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Harker Aquila

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Middle and upper school students participate in poster sessions

by Nicole Chen and Nisha Shankar April 11, 2016

As one of the many events at the annual Harker Research Symposium, students had the opportunity to showcase their research projects. “Understanding the formation and evolution of stripped dark matter...

Facebook has added five new Reaction options in addition to being able to "like" posts. The feature was released worldwide on Feb. 24.

Facebook releases Reactions feature

by Sahana Srinivasan, Asst. STEM Editor March 6, 2016

Facebook released Reactions worldwide on Feb. 24, adding options for “love, haha, wow, sad or angry” to the traditional “like” and “comment” features. “Not every moment you want to share...

Three members of Twitter's Women in Engineering group present at their open house event in San Francisco in April, 2015. This group is one of several at the company that is intended to promote a sense of community and support.

The Diversity Gap

by Sahana Srinivasan, Asst. STEM Editor March 4, 2016

Last year, Intel announced a goal of making 40 percent of their new employees female, African American, Latino or Native American, and earlier this month, the company announced that it had exceeded its...

Talk Around Campus: What is your favorite book?

Talk Around Campus: What is your favorite book?

by Vijay Bharadwaj, Asst. Opinion Editor March 2, 2016

This piece was originally published in the pages of the Winged Post on March 2, 2016

The tradition continues

by Sahana Srinivasan and Vignesh Panchanatham February 6, 2016

The upper school soccer teams hosted the annual Kicks Against Cancer event on Davis field yesterday after school. Money fundraised by and donated to the event will send five families to Camp Okizu,...

Sex education for teens

by Melina Nakos, Reporter February 4, 2016

Relationships, sex and consent aren’t typically parts of conversations at Harker, but for an hour last Friday, the juniors gathered in the auditorium to explore these taboo topics in a presentation run...

Responsible gun use

by Kavya Ramakrishnan, Vinnet Kosaraju, and Michael Sikand February 4, 2016

Despite the recent use of firearms as weapons of violence, students and faculty can safely and responsibly fire them in recreational settings without harming others. “Not everyone who owns a gun is...

Scientists discover new elements

Scientists discover new elements

by Nicole Chen and Derek Yen January 31, 2016

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) confirmed of the discovery of four new elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118 on Dec 30. These new discoveries are “artificial...

Violence in film and television: hurting people should never be cute

by Melina Nakos, Reporter December 12, 2015

There is a concept in the movie industry stating that audiences desire to watch two things: sex and violence. In light of the increase of gun violence in the United States, the question of how constructive...

Recent shootings reveal normalization of violence

According to Shooting Tracker, there have been 353 shootings this year alone, more attacks than there are days in the year. As the number of these attacks increases, people are becoming increasingly indifferent...

Electric cars diversify automotive industry

by Sahana Srinivasan and Michael Sikand December 12, 2015

As the U.S. has grown increasingly informed of the effects of climate change, the automotive industry is being revolutionized by the increased popularity of zero emission electric vehicles. Electric...

A car drives through a flooded road in Chennai. Heavy rainfall and faulty drainage systems caused flooding throughout southern India during the month of November and first week of December.

Massive rainfall causes devastating flood in India

by Raveena Kapatkar, Tiffany Wong, and Vignesh Panchanatham December 12, 2015

With water levels rising above six feet and cars floating, flipped over, through the flooded roads, the city of Chennai, India has been devastated by the most rainfall they have received in a hundred years. A...

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