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Arthur Ye (12), Luke Wu (12) and Maile Chung press their faces into the plastic plates. “When I was eating it I made sure to not look all gross, so when I was sucking it I made sure it didn't get onto outside my lips so I didn't look disgusting,” Luke said.

Harker Spirit holds annual pumpkin pie eating competition

by Kathy Duan, TALON Student Life Editor November 21, 2015

Harker Spirit held its annual pumpkin pie eating competition in front of Manzanita during both lunches today. Participants needed to eat a slice of pumpkin pie without using their hands, and whoever...

Public forum debaters Sorjo Banerjee (12) and Abhinav Ketineni (12) prepare for the first round of the tournament in the practice room. Abhinav's team advanced to the octofinal round oft he tournament, while Sorjo's team advanced to the finals.

Four teams break at Presentation Public Forum Invitational

by Tiffany Wong and Vignesh Panchanatham November 21, 2015

The upper school debate team traveled to Presentation High School in San Jose to compete at the statewide Presentation Public Forum Invitational on Nov. 13 and 14. 16 students from Harker attended the...

Students write messages for those affected by the various attacks in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad. FNHS posted these messages on its Tribute Board in Main.

New attacks kindle solidarity

by Raveena Kapatkar, Kshithija Mulam, and Meena Gudapati November 21, 2015

Paris, Beirut and Baghdad faced terrorist attacks last week, killing hundreds of people and wounding hundreds more in bomb explosions and hostage crises. Approximately 129 people were killed and 352...

Upper school DECA attends LACE conference

by Michael Sikand, Reporter November 21, 2015

The upper school’s DECA chapter attended the organization's Leadership and Competitive Excellence Conference (LACE) from Nov. 13 to 15 at the Doubletree Hilton in San Jose. DECA students belonging...

The earthquake originated in the heart of the Hindu Kush mountain range. About 400 deaths and over 2,000 injuries resulted from the earthquake.

Earthquake devastates regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan

by Nichole Chen and Michael Sikand November 21, 2015

About 400 deaths and over 2,000 injuries resulted from a catastrophic earthquake that shook the northern regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan at around 2 p.m on Oct. 26. Wreaking havoc in some of the most...

Students sign up for the beach trip hang-out. The trip will be held tomorrow.

Spirit to host beach clean-up, hang-out

by Meena Gudapati and Ria Gupta November 21, 2015

Spirit club will host an open community beach hangout and service trip at Santa Cruz tomorrow. The bus will leave from the upper school campus at 2:30 p.m., and will return around 9 p.m. Activities...

Evan Lohn (12) and Ananya Krishnan (10) face off with their opponents during a chess match against Monta Vista High. The uper school chess team lost to last year's National HS champion Monta Vista.

Upper school chess team takes on Monta Vista

by Stanley Zhao and Shania Wang November 21, 2015

The upper school chess team lost 2.5 to 4.5 to Monta Vista on Nov. 12 in a fast-paced, team-based match. Harker’s score is the closest score to Monta Vista’s than any match that they have played in...

Liana Wang (10) leaps during a varsity dance routine at the Santana Row tree lighting ceremony. The ceremony took place last Tuesday.

Performing arts light up Santana Row

by Aneesha Kumar and Ruhi Sayana November 21, 2015

Dazzling visitors to Santana Row with an hour long performance, the Varsity dance troupe, JV dance troupe, Kinetic Krew and Downbeat performed at the Santana Row Tree Lighting Ceremony on Tuesday. Santana...

Junior Ashwin Rao of Guys' Gig sings "Since U Been Gone" written by Max Martin and Lukasz Gottwald. The Choral Concert took place on Nov. 12 in Nichols Auditorium.

Choir groups sing at Fall Concert

by Tara Parimi, Managing Editor November 21, 2015

Upper school performance ensembles Acoustics, Bel Canto, Camerata, Cantilena and Guys’ Gig performed in the annual fall choral concert on Oct. 12 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Nichols Auditorium. The concert...

Juniors meet Eagle Buddies

by Shania Wang, Reporter November 21, 2015

The juniors met with their fourth grade Eagle Buddies yesterday at the Bucknall campus for the first time this school year. In previous years, the Eagle Buddies worked on a community service project...

WiSTEM club president Anika Mohindra (12) writes a question on a piece of paper in preparation for an interactive bulletin board event outside Manzanita during lunch on Monday. Participants in the activity could write about their favorite scientists and inventions as well as draft kind messages to girls being educated by the WISER program.

WiSTEM holds club week

by Rose Guan and Shania Wang November 21, 2015

The Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (WiSTEM) club hosted club week this week, organizing activities to promote awareness of gender disparities in STEM work. The club’s fundraising...

The French National Honor Society, set up a table outside Manzanita encouraging people to write cards for the victims from all around the world. The words on the cards were mostly thoughtful, concise messages such as “stay strong” and “you are in our hearts."

Student body “blackout” to show support for the world

by Prameela Kottapalli, Reporter November 19, 2015

Students and faculty wore black today to support the victims and their loved ones involved in the recent tragedies in places around the world such as Paris, Beirut and Baghdad. Students at other high...

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