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Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

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Bryan Wang (9) wears a pair of Spectacles while posing with a group of friends for a selfie.

Snapchat begins sales of newly released Spectacles

by Adrian Chu, Opinion Editor March 28, 2017

Snap began their online sales of their Spectacles in February, a pair of glasses with cameras compatible with iOS and Android built for the Snapchat app initially sold last November. The Spectacles...

A Switch in gaming: New Nintendo console released amid popularity of phone games

A “Switch” in gaming: New Nintendo console released amid popularity of phone games

by Kathy Fang, Reporter March 28, 2017

With its release on March 3, Nintendo’s newest video game console, the Nintendo Switch, seems to push the future of video game consoles closer to mobile phone technology because the Switch can be detached...

Even Hynes, Make School Head of Community, mands the booth of Make School, which teaches students how to create and publish programming projects. The Harker Programming Invitational was held on Mar. 19.

Upper school hosts 2017 Harker Programming Invitational

by Jin Tuan, Reporter March 28, 2017

Scattered around the Nichols atrium and in the science classrooms with their heads craned forward, the students in each of the 46 teams huddled at their own tables, focused intently on the programming...

Overpopulation pressures threaten the environment

Overpopulation pressures threaten the environment

by Rose Guan and Tiffany Wong March 28, 2017

The impacts of overpopulation on the environment amount to some of the most contested of the many issues relating to climate change, not least due to the various and sometimes coercive ways that governments...

The Switch, released by Nintendo on March 3, features a very unique design. Two controllers can either be attached to the central screen for handheld gameplay or detached to either form two small controllers or one large controller.

Nintendo Switch breaks new ground in console gaming

by Neal Sidhu, Reporter March 19, 2017

The Nintendo Switch has become one of Nintendo’s fastest-selling consoles and was released on March 3. The Switch is a gaming system which can be used not only as a home gaming console, but also a...

Both teams that attended the Berkeley Math Tournament pose for a picture before taking the contest. Harker students took second place in the overall team standings and first place in the power round of the competition.

Upper school students win awards at Berkeley Math Tournament

by Katherine Zhang, Asst. STEM Editor March 18, 2017

Twelve students competed in the Berkeley Math Tournament (BMT) at the University of California, Berkeley, where they took second place in the overall team standings and first place in the power round of...

Facebook displays a selection of news articles. Facebook introduced a tag last week for disputed articles in order to combat the spread of fake news.

Facebook adds disputed tag for untruthful articles

by Adrian Chu, Opinion Editor March 15, 2017

Facebook implemented a tag last week which marks articles as disputed by third party fact checkers after controversy surrounding the spread of fake news on its website. According to Facebook, the third...

Qualifiers participate in the NACLO invitational round, held on March 9.

Students participate in Invitational Linguistics Olympiad

by Rose Guan, Winged Post Copy Editor March 10, 2017

Nine upper school students participated in the invitational round of the North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) in Main yesterday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The students, Kai-Siang Ang...

Student competitors work on problems during the Harker Math Invitational. Members of the upper school Math Club wrote and helped administer the tests.

Upper school students assist at annual Harker Math Invitational

by Tiffany Wong, Aquila News Editor March 8, 2017

Upper school Math Club members helped out at Harker’s annual Harker Math Invitational for middle and lower school students at the Blackford campus last Sunday. The contest invited over 300 students...

Climate change in the Trump presidency

Climate change in the Trump presidency

by Neil Bai and Maya Valluru February 28, 2017

The day of President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, all references to climate change initiatives were scrubbed from the White House website. Since then, environmental conservation has not been addressed,...

March for Science to be held

March for Science to be held

by Nicole Chen, Features Editor February 24, 2017

Multiple scientists and science organizations have announced their support for a march for science, particularly to raise awareness regarding the Trump administration’s proposed plans regarding climate...

The rise of the smart home

The rise of the smart home

by Nina Gee and Nisha Shankar February 24, 2017

Google released a smart home system in November 2016 by the name of Google Home, just one example in the myriad of options available for the development of smart home systems and one step closer to high-tech...

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