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BEcon advisor Juston Glass  tests out HTC Vive presented by Google, one of the highlights of the conference. The conference will take place tomorrow in Nichols.

BEcon conference to take place tomorrow in Nichols

by Meena Gudapati, Winged Post Copy Editor March 18, 2016

BEcon2016, a business and economics conference, will take place in Nichols hall and the gym from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow to immerse students in business, economics and entrepreneurship. The program...

Arun Shriram (12) gestures as he beatboxes a dubstep song. Arun's performance won the best vocal act award.

Students and faculty perform at sixth annual HOSCARS talent show

by Rose Guan, Reporter March 18, 2016

The Upper School hosted its annual talent show, HOSCARS, which featured various acts ranging from dances to magic tricks, in the gym today. Sign-ups for the show started Feb. 1, while auditions began...

Senator Patrick Leahy met with Chief Judge Merrick Garland yesterday. Obama nominated Garland to fill the vacancy left by late Justice Antonin Scalia.

President Obama nominates Judge Merrick Garland as 113th Supreme Court justice

by Sharanya Balaji, Editor-in-Chief March 18, 2016

President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court early Wednesday morning in order to fill the highly controversial vacancy left by late Justice Antonin Scalia’s that has been used...

Nikoloff displayed these two works of art on the projector and asked students which painting they identify with more. The majority of students agreed that they associated themselves with the image on the left, which depicts a separation of the self and other, while the image on the right conveys a sense of collectivity with everything else.

Nikoloff discusses identity in second philosophy seminar

by Prameela Kottapalli, Reporter March 17, 2016

Head of school Christopher Nikoloff hosted the second philosophy seminar of his “Who Are You?” lecture series yesterday during long lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m in the Main conference room. Six...

Director of Information Technology Services and Support Dan Hudkins leads a conference call early this morning with the school's Network Manager, Technology Services Manager, System Administrators, and the Technology Services team to come up with a strategy for how to tackle the virus. It is unclear when it will be safe to use Windows computers again.

Upper school and middle school faculty at risk of virus on Windows computers

by Sharanya Balaji, Editor-In-Chief March 15, 2016

A computer virus attacked upper school network computers this morning, causing the computer people to notify Harker faculty using PC computers to immediately shut down their computers. The crypto locker...

Key Club officers Charley Huang (10), Maya Valluru (11) and Makenzie Tomihiro (10) announce their club's club week. Key Club will be selling pearl milk tea and Pinkberry along with other food during long lunches and after school.

School meeting recap–3/14

by Alex Wang, Reporter March 14, 2016

BeCon will be held this Saturday and will feature two keynote speakers, economist David Friedman, and 18-year-old venture capitalist Tiffany Zhong. The conference will feature workshops and SHarker Tank,...

Author and teacher Jack Bowen presents the closing address in the philosophy club’s first annual conference, discussing happiness and fulfillment. Due to delay, the conference ended 40 minutes later than had initially been planned.

Philosophy Club hosts first annual conference

by Tara Parimi, Managing Editor March 12, 2016

The upper school’s philosophy club hosted its first annual conference in Nichols Hall today from 9 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. to promote philosophical discourse among the student body. The conference opened...

Students show the red side of their cards to answer no to a question asked by the Piece-It-Together presenters in the Nichols Auditorium. The presenters used a variety of techniques to explain abusive relationships and how to deal with them.

Sophomores attend LIFE session on abusive relationships

by Vignesh Panchanatham, Reporter March 11, 2016

Sophomores attended a LIFE session presented by Piece-It-Together, a local counseling agency, which discussed abusive relationships and how to deal with them, today in the Nichols auditorium. Piece-It-Together...

Janda speaks to a group of students during the LIFE assembly. The topic of the assembly was diversity.

Freshmen attend LIFE assembly in Nichols

by Nicole Chen, Reporter March 11, 2016

The freshman class attended a LIFE assembly held by teachers Mark Janda, Lola Muldrew and Pilar Aguero-Esparza regarding privilege, diversity and identity in the Nichols atrium from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30...

The five seniors from the varsity dance team, Allison Wang, Emily Pan, Helena Dworak, Madison Tomihiro and Ankita Sharma, dance to a mix of 90's tune during the Annual Dance Show. The varsity team will dance with Ragazzi Boys' Chorus tomorrow in San Mateo.

Varsity dance to perform with Ragazzi Boy Chorus’ Young Men’s Ensemble

by Shania Wang, Reporter March 10, 2016

The 11 members of the varsity dance team will join Ragazzi Boy Chorus’ Young Men’s Ensemble for a collaborative vocal and dance performance tomorrow at the Transfiguration Episcopal Church in San Mateo...

Students make paella during the 2014 Spanish Cultural Night. This year's event will be held tomorrow evening in the gym.

Spanish National Honors Society hosts cultural night

by Julia Amick, Reporter March 10, 2016

Students whisk around the gym salsa dancing to the rhythmic Spanish music playing in the background. The smell of paella mixes with guacamole and sets the mood for the Spanish Cultural Night tomorrow. The...

Victoria Ding (12) and Andrew Rule (11) co-editor-in-chiefs of the French NHS club make and sell crepes to students during lunch. The money raised goes to an organization called SINGA.

French NHS club holds club week to raise money for SINGA

by Ria Gupta, Reporter March 10, 2016

The French National Honor Society held bake sales during lunch for their club week, which began on Monday. Galina Tchourilova, a French teacher at the Upper School, is the advisor of the French NHS...

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