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“Working on Roobi has taught me how to bounce back from failures, and that problems need to be addressed one bit at a time because you can't just tackle huge goals. I learned to not be afraid of failure because every failure is a step towards success. I try not to look back and wish I could change something because I can't. It's the past. Instead, I look forward," senior Daniel Dorfman said.
Humans of Harker: Steeped for success
“With volleyball and Medical Club, I love working with people. I get to work with people who aren't necessarily in my classes or aren't my friends specifically, but we get to work hard and work together towards a common goal. That collaboration aspect is really important to me," senior Navya Samuel said.
Humans of Harker: Cooperation through competition
“Human connection is very important to staying grounded and stable. The people around me are one of the reasons that I'm not fully burnt out, so I really prioritize keeping a good schedule for myself. Being able to prioritize the things in life that give me internal satisfaction is important to me because that's what allows me to have the drive to do good with the rest of my time. Talking to people is a way for me to replenish," senior Kashish Priyam said.
Humans of Harker: Pep in every step
“It's very important to make sure the people in your life know they're important to you. Whether that's doing small acts of kindness or just being there whenever they need you, having a really strong support system is what gets you through life, and it's a really valuable life skill to have," Sofie Marino (12) said.
Humans of Harker: Pillar of support
“My karate teachers emphasize that as black belts, we should be living up to the standard of our rank and acting as an example for the students who are lower-ranked.' When I’m helping out and someone messes up, I don't necessarily say, ‘You did this wrong, try to do this.’ I take a more relaxed approach and act out what they did a little comically. It's finding the balance between being strict and being more playful with the students," senior Claire Perng said.
Humans of Harker: Playing with purpose
Humans of Harker: Cooking with creativity
Humans of Harker: Cooking with creativity
“There's a lot of value in every moment and everyone around you. I appreciate people who just appreciate the little things. For me, I feel like everyone you meet can teach you a little bit, and that's something that I've really internalized over the years. I think that's part of why I like being around people and different communities so much. Because in each of these communities, you can learn so many different things from everyone," Olivia Xu ('24) said.
Humans of Harker: Purpose towards progress
“I get to choose how much effort and detail I put in, and that’s what you’re going to see in the end. I love that you can see the truth on paper. A lot of my work is in black and white, so I can’t rely on color to cover it up or make it more interesting — I can only rely on my skill and willingness to go into the studio and add to my piece," Katelyn Zhao ('24) said.
Humans of Harker: Envisioning the everyday
"I used to think that I have to keep doing dance just because it's what I’m known for. But now I’ve realized there’s beauty behind all the madness that happens. And it’s now a part of me, so not doing dance or not having Legos is like I’m losing a part of my identity," Luke Mehta ('24) said.
Humans of Harker: Building with style
“Why not? So many things are very foreign or unknown to us, but there’s not much to lose by just trying things. I initially wasn’t very comfortable with DECA, especially with impromptu, but the community really helped me grow out of that. And DECA is now one of my top high school memories. Just giving things a try is really worth it, and if it fails, the worst thing that can happen is you just try something else," Claire Luo ('24) said.
Humans of Harker: It’s all in the details
"Being a lifer, I really want to put my knowledge to use. Being a TEDx speaker is a really big honor in and of itself, but to be able to actually address the Harker community was really important to me because I wanted to have an impact on the place that I've been at for 13 years," Arissa Huda ('23) said.
Humans of Harker: Prescribing change
"I’ve learned discipline: practicing a lot and then knowing what your strengths are, knowing where to improve. That discipline is definitely going to stay with me. If I’m trying to get a big piece of work done in general when I'm interested in it, I'll stop at nothing to reach my goals," Linette Hoffman ('23) said.
Humans of Harker: Artistry in motion
"I have this philosophy with theater. I wholeheartedly believe that my life was made for the stage, and all my make or break moments have happened there. While some people learn best through lectures or visuals, I learn best from having a spotlight on me," Zubin Khera ('23) said.
Humans of Harker: Scripts to success
"One of the most important things for me about performing is its transformative power. There was one concert where we were singing this commission about gun violence, followed by a piece about climate change, a piece about the Holocaust. Watching the audience's expressions and how they reacted to the music we were singing was the first time that I was like, ‘Whoa, music has the power to change lives and engender positive change,’” Sawyer Lai ('23) said.
