How to practice self-care
by Prameela Kottapalli, Winged Post Features Editor
April 12, 2018
Filed under Online Exclusive, Opinion
It’s come to that point in the semester. The days are longer, the nights are shorter, and school feels harder. Freshman year finally starts to feel like high school. Sophomore year, for many, brings the foreboding promise of the first round of AP exams. Junior year is, well, junior year. Evening skie...
Heart of Harker: What It Means To Be Conservative
by Raymond Banke, Guest Writer
April 1, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Winged Post
Imagine a tightrope, high above the ground. On one end, a donkey is biting the rope, occasionally yanking it an inch back. Across from the donkey rests an elephant, its trunk wrapped furiously around the line between death and safety. Treading this narrow rope is a creature unknown to many: the porcupine....
Facebook breach underscores our own lax privacy standards
by Editorial
April 1, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Winged Post
Facebook users across the world were shocked to learn that private data about them may have been collected—through a breach of Facebook’s policies—by a political marketing firm. In 2013, Russian-American academic Alexsandr Kogan created a personality quiz app to collect data that he claimed w...
The ethics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests
by Gloria Zhang, Asst. Features Editor
April 1, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Winged Post
The world turned upside down when a new era of polarization stumbled through not the doors of the White House, not the doors of American citizens, but the doors of the world. When will this back and forth quarrel be over? When will we pause to think of the people? On Oct. 5, 2017, Governor Jerry Brown signed...
Editor’s Note: letting go of mottos and prioritizing myself
by Kaitlin Hsu, Editor-in-chief
April 1, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Winged Post
“Five minutes early is on time, on time is late, and late is unacceptable.” “Positive mental attitude.” “Everything happens for a reason.” “Everything does not happen for a reason.” “Failure is the path to success.” “Fake it until you make it.” Harker (and Sil...
Dialectic: Technology and Modernity
by Vivian Jin and Zoe Sanders
April 1, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Winged Post
In our recurring Dialectics, two authors with contrasting viewpoints discuss an issue of prominence in the local or broader community. We hope to use these multiple view stop provoke deeper thought among the student body and help readers explore new perspectives. Throughout human history, technological...
Media Matters: Misconceptions of Beauty
by Farah Hosseini, Reporter
March 29, 2018
Filed under Online Exclusive, Opinion
Seven years ago, my father asked me why I favored a certain contestant after watching the season finale of “American Idol”. I responded that I liked her blonde locks and perfectly shaped body, but as I finished my sentence, my father looked into my eyes and taught me a truth that I still live by...
Dialectic: AP Tests
by Nicole Chen and Karina Chen
March 8, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Winged Post
Winged Post: At Harker, many students choose to enroll in Advanced Placement (AP) classes. Are AP classes really college-level courses? Karina: Yes, they should be considered college-level courses. For instance, credits students have achieved from taking College Board AP examinations can be used to...
P.E. credits insufficiently credited for camaraderie
by Arya Maheshwari, Reporter
March 8, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Winged Post
Given the right outlook, the P.E. requirement can become something so much more than a box that is grudgingly checked off, as is the case with most obligations. Squeezing out 10 service hours with reluctance, to have one less thing to do or one more thing on a resumé, is definitely possible. Similar...
Institutionalized doping in sports obliges cultural reform
by Saloni Shah, Reporter
March 8, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Winged Post
A flood of grey and white dominated the floor as 169 athletes maneuvered through the opening ceremony of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, following behind the Olympic flag instead of proudly displaying their native Russian flag. Watching the Russian athletes compete under the banner “OAR” (Oly...
Gamer aggression: the hate speech growing behind screens
by Arya Maheshwari, Reporter
March 8, 2018
Filed under Online Exclusive, Opinion
“Hey you, support, I said I needed healing. Do you maybe want to do your job and support me? Hey, is there actually something wrong with you, you piece of–” At that point, after trying to explain that I was doing my best to help the team, I dropped my headset onto the desk, knowing the toxi...
Media Matters: Queer representation by the numbers
by Nina Gee, Reporter
March 8, 2018
Filed under Media Matters, Online Exclusive, Opinion
Moonlight surpassed seemingly insurmountable bounds with it’s heartbreakingly honest narrative, becoming the first LGBT film to win the Best Picture Award. However, even after its memorable win at last year’s Oscars, there doesn’t seem to be a noticeable change in the way that Hollywood treats L...
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