days later they notified me that I was on the team.—Jon Proctor
[Sports] Since the age of two, sophomore Lydia Cox has been in love with the ice. She inherited her passion for skating from her older sister and Gunn graduate, Taline Cox, who also skates. “I used to go to her practices and skate a little when we picked her up,” Cox said. “Then from there, lessons were the next step.” —Jon Proctor
[Centerfold] The Oracle offers recipes for Halloween. —Jon Proctor
[Forum] While some suggest ethanol solves the world's economic dependency on oil, others claim it is only a quick fix to a larger problem. The Oracle reporter Jon Proctor argues that ethanol will only offer a "quick-fix" solution to the problem of global warming. —Jon Proctor
[News] Gunn went high-tech over the summer–now there are computers and projectors in almost every classroom. The Blackboard InClass system has also been updated with many new features such as the Blackboard Backpack, which makes InClass easier to use. —Jon Proctor