Humans of Harker: Symphony of spirit
"It’s been fun getting to know the chefs at La Mar, their team and how different cultural influences blend together. For example, they make ceviche, which is a traditional Peruvian dish, but they infuse it with many different cultures. They have a version of their ceviche which is inspired by African tastes and spices, and they also have a Japanese form of that same ceviche dish. I think it’s interesting to watch how these fusion dishes form," Alex Lan ('23) said.
Humans of Harker: Flavors of knowledge
Prakrit Jain ('22) searches for new animal species to help the environment and wildlife.
Humans of Harker: Scorpion spotter
Arnav Gupta ('22) moves a DNA construction.
Humans of Harker: Coding for a cause
“[Building nerf blasters] became this outlet of creativity for me that hasn't been matched by anything else. The process [of] making a build complete to your desire is such a painstakingly difficult process, but I've had to learn from [the skills needed from] soldering to proper painting. There's so many different options for everything, if you think about it, it exists. The best part is [that] if it doesn't exist, you can build it yourself," Ishaan Parate said.
Humans of Harker: Blast of creativity
"Every single person I've interviewed for Humans of Harker has said one killer quote that has stuck with me even through four years of high school, and I think I really do internalize those messages. There are nuances in every single person's experience that makes it unique to them and also makes it a good lesson for everyone else. It's just amazing to see how much wisdom every single person at Harker has, and it's fascinating to learn about those stories," Erica Cai ('22) said.
Humans of Harker: Harmony in humanity
“Something I took away from baseball is that there's always the opportunity to bounce back when things don't go particularly right. Even the best hitters only go one for three, so being able to push through that is one of the most important parts of the game. Being able to identify what goes wrong and learning from that is important to being able to find success in the future," Mark Hu ('22) said.
Humans of Harker: The perfect pitch
Humans of Harker: Perseverance on par
Humans of Harker: Perseverance on par
It's been obviously rough, turning on the news and seeing another death, seeing another acquittal every single time … but, ‘How much can I do?’ is the question I'm asking myself. ‘How much can I help, and what impact can I have?’” Brian Pinkston ('21) said.
Humans of Harker: For the future and the present
“When I came into high school, I was ready to be a follower. But DECA was a game changer for me. It helped me overcome my fear of public speaking, and it's played such a major role in who I've become today. To be able to successfully lead a chapter of 150 students, an officer team and be one of the upperclassmen I once really admired is something I'm [really] proud of,” Anvitha Tummala ('21) said.
Humans of Harker: Leading with DECA-cation
Class of 2021: Humans of Harker compilation, part three
Class of 2021: Humans of Harker compilation, part three
“I feel really good about myself when I'm relaxed and enjoying the world. There’s so much to learn about the world and so many ways to do so," Daniel Wang ('21) said.
Humans of Harker: Mapping the unknown
"I'm the person that always has a plan for everything. And then I have backups for the plan, and I have backups for the backups," Nicole Chen ('19) said.
Humans of Harker: Calendars for a cause
"I don’t ever intend on letting the internal love of life that I have leave me. As I grow up and I maintain my love for the random things I do, I know I’ll be happy– and hopefully people around me will be, as well," Mathew Mammen ('19) said.
Humans of Harker: Jack of all trades, master of fun
Humans of Harker: To dance, to feel
Humans of Harker: To dance, to feel
"The more serious side, people will never see. You'll never see who's behind one of these websites that people may be using," Neil Ramaswamy (12) said. "Several freshmen have approached me like, 'hey, you're the really funny guy at school meeting' and I'm like 'hey, yeah, nice to meet you' and at the same time they might be using an application that I've written not knowing that it's me. I kind of get that personal satisfaction knowing that there is a serious side to me, you just don't know about it."
Humans of Harker: Dueling with duality
Humans of Harker: Humanity in art
Humans of Harker: Humanity in art
“I think getting up in the morning and having a sense of purpose [is exciting]. I think without a certain amount of drive, life is kind of obsolete and mundane, and I think having that every single day is what makes each day unique and kind of makes life exciting,” Neymika Jain (12) said.
Humans of Harker: Neymika Jain finds balance in life
“A lot of the time, when I’m out at nail salons, nailers ask me if I‘m Vietnamese. I say yes, but they say that I don’t speak the language and have never been back to Vietnamese, so am I really? I always felt disconnected, like I would be Vietnamese-American but never Vietnamese. When I went to Vietnam for the first time, it brought me closer to my culture. I realized I shouldn’t view myself as a different. I have to see Vietnamese-American and Vietnamese as one and the same," Haley Tran (12) said.
