As we travel in our lives from freshman year to college to our first jobs to even dates and new relationships, we are often most concentrated on those imperative first impressions. Many are taught from an early age that those first moments are the ones that could make or break them, but as President Barack [...]

This letter is directed towards Opinions. Everything else in The Oracle was excellent, and I tip my hat to News, Features, A&E, and Sports.
Alec, while I see your point – that many people are ignorant to other people’s faith – it is completely ridiculous and stubborn of you to find being wished “Merry [...]

Yara Shams
Staff Reporter
The rising cost of college and the current economic recession threaten to make many colleges and universities unaffordable for many Americans, but the GBS College Counseling Staff wants to assure prospective college students that it is not all gloom and doom.
Gloria Mueller, GBS coordinator of college counseling, said, “There is a lot of [...]

Kevin Daliva
Columnist
Okay, let’s face it, technology is everywhere in our lives. We live in a world where texting, emails, and cell phones are easier, and subsequently more frequently used than face-to-face contact.
However, unlike the popular stereotype held by the elder generation, technology does far more and better than rot our brains. These are the [...]

Plane en route to North Carolina lands in Hudson
On Jan. 15, a U.S. Airways plane made an emergency landing in the Hudson River in New York. The plane, carrying 155 people including the crew, lost power in both of its engines due to a collision with a flock of Canadian geese shortly after it took [...]

Kerry Holihan
Staff Reporter
Fencing has become a sport that is only talked about during the Olympics; not many people can say they know a fencer. However, GBS senior Aida Abdikulova has been fencing for 11 years and now competes on the World Cup team.
There are three different types of fencing: épée, sabre and foil. [...]

Crystal Thomas
Asst. Opinions Editor
Death is inevitable. Yet I couldn’t believe it when my cell phone beeped its last beep, its screen going a blank black once and for all. It was to be expected, however, considering I hadn’t charged my phone for three days, having lost my charger.
Uh-oh. Fear gripped me. I had no [...]

Riley Wharton
Staff Reporter
You’re at Walgreens picking up some gum when you turn the aisle and see a familiar face. There, your math teacher stands, blocking the Orbit. Although the experience is quite awkward, you realize teachers don’t just live in their classrooms: they too have real lives outside of school.
While Tom Henderson now teaches chemistry [...]

Buyana Ganbold
Asst. News Editor
Amnesty International had originally planned a party for the various cultural clubs at GBS for Dec. 18 but cancelled the event due to weather concerns.
The possibility of a snow day and the amount and price of the food that would have been brought to the event were factors in canceling the party.
Senior [...]

Holly Heitman
Staff Reporter
Most students cannot wait to get to lunch, to relax, to converse, and to satisfy their hunger. Like some students, junior Michael Pullano uses his lunch period to catch up on last-minute homework.
Distracted by the English short story in front of him, Pullano thinks his worn-out black backpack is safe, [...]