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Jenny Tran

Jenny Tran, Public Editor

Whether it is popping on a new vinyl or traveling across the world, Jenny Tran (‘24) likes to immerse herself in the moment and explore the culture around her. You can find her hanging out with friends in the South Hutch common room or listening to various music genres at any place and time. Her favorite artists include Suboi, Keshi, Tyler the Creator, and Blackpink. Whether across the Pacific Ocean in California or in her hometown of Hanoi, Vietnam, Jenny is probably watching the radiant moon listening to Super Rich Kids by Frank Ocean. At Webb, Jenny shines a light on women’s issues in different countries, Asian rights, and ESVI. As she moves into her third year on the Webb Canyon Chronicle, she hopes to continue advocating for her beliefs while exploring new mediums like poetry or photo galleries. As a Public Editor, Jenny also wants to bring more inventive and comedic ideas to the table. If you are ever in need of a good laugh, a music recommendation, or someone to go thrifting with, you should call Jenny Tran. 

Favorite song: DO4LOVE by 52Hz & Willistic 

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Tasting home, memory, food, and place

Tasting home, memory, food, and place

Jenny Tran
March 21, 2024
The toxic nature of thriving towards the patriarchal standard had been gradually imbedded in the term “girl boss,” creating another expectation for women and defining their success. Embrace the sunshine, your voice and own your success!

How to girlboss

Jenny Tran, Public Editor
February 6, 2024
With a powerful skip shot, Drew Holland stretches for the ball as it bounced into the net. Scored! The team was practicing 6 on 5 drills, a scenario in which the defense team is down a player from an ejection, after talking to the head coach, Dejan Udovicic, and assistant coach Gavin Arroyo.

USA men’s water polo team makes a splash at Webb

Kathy Duan, Jenny Tran, and Emily Li
January 26, 2024

Fall Sports Intro

Stratton Rebish, Jenny Tran, Ethan Normann, Kristine Bisgaard, and Brandon Arteaga
September 28, 2023
Like other Webb students, Andrew Barrantes (‘25) is surprised by the decision made on the name of Webb Collegiate.

Collegiate no more: Webb abandons new school name

Jenny Wang, Stratton Rebish, Jenny Tran, Emily Li, Eric Luo, and Kathy Duan
September 20, 2023
All Student picture - 70 students from across the country conclude their first day of workshop with a group photo. “It’s important to have people come together in any capacity and because Asian people have been historically sidelined and made to feel invisible, it feels very new that we have an environment to be together. Everyone made me feel included and supported, and I’m eternally grateful for their kindness and generosity,” said Callie Lew, Class of 2023 at University School of Nashville.

Making waves and rocking the boat – a recap of the AsEA Conference

Jenny Tran and Leia Albornoz
May 31, 2023
Just only few minutes after Dr. Smith’s email went up, a STAS discussion was initiated by a Clarence Deng (‘23)’s question of “What does Collegiate mean?” Student responses expressed both confusion and anger, wondering where the word “Collegiate” had appeared from. Some students even satirically closed their email to the chain with “Sincerely, name, Webb Collegiate class of 202#.”

Breaking News — Webb adopts “collegiate” starting in the 2024-2025 School Year

Kaylynn Chang, Jenny Tran, Emily Li, and Jenny Wang
March 29, 2023
Discriminatory media coverage of femicide encourages gender-based violence due to its dehumanizing nature, obscuring the root cause of a misogynistic hierarchy. The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Movement and the Pink Cross are forms of protest by feminists in Canada and Mexico, respectively, for women’s rights of life due to the continuous femicides.

Discriminatory media coverage –– the bystander to femicide

Jenny Tran
March 27, 2023
Dr. Smith presents a slideshow about her findings during her sabbatical as VWS sits quietly in their all-school meeting during February of 2023. To enforce communication between the student body and the administration, she wanted to be transparent about her plans and share what she had done with the entire school.

Theresa Smith returns to Webb after a sabbatical leave

Jovana Luna, Eva Annabi, Jenny Tran, and Lisa Peng
March 17, 2023

How the Taliban’s control strips away human rights from women in Afghanistan: a timeline

Jenny Tran
February 1, 2023
In the north end of the Price Dining Hall hangs a pride flag and transgender flag, as well as a plaque written by Siena Fay (‘17) denoting their meaning.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Webb: How did we get here?

Stratton Rebish
February 1, 2023
Isaac Naren (‘23) watches highlights from the Argentina versus Croatia semifinals match. The World Cup will draw to a close this Sunday, with Argentina and France facing off for the title. The excitement on campus is palpable, with people making predictions and analyzing each team’s chances of becoming the winner of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The 2022 World Cup erupts in controversy

Wura Ogunnaike, Jenny Tran, and Elena Petrova
December 15, 2022
WSC and VWS winter sports teams are starting off their season with great enthusiasm and achievements. While the wrestling team swept the competition in all three meets, the WSC soccer team emerged victorious from their first league game, and the VWS soccer team maintained their undefeated title. “I believe we will have a successful season.” Coach Dunford said. “Our league was restructured this year, so I am looking forward to seeing how we compete against our new league opponents.”

