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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Trump administration brings new policies, activists and immigrants’ rights groups speak out

by Prameela Kottapalli and Sahana Srinivasan February 9, 2018

Friday marked the inauguration of President Donald Trump as the U.S.’s 45th commander in chief. Last fall’s election of a Republican-majority Congress in conjunction with Trump’s own Republican administration...

Q&A with Vijaya Gadde, General Counsel and Director of Communications at Twitter

by Sahana Srinivasan, Asst. STEM Editor February 6, 2018

Esten Hurtle Winged Post: Has being in the minority in a workplace every affected your decisions or actions? Vijaya Gadde: I think being a woman and a person of color gives me a perspective on decisions...

“A lot of people think that being positive and optimistic is not the same as being realistic,” Divija Bhimaraju (12) said. “I think that thats a terrible way to look at life because ideals get the world moving. If you dont have an ideal––part of the word ‘ideal’ is the word ‘idea’––if you dont have an idea, if you dont want to take the world forward, if youre satisfied with where we are, then theres never progress. Theres never growth or change. That isnt to say that you shouldnt be happy with the status quo because Im a firm believer of living in the moment, but I think there needs to be a balance between accepting the situation right now and also thinking about what you can do in the future. The minute that we as a culture stop looking forward, stop trying to grow and improve, is the minute that we start losing purpose.”

Humans of Harker: Divija Bhimaraju’s effervescent character energizes others

by Nerine Uyanik, Humans of Harker Videographer February 5, 2018

Barefoot, Divija Bhimaraju (12) sat cross-legged on the tables in English teacher Christopher Hurshman’s classroom. She kept her eyes glued to her phone, pretending not to listen as her Russian Literature...

Defensive back Aria Wong (9) tracks the ball, defending the goal. Both boys and girls soccer teams wore special shirts for the occasion with their names and numbers on the backs and “Kicks Against Cancer” on the fronts.

Varsity girls soccer plays Castilleja in Kicks Against Cancer game

by Zach Hoffman, Reporter January 22, 2018

Girls varsity soccer lost 0-2 during their annual Kicks Against Cancer game against Castilleja High School on Friday, Jan. 21. Despite some injuries, the girls managed to hold number two seed Castilleja...

Photo Frenzy 10/23/17

Photo Frenzy 10/23/17

November 1, 2017

We stand on the shoulders of miniatures

by Derek Yen, STEM Editor January 31, 2017

The Foucault Pendulum's pegs are actually painted miniatures of influential scientists and thinkers. Here's a feature on just four of them: Derek Yen Irene Joliot-Curie (1897-1956) was an influential...

Green Politics: Astronomy and NASA

November 18, 2016

Although Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has expressed his belief to the nonprofit science awareness organization ScienceDebate that “a strong space program will encourage our children...

Green Politics: Trust in established science and research

November 18, 2016

Clinton believes the United States should be investing more in scientific research and discovery. In response to a questionnaire by ScienceDebate, Clinton stated that “federal funding of basic research...

Green Politics: Public health

November 18, 2016

Trump has firmly asserted his disapproval of Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act, a healthcare policy enacted by President Obama in March 2010. Citing “greater rationing of care, higher...

Green Politics: STEM Education

November 18, 2016

Clinton has vocalized her support of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs for K-12 schools and considers exposing young children to computer science and coding to be the most important...

Interviews with people at the polls

by Michael Sikand and Zachary Hoffman November 9, 2016

Zachary Hoffman Ayesha Mohammed, dentist and mother of three: "I would say try to learn as much as you can about the candidates, not all candidates will align perfectly with all of your views, but you...

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