Humans of Harker: Haley Tran values her cultural identity
“One time, I was hiking up this giant off-trail path, and this is going to make me sound like a complete hippy, but what I was thinking at the moment was that every single tree out there must have had some sort of backstory. Even when I was walking to Shah, there was this tree right next to the building, and I was like, ‘Maybe this tree had a lot of other tree friends, but then this building came up and they had to get cut down.’ That made me pretty sad. So, when I was coming up with backstories for trees, it reminded me of my childlike innocence of playing pretend or playing with my stuffed animals because I thought my imagination would never run as wild as it once did. But, this experience made me feel happy because it’s something that I’ve lost, and I feel like I gained some of it back," Aashish Jain (12) said.
Humans of Harker: Aashish Jain finds inspiration in painting through watching Bob Ross videos
“For me, robotics has always been a great way to learn about how to build things and how things work. Honestly, that is the reason why I love robotics. When you see everything working, you look at it and say 'I helped make this happen,' which is really really gratifying," Andrew Tierno (12) said.
Humans of Harker: Andrew Tierno reflects on his passion for robotics
“A lot of being a choreographer is about digging deep, understanding, and finding out which event leads to the next, which is basically what science is. You would take a circuit and break it apart to understand each of the components, and you would do that to a song,” Sneha Bhetanabhotla (‘17) said.
Humans of Harker: Sneha Bhetanabhotla learns to connect robotics and dance
“I can be serious, and I care a lot about a lot of things, but I also just like having fun and people feeling comfortable being their true selves,” Isabella Spradlin (12) said. “You don't have to be one-sided — you can have different sides of your personality, and different moods.”
Humans of Harker: Isabella Spradlin gleans insight from sisterhood
“This is like a melting pot of Cupertino, Lynbrook, Saratoga, some people from De Anza, so you meet all kinds of people,” Rahul Mehta (12) said. “Half the time I’m not even playing with my friends, so I’m playing with random people. You start off in the beginning a bit wary of each other, and then by end you’re playing like they’re your friends. It’s kind of gradual. Like after a really cool play, you’ll high five each other, and that’s how it all begins.”
Humans of Harker: Rahul Mehta befriends others through banter
"People are always debating, you know, ‘should I go up to a higher weight or not?’ And I’ll just yell, ‘do it, you won’t,’" Tiffany Shou (12) said. "And then, you know, it’s like that challenge, and so it always pushes them pick that higher weight, and then they can accomplish it, so it’s even more gratifying."
Humans of Harker Video: Tiffany Shou pushes her limits in the weight room
“First, I start at my house,” Sparsh Chauhan (12) said. “Then, I turn on Saratoga, and it’s always crowded with traffic and stuff. That’s when I’m setting the music, checking the tire pressure, the gas. After downtown, the road gets smooth, which is when I put the windows down. I go all the way down until there’s a dip and then I go back. Even when I have stuff to do, I drive that same route every day. I don’t have to take directions. I know all the traffic times; I know exactly where I’m going.”
Humans of Harker: Sparsh Chauhan takes pride in his work
“My slogan is ‘slow feet, don’t eat, and I’m hungry.’ You need to run fast to get where you are–you aren't going to get those championships if you aren't fast,” Angel Cervantes (12) said. “I want to do well in school on my tests and in track and win championships for my team. I live by that, [and] I can do that anywhere: in the classroom or on the field.”
Humans of Harker: Angel Cervantes chases his goals
“[Volleyball has] taught me how to fall correctly, and another thing it taught is that you don’t have to be the best at something to be good at it. If you just hit the ball in a smart way, then it still scores points and you’re good at it. You could be a background player and still make a much bigger impact on the team than you would think,” Anya Gert (’20) said.
Humans of Harker: Learning to fall
“You just have to go for it. You think, 'In the future, if I think back and regret it, is that how I want to end up — or would I rather just try something and see what happens?' Usually, it turns out well,” Montek Kalsi (’20) said. 
Humans of Harker: All fun and games
“I'm not nearly there yet, but [my confidence has] definitely been getting better since I was pretty shy and timid coming into Harker my freshman year. I know that there's a lot of people that are really confident in what they do, and I really admire them. Everyone's so driven and that has really pushed me to kind of try to find my own place in high school and be more confident,” Alyssa Huang (’20) said.
Humans of Harker: Leadership and love
Humans of Harker: Grit and grind
Humans of Harker: Grit and grind
Humans of Harker: Artistic nonconformity
Humans of Harker: Artistic nonconformity
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Harker Aquila

