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The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project

by Anjay Saklecha, Reporter October 31, 2015

This year’s fall play, “The Laramie Project,” will end its three-night run of performances tonight. "The Laramie Project," based on a true story and written by Moisés Kaufman, is set in Laramie,...

Wajahat Ali speaks to a group of students and faculty in the journalism room. Ali spoke at the Upper School on Friday.

Al-Jazeera America’s Wajahat Ali speaks to students

by Trisha Dwivedi, Executive Sports Editor September 19, 2015

Al-Jazeera America’s “The Stream” co-host and Harker alumnus Wajahat Ali spoke about his life as a Muslim-American at an all-school assembly yesterday after second period in the gym. “The Domestic...

Senior Adele Li, Vice President of WiSTEM and Co-Preisdent of Research Club, holds up a poster with a "ILookLikeAScientist" hashtag, mimicking the Internet viral campaign of "#ILookLikeAnEngineer". The viral hashtag first appeared to combat stereotypes and the gender gap in STEM fields.

#ILookLikeAnEngineer: Fighting the gender gap

by Vineet Kosaraju and Brian Park September 6, 2015

When Isis Wenger, a 22-year-old software engineer at San Francisco-based tech company OneLogin, appeared in a company recruitment ad on Aug. 1, she probably did not expect to become a part of a viral campaign. After...

Students marvel at the sublime beauty of the Arctic landscape.

On top of the world

by Vineet Kosaraju, STEM editor September 2, 2015

The natural snow-capped mountains rise slowly out of the fog as senior Stephanie Huang’s plane prepares to land, completing the small one hour journey from Norway to a settlement in Svalbard called Longyearbyen....

The seamy side of online dating

The seamy side of online dating

by Sindhu Ravuri, Wingspan Editor-in-Chief May 23, 2015

Laura was at her wit’s end. The 23-year-old sat alone in her apartment kitchen, staring at the words “STUDENT LOAN” on the crumpled piece of paper in front of her. The type on the letter...

184 Hours: Preparing for the FIRST Robotics Competition

184 Hours: Preparing for the FIRST Robotics Competition

by Vivek Bharadwaj and Kavya Ramakrishnan January 29, 2015

The clang of metal parts striking together echoes through Nichols 312, a room filled with programmers staring at their computers. In the robotics machine shop behind the room, a horizontal band saw in...

Unveiling a Second Dimension

Unveiling a Second Dimension

by Sharanya Balaji, Multimedia Editor January 28, 2015

Not a single parking spot is open in the bustling downtown streets of San Jose in the afternoon, but turn onto South First, and it immediately seems less crowded. Here, it is calm and motionless. Follow...

Game on!

Game on!

by Vivek Bharadwaj, WP STEM Editor January 28, 2015

Phalanxes of window-shades block the early evening sunlight from entering the small, L-shaped front room of Sunnyvale’s Euphnet Cybercafe. Eerie blue rays from an array of screens invade a dark space...

Pictured are cubicles in the Washington Post's office. Students were given a tour of the office by Upper School alumnus Emily Chow ('08).

Upper School journalists explore investigative journalism in Washington D.C.

by Vasudha Rengarajan, Aquila Editor-in-Chief November 7, 2014

Washington, D.C.-- Nineteen Upper School journalists traveled to Washington D.C. this week for the We the Media JEA/NSPA Fall 2014 Convention, spending today engaging in four adventures in the nation’s...

San Diego plans for urban development

San Diego plans for urban development

by Juhi Gupta, Vasudha Rengarajan, and Apoorva Rangan April 10, 2014

SAN DIEGO – Five blocks from the touristy Gaslamp Quarter lie streets with vacant lots and cracked pavements. Though it is only April, the air swelters over the East Village's naked asphalt, lacking...

Tinker Tour and Karen Korematsu visit the Upper School

Tinker Tour and Karen Korematsu visit the Upper School

by Vasudha Rengarajan, Aquila Features Editor April 5, 2014

Faces brightened and smiles widened as the second period journalism students welcomed Mary Beth Tinker, Frank Lamonte, and Karen Korematsu to the Upper School. The Tinker Tour made a stop at the school...

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