![While popular culture associates Gen Z with short attention spans and addiction to technology, Stanford research shows that Gen Z strives to address current issues and solve them, whether through protests, activism, and more. “It’s our collective responsibility to ensure that we hear a variety of distinct and diverse perspectives in order to produce the most holistic and effective policy,” Gordon Chen (12) said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screen-Shot-2023-03-10-at-7.54.50-AM-900x671.png)
Pulse of the People: ‘Our collective responsibility’
by Vika Gautham and Desiree Luo
• March 28, 2023
![Illustration for the Catching fireflies piece in this installment of Life’s Tiny Treasures. For 30 minutes, we were there in the middle of the night, wind and rain in our hair, dancing outdoors in the lamplight, catching fireflies.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Ananya_loveStory-900x674.jpeg)
Sincerely, spring: Raindrops, fireflies, crows and puppies
by Vika Gautham, Desiree Luo, Katerina Matta, and Ananya Sriram
• March 28, 2023
![Vibrant colors soar as kids and adults fling “gulal,” or colored powder, at each other, their once white clothes dusted with colors of spring, resembling fields of flowers to welcome the new season. Also known as the Festival of Color, Holi is observed during March as a way to welcome spring and to honor the triumph of good over evil.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/holi_illustration-733x900.png)
Holi celebrations: Welcoming the blooming of the season
by Vika Gautham and Sarah Mohammed
• March 23, 2023
![A row of vibrantly colored country flags sway with the wind, above the outdoor skating rink and famous golden statue of Prometheus in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. Upper school journalism staff visited Rockefeller Center on Thursday, exploring its various shops, restaurants and monuments.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/DSC_8548-copy-Large-900x546.png)
New York City’s Rockefeller Center: Where culture meets community
by Tiffany Chang, Michelle Wei, and Kevin Zhang
• March 18, 2023
![An illustration of censorship of a student newspaper. The debate over student press freedom continues to rage on at the state level across the country.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Untitled_Artwork-1-900x615.png)
Fight for their rights: Student publications stand up for freedom of press
by Arjun Barrett and Sally Zhu
• March 17, 2023
![Upper school English teacher Charles Shuttleworth poses with his recent book titled “Desolation Peak: Collected Writings, a collection of Beat Generation poet Jack Kerouac’s writings. “I did some good investigation, and it was really fun,” Shuttleworth said. “I love [Kerouacs] writing, I really respect it, so to be able to transcribe it just for myself was worth it. Overall, I felt I got to know and understand him better than I ever had.”](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/DSC_0081-e1676602304182-900x653.jpg)
Taking a peek into “Desolation Peak”
by Olivia Xu, Humans of Harker Managing Editor
• February 16, 2023
![Although they often go unnoticed, the Anna’s hummingbird is here on campus all the time. They frequent the red flowers in the orchard; they enjoy the company of the sage bushes in the quad; they sing their animated song in the trees near the Zhang Athletic Center.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Annas-Hummingbird--900x675.png)
Find a feathered friend: The Anna’s hummingbird
by Mirabelle Feng, TALON Reporter
• February 6, 2023
![Lunar New Year decorations spice up a local Gogo Pho restaurant. We celebrate happiness and success together and hope to have good luck for earning more money in the new year, Gogo Pho waiter Tung Nguyen, who identifies as Vietnam, said.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/GogoPho-900x699.jpg)
Lunar New Year welcomes in Year of the Rabbit
by Emma Gao, Ella Yee, and Sabrina Zhu
• January 27, 2023
![As the Holiday season arrives, many students celebrate a variety of different holidays. “Its less of the religious aspects behind it, or the traditional meaning of Christmas,” Zubin Khera (12) said. “Its more so a reason to meet up with family, have a good time and spread the cheer to your friends.”](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/holiday-900x682.png)
Dashing into the season of celebration
by Vika Gautham and Isabella Lo
• December 25, 2022
![A group of friends hold up peace signs. Being kind to myself is knowing and accepting that at times, we might be perceived as falling short, and thats okay, upper school Assistant Academic Dean and LIFE Board Adviser Kelly Horan said. Were all human, and we only have so much time and so much bandwidth.”](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Untitled_Artwork-1-900x522.png)
Building kindness and gratitude
by Sabrina Zhu, Winged Post Co-Editor-in-Chief
• November 15, 2022
![Students craft up creative costumes for Halloween. Check out the costumes of Jeremy Ko (12), Isabella Ribeiro (11), Shareen Chahal (11) and Ava Arasan (12) in the video.](https://harkeraquila.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/halloween-thumbnail-900x506.png)
Students craft up creative costumes for Halloween
by Sally Zhu, Selina Xu, and Medha Yarlagadda
• November 8, 2022
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