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Athena Xing

Athena Xing, Staff Writer

Returning for her second year at The Gamut, Athena is excited to write for the upcoming issues, especially for the Op-Ed and News section, and to work at Gamslam, Gamut’s annual slam poetry competition. She loves to write for both the Gamut and in her free time by writing in her daily diary, which she’s been writing in since third grade. When she’s not writing in her thousands of journals, you can find her serving for her community as the science club’s secretary where she enjoys sharing her interest in science with her peers or playing golf on OA’s varsity team. She also has three adorable turtles all named after seasons: Winter, Summer, and Spring. To complete the group, she plans to get another turtle in the future and name them Autumn. She can’t live without them plus delicious tiramisu cake as she is a big foodie.

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OXFORD SEMIFINALISTS: Seniors Joseph Lee, Veronica Shao, Emily Le, Janice Lee, and Rachel Yoon were named National Merit Scholar Semifinalists. Also named as a semifinalist but not pictured is senior Kayla Nguyen.

Six Oxford students named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Athena Xing, Staff Writer October 22, 2024

Oxford seniors Emily Le, Janice Lee, Joseph Lee, Kayla Nguyen, Veronica Shao, and Rachel Yoon have been named semifinalists for the prestigious 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. The National Merit Scholarship Program is a highly competitive academic scholarship competition that recognizes high...

Aeries to eKadence: AUHSD is transitioning  the grading system from Aeries to eKadence, necessitating  teachers, students, and families to adapt to the change.

AUHSD transitions to the eKadence grading system

Athena Xing, Staff Writer September 26, 2024

The Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD) announced a change to its grading platform, moving from the widely-used Aeries Software system to the eKadence Learning Foundation, the current assignment tool that the teachers use. This transition officially started with the opening of the 2024-2025 school...

Experienced Author: Senior Carina Wang has been writing since the age of 7 and continues her passion through her new book, “Wind Seeker,” aimed towards environmental efforts.

Carina Wang presents her latest novel at OA library

Athena Xing, Staff Writer September 26, 2024

Senior Carina Wang shared her ninth novel, Wind Seeker, at a lunchtime reading in the Oxford library on Sept. 9. Wind Seeker is a children’s fantasy novel that weaves magical adventures with a powerful message about environmental conservation. Wang donates 90% of the book's profits to environmental...

Brian Pham (12) and Kai Nguyen (12) were among the E-sports team members toured Riot Games and interacted with Riot employees.

E-sports joins exclusive event at Riot Games HQ

Athena Xing, Staff Writer September 15, 2024

On Sep. 8, Oxford Academy’s E-sports program took part in an exclusive event at the Riot Games headquarters. Alongside other E-sports programs from Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD), Oxford Academy participated in a tour of the world-renowned gaming company and witnessed the behind-the-scenes...

HOSA, FBLA 2024 State Leadership Competition recap

HOSA, FBLA 2024 State Leadership Competition recap

Athena Xing, Staff Writer May 7, 2024

Future Healthcare Professionals-HOSA and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) have each won numerous awards in a competitive year at their respective organization’s State Leadership Conference (SLC). Through competitions recognizing students’ knowledge in the healthcare or business field, HOSA...

The Gamut staff celebrates their SCJEA achievement with Porto's during journalism class.

Gamut takes newspaper sweepstakes at SCJEA

Athena Xing, Staff Writer April 13, 2024

The Gamut took newspaper sweepstakes, the award for the most amount of awards received per newspaper, at the Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) state media competition hosted on Apr. 6 at California State University Long Beach. This is The Gamut’s first-ever state title. In...

Oscars Battlefield: From left to right and top to bottom stands some of the nominees for the Oscars 2024 awards: Cillian Murphy, Bradley Cooper, Paul Giamatti, Emma Stone, Jeffrey Wright, Margot Robbie, and Lily Gladstone (Photo Collage by Athena Xing).

Shining a spotlight on Oscars 2024

Athena Xing, Staff Writer March 18, 2024

A night full of glittering awards, the Oscars 2024 is set to honor a new wave of deserving winners across a remarkably competitive year for film. Set for March 10, the night will reveal the anticipated winners for elusive awards that acknowledge cinema’s most extraordinary contributions this year.   Best...

Raising Wages: On Aug. 31, 2023, fast food workers rally about raising wages in Sacramento. Around one month later. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that raises the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour. (Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters)

California raises minimum wage to sixteen dollars

Athena Xing, Staff Writer February 1, 2024

Since Jan. 1, 2024, California’s minimum wage has increased to $16.00 per hour, according to the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). This landmark is a $0.50 increase compared to last year’s minimum wage. The rise is effective with legislation AB 1228 signed on Sep. 28, 2023, covering demands...

Sidewalk Maintenance: A group of restaurant customers at Huntington Drive in Los Angeles enjoy their meal along properly maintained sidewalks and road platforms. (Photo by LADOT/Jim Simmons)

Improving communities through establishing sidewalks

Athena Xing, Staff Writer December 14, 2023

There has been an immense network of complaints about the disproportionately-built streets in Los Angeles, California, especially over the past years. Since 2016, the city of Los Angeles has paid more than $35 million in settlements for the received 1,700 claims and 1,020 lawsuits targeted toward sidewalk...

Virus Vaccinations: Vaccinations are crucial to preventing illness and viruses, including Hepatitis B and other viruses.

The Asian Liver Center makes strides on on Hepatitis B

Athena Xing, Staff Writer November 16, 2023

When winter approaches, a peak point for many diseases and viruses, the need to get vaccinated is crucially important to improving the health status of people, especially when it comes to getting the hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination. In fact, spreading awareness about HBV has been an important mission for...

Trick-or-Treating: Celebrate the Local Halloween Spirit!

Trick-or-Treating: Celebrate the Local Halloween Spirit!

Athena Xing, Staff Writer October 30, 2023

Halloween night truly pop-rocks the world, so don’t resist diving into these creative ways to spend your holiday. Carve out some time for Halloween magic in local Orange County, home to lots of wicked and eerie-sistible trick-or-treating attractions. All of these events occur on Oct. 31 and are free...

Off the Tee: Team captain and junior Melody Oh at the tee box against Gahr on Aug. 31 (Photo by Trisha Hua)

Girls Golf drives the game

Athena Xing, Staff Writer September 28, 2023

Girls golf kicks off this year’s fall athletic season with the golf team finally making their comeback. Removed five years ago, many athletes hoped for this news; finally, girls and boys golf are returning to Oxford Academy, playing in the fall and spring respectively with ten players of all levels...

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