Derek Yen, Winged Post Opinion Editor

Derek Yen is a senior and the Opinion Editor of Winged Post. Derek served as the STEM Editor of Aquila and Winged Post during his junior year and as a STEM columnist his sophomore year. He enjoys journalism as a means of exploring new subjects in depth, and has had pieces recognized by the National Federation of Press Women. In his free time, he enjoys learning about linguistics and brewing tea with gongfu.

All content by Derek Yen
Elementary! Find compounds in a chemical word search

Elementary! Find compounds in a chemical word search

by Derek Yen
May 14, 2018
"[In high school,] my new group of friends was very different from anything previously. In middle school, all we did was do math competitions and play cards," Swapnil Garg (12) said. "But in ninth grade, nobody did that—during lunch, you had to sit at a table and have discussions. I had to learn to be able to be more intellectual, and to provide more substance in my thinking abilities relating to things that were not just math. I was very scared of, for example, English class."

Humans of Harker: Swapnil Garg branches beyond math

by Derek Yen, Winged Post Opinion Editor
May 2, 2018
Sen Dai Sushi: Sushi with a modern flair

Sen Dai Sushi: Sushi with a modern flair

by Derek Yen, Winged Post Opinion Editor
May 1, 2018
Sunday at the Museum: Modern approach on Asian cuisine

Sunday at the Museum: Modern approach on Asian cuisine

by Derek Yen, Winged Post Opinion Editor
April 24, 2018
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Facebook breach underscores our own lax privacy standards

by Editorial
April 1, 2018
Lauren Russell (12) engages in the draw with a player from Stevenson. The draw begins play in lacrosse as a means of determining the first ball possession, and is performed both to begin the game and after each point.

Varsity girls lacrosse defeats Stevenson School 15-4

by Derek Yen, Winged Post Opinion Editor
March 17, 2018
Manan Shah ('17), a national finalist in the 2016 Siemens Competition, gives a talk at the 2017 Research Symposium. Shah was Harker's only national finalist that year.

Siemens Foundation announces competition end, channels funds into new opportunities

by Derek Yen, Opinion Editor
March 12, 2018
Near-Mitra scholars Nirban Bhatia (12), Jacqueline He (12), Amy Jin (12), Serena Lu (12), Emily Chen (12), Andrew Semenza (12) and Derek Yen (12) pose for a photo outside the Stanford Humanities Center. These seven students met with Stanford's Hume fellows over lunch today.

Near-Mitra scholars visit Stanford Humanities Center

by Derek Yen, Winged Post Opinion Editor
January 19, 2018
Silicon Valley has become a symbol both of the fruitful employ of science and the fruitless pursuit of pseudoscience. The symbolism of silicon itself exemplifies this duality: the semiconductors that lent the Valley its name, and the quartz crystals that some impute mystical powers to.

Silicon Valley’s pseudoscientific guilty pleasures

by Derek Yen, Winged Post Opinion Editor
January 12, 2018
“When I think about my high school as a unit, I find it's defined by a lot of events and a lot of trends, it's just that some of those trends, like especially me starting to sing—they're not connected at all to any goal I had when I stepped onto the campus,” Praveen Batra (12) said. “I remember at the first club fair I heard Guys’ Gig, they were touring, and I thought, ‘Wow, that's one club I'm never going to join.’ So if you look, there's a big disconnect between what my vision of what my high school would be like and where it actually turned out being.”

Humans of Harker: Praveen Batra masters both types of keyboard

by Derek Yen, Winged Post Opinion Editor
October 31, 2017
Review: The best boba buys

Review: The best boba buys

by Derek Yen and Aditya Roy
October 12, 2017
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Dialectic: Lunchtime Stratagems

October 12, 2017
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Bamboo-zled: Breaking apart the chopsticks’ significance

by Kaitlin Hsu, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief
October 12, 2017
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Editors’ note: represent and serve

by Kaitlin Hsu and Sahana Srinivasan
September 9, 2017
Protestors participating in the March for Science in San Jose, held last month, carry signs and chant slogans. Americans have actively campaigned for better awareness of climate change in the wake of Trump's announcements of his lack of support for the EPA.

Trump to back out of Paris Agreement

by Tiffany Wong and Katherine Zhang
June 1, 2017
Good Fortune Friday: Our interpretations of what sits inside a fortune cookie

Good Fortune Friday: Our interpretations of what sits inside a fortune cookie

by Vijay Bharadwaj, Kathy Fang, Kaitlin Hsu, Prameela Kottapalli, Nisha Shankar, Sahana Srinivasan, Jin Tuan, Helen Yang, and Derek Yen
May 26, 2017
Protestors participating in the March for Science in San Jose carry signs and chant slogans. Worldwide, 610 satellite marches were held in addition to the main march in Washington, D.C.

