The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Minnesota Vikings placekicker Blair Walsh as he waits on the sideline. Walsh, whose missed game-winning field goal in the National Football Conference Wild Card game against the Seattle Seahawks sparked millions of hostile social media posts, felt the brunt of the blame, even though the rest of his team was even more responsible for the loss.

Beyond the Game: Response to Vikings’ kicker debacle highlights social media flaws

by Alex Youn, TALON Sports Editor and Aquila Columnist January 21, 2016

Imagine you’re a placekicker for an NFL team, you have played only seven times in a 60+ minute game, and the fate of your team’s entire season relies on you converting a go-ahead field goal (in the...

Academic Dean Evan Barth speaks at the annual Harker Summit. Each year, he meets with every member of the freshman class to discuss a course plan for all four years of high school.

Course selection information night preview

by Maya Kumar, Winged Post Asst. Features Editor January 20, 2016

Academic Dean Evan Barth will host the annual course selection information night tomorrow in the multipurpose room at Blackford at 6:30 p.m. to give students and parents advice about course selection for...

Economics professor speaker provides insight on American economy

by Meena Gudapati, Winged Post Copy Editor January 20, 2016

Nicholas Bloom, Professor of Economics at Stanford University, spoke about the future of the American economy at an event hosted by Oeconomia today during lunch in the Nichols auditorium. In addition...

Junior Stephanie Scaglia prepares to throw the ball in during the teams match.

Varsity girls soccer loses 0-5 to Notre Dame

by Ashley Jiang, Reporter January 20, 2016

The varsity girls soccer team lost 5-0 to Notre Dame High yesterday in a home game at 3:30 p.m. on Davis Field. In the first half, despite a strong battle, the opponents scored one goal. Following their...

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 20, 2016

As the new year begins, we look ahead at the world of tomorrow. More than ever before, the world is in transition. Prevalent technologies – the automobile, the television, Facebook, non-renewable electric...

The infographic above details Netflixs viewership, as well as the size of the audiences involved with Making a Murderer. With each series on Netflix and similar platforms so popular now, distinguishing between dramatic content and documentary content will prove necessary to improve audience judgment.

Media Matters: Online streaming platforms need to better disclose biases and dramatizations

by Adrian Chu, Aquila Columnist January 19, 2016

As Netflix’s competitors expand and release new content, Netflix’s newest strategy to retain subscribers has been a series of Netflix-exclusive TV series and films. One of its most popular recent additions,...

Connor O’Neill passes a goal kick to his teammates.

Varsity soccer games recap: week of 1/12

by Ashley Jiang and Anjay Saklecha January 19, 2016

Boys soccer Varsity boys' soccer team played two games this week. On Monday, January 11, the Eagles won Monday's away conference game against Crystal Springs Uplands by a score of 4-2. Senior Omar...

Wajahat Ali speaks to students in the journalism room during a Q&A session. Ali previously worked for Al Jazeera America.

Al Jazeera America to shut down cable network

by Neil Bai, Reporter January 17, 2016

Al Jazeera America announced that it will close down its cable network on its website on Wednesday after experiencing a decrease in viewership leading to fewer profits. Al Jazeera America is a cable...

Amazon Prime Air drone delivery service raises questions about scale and cost

Amazon Prime Air drone delivery service raises questions about scale and cost

by Tiffany Wong, Reporter January 16, 2016

What started out as an idea may soon become a reality – since Amazon’s announcement of experimentation with drone shipments in December 2013, the company has gained more control over the shipment...

Rishab Gargeya (11) and Misha Tseitlin (11) prepare for their next Congress round with their coach. Rishab was a semifinalist and Misha was a finalist, both competing in a field of 139 Congressional debaters.

Public forum and Congressional debaters win awards at competition in Arizona

by Tiffany Wong, Reporter January 16, 2016

Six Public Forum teams and two Congressional debaters from the upper school forensics program traveled to Tempe, Arizona, to compete at the Southwest Championship at Arizona State, a speech and debate...

Permission slips for the ice skating trip can be found near Activity Coordinator Kerry Enzensperger’s room. The trip will occur next Friday.

Harker Spirit hosts ice skating social at Sharks Ice

by Varun Baldwa, TALON Photo Editor January 15, 2016

Harker Spirit will take students to Sharks Ice in San Jose for the ice skating trip next Friday, January 22. Permission slips for the annual activity were initially due on Friday, but because several...

Upper school math teacher Jane Keller leads the juniors’ LIFE discussion on sex education this morning. The next event for the juniors will be an eagle buddies event on Jan. 28.

Juniors attend sex-ed LIFE assembly

by Maya Valluru, Copy Editor January 15, 2016

The LIFE assembly that discussed sex education with juniors took place this morning in the Nichols auditorium. Upper school math teacher and head of the LIFE program Jane Keller led the discussion,...

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