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Junior Jordan Goheen moves around with the ball during offense in a game against Menlo. They lost the game 49 to 66.

Varsity boys basketball loses to Menlo

by Alex Wang, Reporter January 27, 2016

Varsity boys basketball lost to Menlo 49-66 at Menlo School at 8:00 pm yesterday in the team’s seventh league game this season. The two teams began the game evenly in score, with the lead periodically...

The first episode of "Shadowhunters" aired on Jan. 12 on Freeform. Catch it on Tuesdays at 9/8 central or watch the first two episodes for free on Hulu.

“Shadowhunters” review – 1/5 stars

by Maya Valluru, Asst. News Editor January 25, 2016

A tumultuous city inhabited by angels, demons, vampires and fairies sounds similar to any setting of a fantasy book found on the shelves of a Barnes and Noble. But when an author intertwines this seemingly...

How to ask someone to Winter Ball

How to ask someone to Winter Ball

by Megan Cardosi, TALON Organizations Editor January 24, 2016

Winter Ball is approaching; a common issue with dances is the question of whether to ask someone to be your date or not. There’s nothing wrong with going stag, but if you are stuck wondering how to invite...

Mia Giammona (11) performs the song “Ombra ma fui” by George Frederic Handel. The next vocal concert, "United Voices," will take place on March. 17 at the Mexican Heritage Theater.

Junior certificate candidates perform in “Winter Song” concert

by Katherine Zhang, Reporter January 23, 2016

Junior certificate candidates in Composition, Musical Theater, Voice and Piano performed in the annual vocal and instrumental concert “Winter Song” yesterday at 4 p.m. in the Nichols auditorium. In...

Sophomore class president Jimmy Lin, junior class president Sandip Nirmel, ninth grade treasurer Shania Wang, ASB president Michael Zhao along with Honor Council presidents Kevina Xiao (12) and Vineet Kosaraju (12) speak in front the student body at the school meeting. The student council addressed many of the topics that were brought up during the Harker Summit that was held in October, where students from all grades discussed school issues.

School meeting recap–1/22

by Prameela Kottapalli, Reporter January 22, 2016

In the past two months, the student council addressed various issues that the students were facing. ASB organized the holiday decorations project for the past holiday season by setting up lights in Main...

Jeton Gutierrez-Bujari (12) and Rishabh Chandra (11), played the baker and Jack in last year's spring musical, "Into the Woods." Rehearsals for this year's musical will begin after February break.

Spring musical cast list announced

by Ria Gupta, Reporter January 22, 2016

The cast list for this year’s musical, “Bye, Bye Birdie,” was posted on the Harker Conservatory page on Schoology, last Friday by the musical directors, casting a total of 47 Upper School students. Communication...

Divya Rajasekharan (11), Nikhil Dharmaraj (9) and Lisa Liu (12) pose with their trophies outside Dobbins. All of them competed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational last weekend.

Upper school speech team wins awards at Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational

by Tiffany Wong, Reporter January 22, 2016

Nine members of the upper school speech team traveled to Union City to compete at the Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational, a speech and debate competition, last weekend. The tournament, hosted annually...

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Did you know: junior Arjun Subramaniam sings Carnatic music

by Anika Rajamani, Reporter January 21, 2016

Since he was six years old, Arjun Subramaniam (11) has been singing Carnatic music. Tomorrow, all the time and work he has put into his passion will be displayed in his first two and a half hour concert. When...

Junior Danny Reidenbach wrestles a student from Santa Clara High.

Wrestling team loses third meet of the season to Santa Clara

by Justin Su, Asst. Sports Editor January 21, 2016

The wrestling team lost their third meet to Santa Clara High School 36-66, winning one match and losing four yesterday. Anthony Contreras (10) and Davis Howard (11) had forfeits from Santa Clara, giving...

The UC universities plan on admitting 5,000 more undergraduate students from California this year. Over the next three years 10,000 more undergraduate residents plan to be admitted.

Number of UC applications increase for 12th consecutive year

by Julia Huang, TALON Asst. Copy Editor January 21, 2016

Over 206,000 students applied for the nine schools of the University of California this year, setting a new record of the numbers of applications. Applications included 32,905 transfers and 105,341...

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...

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