Marches for Science held across US and world

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
April 22, 2017
STEM Issue 7 Crossword Answers

STEM Issue 7 Crossword Answers

by Rose Guan and Derek Yen
April 22, 2017
Even Hynes, Make School Head of Community, mands the booth of Make School, which teaches students how to create and publish programming projects. The Harker Programming Invitational was held on Mar. 19.

Upper school hosts 2017 Harker Programming Invitational

by Jin Tuan, Reporter
March 28, 2017
Water cascades from an overflowing creek in Santa Clara, washing up on the surrounding banks during floods in March. The Bay Area experienced a high amount of rainfall and flooding in early March, with water levels reaching a high of 14.4 feet in San Jose.

Bay Area infrastructure flooded: Community experiences extreme rainfall in early March

by Derek Yen and Kat Zhang
March 28, 2017
“Every evening when I go to the corner of my living room and sing, I kind of feel an unexplainable joy. It’s something where I’m trying to find the depth and soul of the music and express it in my own way, in a way that really can’t be said in numbers or words. It’s utterly irrational, but I think that if the world were rational, we probably wouldn’t need music, because it expresses something that nothing else can convey," Arjun Subramaniam (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Arjun Subramaniam pursues Indian classical singing and research

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
March 20, 2017
The March for Science, scheduled for April 22, aims to sound a call for the support of science in a time of skepticism of science and dismissal of climate change evidence. The original march will be taking place in Washington, DC, but the movement has inspired over 360 satellite marches elsewhere around the world.

March, scientists, march

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
March 6, 2017
Betsy DeVos, Trump's Secretary of Education, has been particularly controversial for her stances on public education. Her recent and unexpected objection to a repeal of a guideline that protected transgender students' right to use the bathroom of the gender they identify as came at odds with the position of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

DeVos breaks with Trump cabinet in opposing transgender bathroom bill repeal

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
March 4, 2017
A shot of Santana Row's main street and plaza, highlighting its walkable spaces and open storefronts and restaurants. Santana Row's design was inspired by the street La Rambla in Barcelona, Spain, a shopping area dominated by pedestrians.

Santana Row inspires mixed-use development

by Derek Yen, Winged Post STEM Editor
February 22, 2017
The team poses outside the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. From left to right: Venkat Sankar (12), Rajiv Movva (11), Shaya Zarkesh (11), coach Gary Blickenstaff, Derek Yen (11), and Swapnil Garg (11).

Science Bowl team wins 2017 regionals

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
February 12, 2017

We stand on the shoulders of miniatures

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
January 31, 2017
Aggressive rhetoric propagated by public figures can (and has multiple times) motivated people to radical and violent action. As public figures, politicians have a responsibility to watch what they say.

Aggressive politicians inflame aggression

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
January 24, 2017
A New Era for Gene Editing?

A New Era for Gene Editing?

by Derek Yen and Katherine Zhang
January 9, 2017
Eight of the nine Regeneron Science Talent Search scholars, all seniors, convened for a group photo. From top left, proceeding left right, top bottom: Arjun Subramaniam, Sandip Nirmel, Venkat Sankar, Manan Shah, Angela Kim, Evani Radiya-Dixit, Kai-Siang Ang and Scott Song. Srivatsav Pyda was also named a scholar but was not present for the photo.

Nine seniors named scholars in Regeneron Science Talent Search

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
January 5, 2017
Manan Shah (12) wins $50,000 scholarship of Siemens Competition

Manan Shah (12) wins $50,000 scholarship of Siemens Competition

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
December 6, 2016
Facebook and other social media sites allow fake news to spread rapidly and reach a large target audience with little to no checks.

Facebook cannot stop fake news, but you can

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
December 3, 2016
“In [competitions], there’s a winner, there’s a loser, and it’s just—can you be the winner?” Misha Ivkov (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Misha Ivkov practices a winning mentality

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
December 3, 2016
The quest for quantum computing

The quest for quantum computing

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
November 18, 2016

The contrarian’s constraint

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
November 10, 2016
“When I look at a character, whether it’s a character that I’m reading or a character who’s right in front of me, an actual person – because they're really not that different, a fictional character and a real character – the reason that appeals to me is because I can see so much of myself in that character," Andrew Rule said.

