Editorial: Challenge Day serves as first step
March 7, 2020
A hundred students and 20 to 30 members of faculty met in the auxiliary gym to participate in community developing activities on Feb. 6. The program, Challenge Day, focused on mindfulness, to address racist epithets and racially-charged comments made by Harker students. And while Challenge Day may have served as a...
Challenge Day bridges gaps with emphasis on empathy
by Nicole Tian and Sarah Mohammed
February 12, 2020
The double doors on the far side of the auxiliary swung open to welcome a stream of students who jumbled their way through a tunnel of dancing faculty members, the upbeat music mixing with laughter and high-fives. Despite the early morning, all the participants of Challenge Day joined in, pumping their fi...
Inside the fishbowl: Students explore diversity and race at the Student Diversity Leadership Gathering
by Isha Moorjani and Irene Yuan
January 23, 2020
The Diversity Committee hosted the second Student Diversity Leadership Gathering at the upper school on January 20 from 8 a.m. from 4 p.m., and it was also Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a day on which people reflect on the civil rights activist’s work during the Civil Rights Movement and his hopes f...
States across the country pass restrictive anti-abortion legislation
by Arushi Saxena, Global Editor
May 17, 2019
Following a wave of anti-abortion legislation that has recently risen up to challenge federal law, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the nation’s most controversial abortion bill into law last Tuesday night, creating a near-total ban on abortions, except in the case of a life-threatening situation. A week ...
Pulse of the People: Hollywood steps into inclusivity
by Varsha Rammohan, Arushi Saxena, and Saloni Shah
February 22, 2019
The image of Canadian actress Sandra Oh filled the television screen as she took to the 2019 Golden Globes stage to accept her award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama. Clad in a floor-length milky dress framed by aureate sleeves, she shattered two records that night. As O...
Affirmative Action: Stop racial quotas and start race-conscious thinking
by Gloria Zhang, Features Editor
December 9, 2018
“First things first, you should know that you need to work twice—no thrice—as hard as any other white person. And I say this not because you don’t work hard, but that is what society recognizes.” And that was what my first meeting with my Asian college counselor pertained to. However, eight...