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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

Sharon Yan , TALON Student Life Editor

Sharon Yan is a junior and Co-Student Life Editor for TALON Yearbook. This is Sharon's third year on staff. In her free time, Sharon enjoys hanging out with friends, watching k-dramas, and maintaining snapchat streaks.

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“Kung fu kind of sparked my interest in working out and bodybuilding in general," Marcus Chen (12) said. "It's not like school, where you have classes and you sit down with other people. It's just you and your material, and how fast or how quick and how well you learn that material is dependent on how much you want to put in.”

Humans of Harker: Marcus Chen trains self-discipline through martial arts

by Sharon Yan, TALON Managing Editor & Business Manager
January 29, 2018
"Every single time I see a stray dog, I just want to take it home," Jerrica Liao (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Jerrica Liao pours compassion into fostering dogs

by Sharon Yan, TALON Managing Editor and Business Manager
January 19, 2018
“Piano is a medium for me to express myself. I've been with it my whole life. Is it cheesy to say it's a part of me? But it truly is. Just as people cry when they're sad, or they laugh when they're happy, I play music to express myself. It's a part of my personality. I wouldn't be here without piano. Just as how kindergarten has taught me the alphabet, how middle school has taught me algebra, piano has taught me about myself,” Emma Yu (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Emma Yu keys in on musicality

by Sharon Yan, TALON Managing Editor and Business Manager
October 11, 2017
Adyant Kanakamedala (12), Felix Roman (12) and Deb Chatterjee (12) listen as history teacher Mark Janda shares his thoughts on Ta-Nehisi Coates' article in The Atlantic Magazine. Janda and fellow history teacher Carol Green hosted this Shah Salon in Janda's room today.

History teachers hold first Shah Salon discussions

by Rose Guan, Wingspan Senior Staff Writer and Designer
October 4, 2017
“If all of a sudden you feel like you can’t live in the way that everyone is entitled to, I think that’s a kind of deprivation that’s unjust, and a lot of why I [participate in activism] is because I want the next girl who's on this campus to feel just a little less uncomfortable and a little more free to be exactly who she is and a lot less apologetic about her nature,” Divya Rajasekharan (12) said.

Humans of Harker: Divya Rajasekharan campaigns for change

by Sharon Yan, TALON Student Life Editor
January 23, 2017
Manan Shah poses for a photo at the October 2016 Medical Image Computing Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Conference in Athens, Greece. He gave a talk about his Siemens research and findings on tumor proliferation at the event.

Manan Shah (12) named Siemens National Finalist

by Sharon Yan, Talon Co-Student Life Editor
November 20, 2016
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Recap: Nobel Prize winners

by Sharon Yan, TALON Academics Editor
October 17, 2015
Syrian refugees attend school in Jordan. The influx of refugees into European countries has escalated over the past year.

Syrian refugee crisis continues to escalate worldwide

by Sharon Yan, TALON Academics Editor
September 22, 2015
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