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[6/2] Pregnancy. That one word can bring forth the feeling of the end of the world or the beginning of a new life. In either case, change is bound to happen, and for math teacher Angel Lavery, a new life is beginning.
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[Features] Although it is common to hear about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and teen pregnancies, it is rare to hear about teens who choose to remain abstinent until marriage. However, this decision is not as atypical as it seems. —Nina Nielepko
[Features] Fashion is a distant world for most high school students, filled with impossibly skinny girls and unattainable glamour. However, this is not the case for some students on campus, who have already begun modeling. —Aurelle Amram
[Features] Deborah Sanderson is a social studies teacher, a former Hewlett Packard employee, a single mom, the advisor of the Pink Ribbon Club and a recent survivor of breast cancer. —Libby Craig
[Features] Raymakers promotes ethical chocolate choices through Web site and brochures—Tenny Zhang
[Features] Are you looking around for a club that includes growing vegetables, serving the community and eating free food all at once? In that case, the Organic Garden Club is for you. —Jeffrey Wang
[Features] School spirit. It may be hard to define but you can certainly feel it, hear it and see it–but unfortunately, not enough at Gunn. Many students have lost their school pride and spirit without realizing that they are missing out on a major factor of high school life.—Amarelle Hanyecz
[Features] While most of us were still recovering from our large Christmas dinners, the Emergency Medical Response (EMR) explorers were getting ready to go on a four-day trek to Camp Cutter, also known as EMR Academy. EMR is a program where students learn all about the medical field. "If you want to be a doctor this is the right thing for you because of all the medical training you get," junior EMR ex-explorer Kanika Khanna said. —Jocelyn Ma
[Features] Although presidential elections are still a ways down the road, some candidates already have a strong base of student voters. Among the masses is junior Molly Kawahata, who was recently appointed High School State Director for Barack Obama's presidential campaign geared towards high school students. —Noah Johnson
[Features] The Oracle staff interviews junior David Brown. —Stéphanie Keller-Busque
[Features] Math teacher Voula Stathopolous took maternity leave on May 2 to prepare for the birth of her first child.—Anna Luise Zott
[Features] Food cravings, mood swings, swollen feet and more–most women do not enjoy going through these side effects of pregnancy even once, but 5-months-pregnant English teacher Ginny Moyer is expecting her second child in September, two years after her first son Matthew was born. —Sophie Cheng
[Features] Social studies teacher Faith Hilal will be creating her own history this July. Hilal’s baby girl will be her first child and is due July 14, Bastille Day. The baby girl’s name has been chosen but will remain a secret until her birth.—Beth Holtzman
[Features] Pregnancy. That one word can bring forth the feeling of the end of the world or the beginning of a new life. In either case, change is bound to happen, and for math teacher Angel Lavery, a new life is beginning.—Anne Hsiao
[Features] While many students hold aspirations for doing medical research later on in life, the Neuroscience Club aims to make those distant aspirations closer to becoming a reality by collecting and analyzing data on the student population. —Emily Glider
[Features] Invented in the 1970s, the Rubik’s cube is becoming a popular hobby around campus. While some still label the solving process as tedious and tiresome, participants of a recent cube contest demonstrated just how quickly a Rubik’s cube could be solved with the right skills and persistent practice.—Alicia Zhao
[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
[Features] People often notice the food and the line in the crowded Student Activities Center during lunch, but they often overlook the actual busybodies that make sure that food is always served. —Carissa Ratanaphanyarat
[Features] Instead of attending or counseling at a camp this summer, sophomore Julia Reichelstein will stay busy by opening her own innovative summer camp for kids.—Anna Luise Zott
[Features] On May 23, the gym doors promptly opened at 7 p.m. as over a hundred students, who had been fasting since 6 a.m., milled about, anticipating a night of fun and games at Fast For Awareness (FFA) to last until noon the next day. Only a few hours later, however, they filed back out, because several students were smoking marijuana at the event. —Alicia Zhao
[Features] So you thought those airbands were amazing, but ever wonder what happens behind the scenes? Airband performers share their stories. —Janice Kwong & Adrienne Nguyen