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[11/9] Project Cornerstone, an organization whose aim is to build a web of support around every youth, will host an optional workshop for students on Nov. 24 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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[News] Beginning this year, the school is enforcing a law that prohibits clubs from sending money to outside organizations. The law enacted states that nonprofit organizations cannot donate to other nonprofit organizations. Since clubs are part of the school—a nonprofit organization—they are not allowed to donate to the organizations that they support. However, clubs are still allowed to ask donors to write checks directly to the larger organizations. —Emily Zheng
[News] The International Baccalaureate (IB) program may arrive at Gunn as early as 2012, offering students an alternative to Advanced Placement (AP) courses.—Henry Gens
[News] When I wake up, I am jubilant. I start the day knowing that I will go to school, do my homework, go on Facebook and cuddle with my cat. That all sounds mighty dandy, but I forgot one step: taking my 300 mg dose of Amitriptyline. Amitriptyline is a mood stabilizer that combats my bipolarism, and thank god for that. —Laura Gumbrecht
[News] In response to the recent suicides and in an attempt to improve the community’s well-being, students are reaching out to each other through online means and events on campus.—Sophie Cheng & Linda Yu
[News] “Through Time and Space” ended just five weeks ago, but the Student Executive Council (SEC) has already begun the process of assessing the week’s strengths and pitfalls to improve next year’s Homecoming. “We always debrief the week after Homecoming to discuss what did and did not go well,” Student Activities Director Lisa Hall said.—Tiffany Hu
[News] The teachers’ union, also known as the Palo Alto Educators Association (PAEA), came to an agreement with the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) for increased co-payments for health benefits at a negotiations meeting on Oct. 20. —Hannah Schwartz & Niki Mata
[News] Diversity Commissioners seniors Tk Yilma, Bisrat Abraha and Natan Reddy will be hosting monthly cultural lunches to celebrate ethnic differences throughout the school beginning Nov. 16. —Mati Pluska-Renaud
[News] Project Cornerstone, an organization whose aim is to build a web of support around every youth, will host an optional workshop for students on Nov. 24 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. —Jesse Klein
[News] On Nov. 2, a group of professional actors from health care provider Kaiser Permanente put on a play about sexually transmitted diseases and safe sex. —Alice Yu
[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] The start of November marks the end of the early application period. Out of 481 students in the senior class, around 154 seniors applied early to private universities this year—a 35 percent increase from 114 early applications last year. As a result, guidance counselors and teachers had to write more recommendations in a two-month period.—Joyce Liu
[News] Palo Alto High School (Paly) students carried out their annual “egg wars” on the outskirts of the Gunn campus Oct. 27, damaging the athletic facilities and parking lot. Members of the Paly Associated Student Body (ASB) stepped forward to issue an apology to the Gunn student body Oct. 28 and Paly has agreed to cover the costs of the damages.—Linda Yu
[News] Members of the Palo Alto High School Associated Student Body offered an official apology to Gunn's student body with this letter, which they delivered to the Gunn administration following the "egg wars."—
[News] The Oracle staff explains how to compile a college packet. —Anne Hsiao
[News] Keys Middle School expanded to a new campus on El Camino Real, but the move is unlikely to affect the commute times of Gunn students, according to Head of Keys Middle School Michael Thompson.—Melissa Chan
[News] API score evaluates school’s yearly academic performance more accurately—Emily Zheng
[News] Palo Alto city transportation manager Gayle Likens met with the Gunn administration and staff on Sept. 17 in order to discuss the planned changes for Arastradero Road.—
[News] On Sept. 10, the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NAID) announced the preliminary results of clinical trials of the swine flu vaccine. Trials by Sonafi Pasteur and CSL Limited found the 15 microgram dose to be just as effective as a 30 microgram dose, meaning the vaccine supply will go twice as far as originally expected.—
[News] The Santa Clara County Superior Court sentenced 22-year-old Palo Alto High School graduate Todd David Burpee to 43 years to life in state prison on Sept. 11.—