Humans of Harker: Andrew Rule and the personas we make

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
November 9, 2016
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CRISPR-Cas9 revolutionizes biology research and genomics

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
October 11, 2016
The beef with beef: eating beef has negative effects on the environment

The beef with beef: eating beef has negative effects on the environment

by Derek Yen and Gloria Zhang
October 11, 2016
A photo of the HI-SEAS biosphere in Hawaii. Astronauts spent eight months in the biosphere in order to prepare for NASA's upcoming mission to Mars.

A year in the HI SEAS

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor
September 5, 2016
Video games: an immersive new art form

Video games: an immersive new art form

by Derek Yen, Reporter
May 5, 2016
Research into space tourism would benefit the masses, despite the immense cost.

Few will participate in space tourism, but many will benefit

by Derek Yen, Aquila Columnist
April 23, 2016
Acetone peroxide is actually created as a mixture of monomer, dimer, trimer, and tetramer forms. TATP, the trimer form of acetone peroxide, can form an explosive less detectable than and almost as dangerous as TNT, a powerful explosive used in artillery, construction and fracking.

Brussels attacks highlight necessity for quotas on chemicals

by Derek Yen, Reporter and Aquila Columnist
March 27, 2016
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Local lawmaker plans to abolish the entire notion of Daylight Saving

by Anjay Saklecha, Reporter
March 23, 2016
Students to compete in local Chemistry Olympiad

Students to compete in local Chemistry Olympiad

by Derek Yen, Aquila Columnist
March 23, 2016
Philosophy has long been a pillar of education and culture. But recently politicians have increasingly called for STEM to be prioritized over the humanities. Although frequently treated as opposite fields, STEM and the humanities overlap in surprising ways, making it essential to sustain a balance between the two.

The politicized prioritization of STEM over the humanities is detrimental

by Derek Yen, Reporter and Aquila Columnist
March 12, 2016
Harker Horizon met last Wednesday to discuss their plans for the upcoming year. The club, advised by Chris Spenner, research class teacher, is publishing an online peer-reviewed journal to highlight student research.

Horizon begins online peer-reviewed student journal

by Derek Yen, Reporter
March 4, 2016
Presidential race continues with primaries and caucuses

Presidential race continues with primaries and caucuses

by Derek Yen, Nicole Chen, and Adrian Chu
March 3, 2016
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The health effects of climate change

by Tiffany Wong, Reporter
March 3, 2016
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Zika virus spreads across the globe

by Prameela Kottapalli, Reporter
March 3, 2016
Pro-Con: Analyzing the Apple password bypass debate

Pro-Con: Analyzing the Apple password bypass debate

by Alex Wang and Derek Yen
February 28, 2016
Spread by mosquitoes, the Zika virus can cause severe fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis. With the virus outbreak reaching epidemic levels in February, understanding Oxitec, a gene-based pesticide which has the potential to eradicate mosquitoes completely, is more important than ever.

Eradicating mosquitoes could come back to bite us

by Derek Yen, Aquila Columnist
February 18, 2016
Public transit proving more sustainable than personal vehicles

Public transit proving more sustainable than personal vehicles

by Derek Yen, Reporter
February 3, 2016
Scientists discover new elements

Scientists discover new elements

by Nicole Chen and Derek Yen
January 31, 2016
Hoverboards hit the market with explosive effect

Hoverboards hit the market with explosive effect

by Ashley Jiang and Derek Yen
January 29, 2016
Millennials starting to enter the workplace often find themselves cast under stereotypes such as “narcissistic,” “dependent” and “spoiled.” Yet most millennials deviate from this model entirely, as they mature and contribute to the world around them.

Editorial: Negative meanings of “millennial” unfairly represent

January 29, 2016

In brief: Scientists have potentially discovered a ninth planet

by Derek Yen, Reporter
January 26, 2016
The life we will live: work, play and love in the tech generation

The life we will live: work, play and love in the tech generation

by Aditya Varshney and Derek Yen
January 19, 2016
Misha Ivkov (11), co-Vice President of Math Club, and Allison Wang (12), President of Math Club, work on a problem together. The Math Club recently reformed its club lectures program to be more structured and occur more regularly.

Math Club reforms extra help training sessions

by Derek Yen, Reporter
January 18, 2016
Not worth its salt: discussing the viability of desalination as a solution to California’s drought

Not worth its salt: discussing the viability of desalination as a solution to California’s drought

by Derek Yen, Aquila Columnist
January 14, 2016
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