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Senior Raghav Jain defends a Crystal Springs player. The varsity boys team defeated Crystal Springs 71-29.

Varsity boys basketball defeats Crystal Springs Uplands 71-29

by Maya Kumar, Asst. Features Editor February 17, 2016

Varsity boys basketball won against Crystal Springs Uplands with a score of 71-29 at the Blackford gym yesterday at 6:30 p.m. They maintained a strong lead throughout the entire game, with a score...

ASB President Michael Zhao starts the Monday meeting. Student Council showed a staff appreciation video during the meeting as part of an ongoing series.

School meeting recap–2/16

by Alex Wang, Reporter February 16, 2016

Japanese Honor Society and Chinese Honor Society have their club weeks this week from today through Friday. During today’s long lunch, Japanese Honor Society continued their tradition of origami folding...

The Oscars, formerly known as the Academy Awards, rank as the most prestigious film and production awards. The Academy's history of sexism and racism, however, diverts many talented college-aged female and minority actors and producers from pursuing careers in film.

That’s a Wrap: The sexist secret of the Oscars

by Melina Nakos, Reporter February 16, 2016

It’s a fact about being in high school: drama is considered a “girly” pursuit. Boys are sometimes shamed for participating in the activity. Girls fight over lead roles, due to the huge population...

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YouTube’s corporate copyright censorship system restricts user expression

by Adrian Chu, Aquila Columnist February 13, 2016

After the Fine Brothers, creators of the React YouTube channel, submitted trademarks protecting their show’s generic reaction format, public outrage eventually led to the cancellation of all the trademarks...

Soccer teams lose to Menlo High School on Kicks Against Cancer

Soccer teams lose to Menlo High School on Kicks Against Cancer

by Trisha Dwivedi and Justin Su February 6, 2016

The junior varsity boys, varsity girls and varsity boys soccer teams lost to the Menlo Knights 0-2, 0-3 and 1-4 respectively yesterday during the annual Kicks Against Cancer event. Preceded by Cantilena...

Co-captain Lyndsey Mitchell (11) kicks the ball during the team's away game today. They lost a close game 0-1.

Varsity girls soccer loses 0-1 to Notre Dame

by Nicole Chen, Reporter February 4, 2016

Varsity girls soccer lost 0-1 to Notre Dame San Jose at an away game today at 4:00 p.m. at Watson Park’s Abronzino Soccer Field. Despite a strong defense, Notre Dame scored one goal against the Eagles...

Students cross the street after school to buy snacks and drinks. Senior privileges will be enforced after February break.

Class of 2016 receives senior privileges after February break

by Katherine Zhang, Reporter February 4, 2016

The Class of 2016 will receive their senior privileges starting from Feb. 16 because on-campus construction for the new Events Center will cause them to lose their current parking spots. These privileges...

The varsity girls soccer team huddles around Layla before their senior night game. They lost to Castilleja 0-4.

Varsity girls soccer loses home game against Castilleja on senior night

by Ashley Jiang, Reporter February 4, 2016

The varsity girls soccer team lost their senior night home game to Castilleja Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m on Davis Field. During the first half of the game, despite a close match, Castilleja was able...

Sophomore Rajiv Movva and junior Arjun Subramaniam attend Science Bowl practice as members of the A team. The regional competition of the Science Bowl will take place Saturday, Feb. 6.

Science Bowl teams prepare for upcoming competition

by Devanshi Mehta, Reporter February 3, 2016

The Upper school Science Bowl teams are currently preparing for their regional competition, which will take place on Saturday, Feb. 6. Last year, the Harker Upper School team won second place at the...

Republican candidate Marco Rubio presents at a previous event for the 2016 Presidential Elections. Rubio received 23% of the vote from the Republican Iowa caucus.

Iowa caucus held Monday night

by Shania Wang, Reporter February 3, 2016

Registered voters in Iowa gathered at 1,682 precincts across the state for the Iowa caucuses, which represent the official start of the primary election season, on Monday night. By definition, a caucus...

Team co-captain Elijah Edgehill (12) runs up to the basket, preparing to shoot the ball, as opposing defenders run after him. The varsity boys basketball team's loss to Sacred Heart Preparatory today brings the Eagles' league record to 3-6 and maintains the latter's undefeated record in the league.

Varsity boys basketball loses by one point to Sacred Heart Preparatory

by Rose Guan and Tiffany Wong February 2, 2016

Varsity boys basketball lost a close league game 57-58 to the Sacred Heart Preparatory Gators at the Blackford gym today at 6:30 p.m. The boys led the first quarter with a score of 22-12 and entered...

Ashwin Reddy (9), Tiffany Wong (9), Brian Park (9) and Grace Koonmen (10) discuss homework questions that were assigned. All four of these students are in Honors Algebra 2 with math teacher Jane Keller.

Upper school students take AMC 10/12 exam

by Aneesha Kumar, Reporter February 2, 2016

Approximately 120 students took the 75-minute American Mathematics Competition (AMC) 10 or 12 test this morning at 8 a.m. in Nichols Atrium to develop their math abilities. AMC is a nationwide math...

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