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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Bamboo-zled: Breaking apart the chopsticks' significance

Bamboo-zled: Breaking apart the chopsticks’ significance

by Kaitlin Hsu, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief October 12, 2017

For four illustrious days, the utensil receptacles of Manzanita were graced with chopsticks. When my eyes first lighted upon the crimson sheaths, I couldn’t believe that an idea the student body had...

President Trump's carefree demeanor and jokes about North Korea on social media make light of the seriousness of war. North Korea fields the largest paramilitary in the world, and their missile program has recently executed several successful launches.

Taking North Korea seriously: Jokes and banter about missile capabilities trivialize the situation

October 12, 2017

It may be hard to grasp the nature of nuclear war. After all, it hasn’t happened—yet—and we didn’t grow up in a generation that spent every waking hour preparing for it. The threat of nuclear...

Sports Standards: A glimpse into sports entertainment

Sports Standards: A glimpse into sports entertainment

by Alex Wang, Opinion Editor October 7, 2017

Spectators see only what is shown to them. A baseball player hitting a home run to win a World Series. A football player charging through an entire defensive line for a touchdown. The news of another record-breaking...

Members of the Class of 2018 pose for a group photo with their class flag on Davis Field during this year's Homecoming game.

Keeping up with Krishna: Spirited away

by Krishna Bheda, Columnist September 29, 2017

The night breeze gives me goosebumps as the smell of barbecue and hot dogs flood my senses as I try to shield my eyes from the bright Saturday night lights. I am in the midst of a crowd of students following...

Media Matters: There's something wrong with the movie industry

Media Matters: There’s something wrong with the movie industry

by Adrian Chu, Columnist September 28, 2017

There's something wrong with the movie industry. It might be the box office numbers. 2017 has been a year of exceptional weekends: the lowest grossing weekend since 2001, the lowest grossing Memorial...

Dialectic: Confederate Monuments

Dialectic: Confederate Monuments

by Eric Fang and Krishna Bheda September 20, 2017

In our recurring Dialectics, two authors with contrasting viewpoints will discuss an issue of prominence in the local or broader community. We hope to use these multiple views to provoke deeper thought...

Heart of Harker: the dawns and dusks

Heart of Harker: the dawns and dusks

by Praveen Batra, Guest Writer September 10, 2017

It’s a special time to be at Harker: the year before the school’s 125th and the first with a new head of school and two new buildings on campus, assuming no major construction delays. And it’s a...

Conviction highlights legal system gaps in suicide cases

by Katherine Zhang, STEM Editor September 9, 2017

In the last few years, a bevy of new technology and methods of communication have completely changed the way people communicate. It’s now much easier to share your life with others and foster new relationships...

In the wake of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, some have proposed making hate speech exempt from First Amendment protections. But what makes free speech valuabe is the sheer diversity of opinions i fosters-even if some opinions are offensive.

Editorial: “Abridging the freedom of speech”

September 9, 2017

A white supremacist rally, “Unite the Right,” assembled to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee in a public park on Aug. 11-12 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Unite the Right demonstrators...

Editors' note: represent and serve

Editors’ note: represent and serve

by Kaitlin Hsu and Sahana Srinivasan September 9, 2017

Welcome to Volume 19 of the Winged Post! We, as your new editors-in-chief, look forward to both continuing our publication’s tradition of journalistic ethics and excellence in coverage and  implementing...

Productivity: to-do list, or not to-do list?

Productivity: to-do list, or not to-do list?

by Kathy Fang, Photo Editor September 7, 2017

Chemistry homework, check. English essay, check. De-stress and relax—not quite. In the bustling whirlwind of academic commitments and extracurriculars, a to-do list seems indispensable. A survey conducted...

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