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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

Can I pass for white? According to some, this determines my cultural identity.

Meinderings: Being wh(Asian)

by Meilan Steimle, Winged Post Opinion Editor December 1, 2014

My mother is tall, slim, with long black hair and tiny wrists. She is also Chinese. Sometimes my mother tells me stories of the oppressive summer heat pooling into sweat stains of old T-shirts and the...

Whats the future of Apple?

What’s the future of Apple?

by Vedant Thyagaraj, Aquila STEM Editor November 21, 2014

The iPod changed the way we listen to music. The iPhone revolutionized the cellphone industry. The iPad “defined” a whole new category of tablets. Does Apple have anything else though? I believe...

Its time to stop calling women crazy

It’s time to stop calling women “crazy”

by Kaity Gee, Aquila Multimedia Editor November 18, 2014

Recently, Taylor Swift released a music video for her song, “Blank Space,” off her album “1989.” I have joined the rank of Swift’s followers, after playing “1989.” More than too many times....

I neither look nor feel good in a sweatshirt. Look bad feel bad?

The Cat’s Meiow: Meilan vs. sweatshirts

November 13, 2014

You know what confuses me? Sweatshirts. You know what confuses me even more? The fact that almost everyone else I meet seems to inexplicably love them. “I can’t survive without sweatshirts,”...

DAMSEL IN DISTRESS: Video games often portray women as helpless figures reliant on men to save them or as sexualized play things, as stressed by feminist and media critic Anita Sarkeesian.

Dear boys: Don’t put us “damsels” in distress

by Mariam Sulakian, Aquila Features Editor November 8, 2014

When I was young, my sister and I would pull out our GameCube (sorry we’re not up-to-date with the whole gaming systems) and play “Super Mario Sunshine” for hours. With one click of the power button,...

Voice your vote

by Vivian Isenberg, Aquila Humor & Satire Editor November 5, 2014

When I was in elementary school, maybe in first or second grade, I remember happily skipping hand-in-hand with my dad the half-mile to school on an early November morning and taking a detour. Before dropping...

In 2003, The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers hockey team won the Ice Hockey Championships. Fans of the school rioted and burnt public property after the win.

Bad karma around sports victories

by Vineet Kosaraju, Asst. STEM Editor November 5, 2014

So much for my beloved Giants being a wild-card team. It was a nail-biting finish, but eventually they prevailed to win their third World Series title in five years. The course of the game crushed my emotional...

If you had asked me six months ago what I thought about the college application process, I would probably have sprawled on the floor and shielded my face from your questions in an attempt to escape the uncertainness of my future.

Four years, nine pages

by Priscilla Pan, Winged Post Features Editor November 1, 2014

As many of us seniors tentatively hover our cursors over the future-determining burgundy “Submit” button on the Common Application, we wonder if there is a missing semi-colon somewhere in our essays....

Im no kitchen guru. I cant flambee, or am I sure what that means, and I can barely flip an omelette. When I dont burn them.

Read it or Weep: Stop and smell the oregano

by Kaity Gee, Aquila Multimedia Editor October 31, 2014

Food is bliss. No, I correct myself -- eating is bliss. I love to eat. Spanish tapas, dim sum, pad thai, chow mein, pastries, and the best of all, Southern Italian pasta. If you've ever had fresh pasta,...

A recent investigation has unearthed that over 3100 student-athletes of the University of North Carolina have been involved in academic fraud that was previously undetected for 18 years.

The severity of academic fraud

by Maya Jeyendran, Aquila Lifestyle Editor October 29, 2014

According to CNN, a recent investigation has unearthed that over 3100 student-athletes of the University of North Carolina have been involved in academic fraud that was previously undetected for 18 years. When...

The Cats Meiow: Faking my way through fall fashion

The Cat’s Meiow: Faking my way through fall fashion

by Meilan Steimle, Winged Post Opinion Editor October 24, 2014

When looking at the harkeraquila.com home page, it appears that, for 56 percent of us, sweater weather is the best part about autumn. To be honest, I couldn’t agree more, especially considering how bored...

NFL Abuse: Dropping the ball on social reform

NFL Abuse: Dropping the ball on social reform

by Ria Gandhi, Asst. Aquila Sports Editor October 23, 2014

Domestic abuse has been a prevalent issue raised within the NFL over the past weeks due to the many instances of violence that have occurred between pro football players and their wives and children. Unbeknownst...

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