Winter sports updates

Jenny Tran, Eva Annabi, Taylor Crawford, Wura Ogunnaike, Troy Seanoa, Olivia Cooke, and Elena Petrova
December 15, 2022
Webbies take on World Cup 2022

Webbies take on World Cup 2022

Eva Annabi, Taylor Crawford, Wura Ogunnaike, Olivia Cooke, Troy Seanoa, Jenny Tran, and Elena Petrova
December 15, 2022
The release of “Nxde,” the title track in k-pop girl group (G)-idle’s newest album, sheds light on the sexualization of women in media and how search engines perpetuate unjust stereotypes. Taking inspiration from the timeless icon Marilyn Monroe and her experiences, “Nxde” raises conversations about society’s paralleling criticisms and disrespectful portrayals of females. This collage pieces together key elements from “Nxde”‘s music video, an iconic outfit of Monroe from “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)”, and screenshots of search engines and graphs that further the podcast’s main discussion.

“Nxde” by (G)-idle raises pertinent discussion about sexualization of women in media

Emily Li, Jenny Tran, and Jenny Wang
November 20, 2022
Fellow Webb student Alejandro Fountain (‘24) and Camile Casper (‘24) work their usual night shift at Del Taco and Bert and Rockys. They spend their weekend earning as much as they can for essentials and personal expenses. They both enjoy their job and coworkers, but they wish to have a more dispersed schedule that Includes working on weekdays as well. 

Webb students should be able to have jobs as an alternative to afternoon activities

Jenny Tran and Nicolaas Grobler
October 28, 2022
Artemis 1 remains on standby on Pad 39B in the Kennedy Space Center. Towering at 98.1 meters and weighing 95 metric tons. “The total liftoff thrust is 8.1 million pounds...It’s a little more than what the Saturn V was capable of”, Andrew Barrantes (‘23) said. Upon takeoff, the Space Launch System will be the most powerful rocket to ever be launched in history. But to achieve that feat, it first must take off.

A Grounded Goddess: The Shortcomings of Artemis 1

Terrence Wu, Connor Plunkett, Taya Sibichenkova, and Jenny Tran
September 30, 2022
Class of ‘23 performs a short rendition of Shrek starring Jolina Zhao (‘23), Angie Zhang (‘23), Emilia Bordage (‘23), and Ian Chang (‘23). In the Snoop Dogg Cinderella story, the Shrek posse makes a cameo appearance during the “wrong channel” segment. “It was fun to really come together as a class and I thought this year, our hard work would finally pay off,” said Ian Chang (‘23), who played Lord Farquaad in the senior skit. Many seniors mirror Ian’s sentiment, expressing that the hard work and lead-up to this year’s performance was what made the outcome all the more disappointing.

Webb Theme Night 2022: The Drama

Heloise Robertson, Nancy Lin, Shuci Zhang, Sydney Morales, Jenny Tran, Emily Li, Kathy Duan, and Eleanor Hong
September 30, 2022
Webb Canyon Chronicle journalists performed “Our Song” by Taylor Swift with George Cardenas (‘23) on the piano, Jovana Luna (‘24) and David Hastings (‘22) on the guitars, and the others singing. As the second major group performance, the group spirit moved the audience to wave with the music.

Webb students have a blast at Jubilee

Jenny Wang, Jenny Tran, Emily Li, and Dora Ding
May 11, 2022
Julian Ratinoff (‘25) has his hands on the earth ball. He tries to push the ball to the other side of the court to score a point.

Post pandemic strong comeback: Webb Day and Webb Night

Kaylynn Chang, Wura Ogunnaike, Jenny Tran, Jenny Wang, and Emily Li
March 30, 2022

History is Happening

Jenny Tran, Stratton Rebish, and Eleanor Hong
March 18, 2022
The Alamo team celebrates enthusiastically after hearing their names called out for first place. They wave their hands in the air and jump, running to hug their friends. After days of work, their impressive routine earned first place.

WSC boarders impress students with coordinated dance moves at Webb Idol

George Cardenas, Heloise Robertson, Taya Sibichenkova, and Jenny Tran
March 6, 2022
In this interview, The Webb Canyon Chronicle speaks to four members on Webbs medical advisory board to learn more about COVID-19, the omicron variant, and campus protocols.

Everything you need to know about Omicron: an interview with Webb’s medical advisory board

Kaylynn Chang, Jenny Tran, Narineh Madikians, Jovana Luna, Nancy Lin, David Hastings, and Austin Ra
February 15, 2022
An assortment of F-block WSC American Idea students taught by Lauren Hartle, humanities department faculty. Jerry Jin (‘24), Joseph Yates (‘24), Lam Tran (‘24), Sebastian Hazlett (‘24), and Alex Lee (‘24), focus on activities ranging from discussing their assigned reading, independent work, and collaborating with their peers.

Webb’s single-gender classes: a deep dive

February 9, 2022
BTS bow to the audience at the end of the “Permission to Dance” concert. Confetti and colorful light sticks make the entire stadium look like a universe filled with joy, optimism, and excitement.

The BTS “Permission to Dance” concert revived the purple energy in ARMYs

Jenny Tran and Emily Li
January 10, 2022
Hana St. Juliana, Tate Myre, Justin Shilling, Madisyn Baldwin are all victims of the shooting.

The faces we stand behind

Oma Sukul, Jovana Luna, Jenny Tran, and Eleanor Hong
December 17, 2021
Aidan Helgeson (‘23) and Matthew Maschler (‘24) are using Hooper’s quiet study room to finish up their assignments before the break. A noise-free working environment helps them concentrate more on their assignments.

Optimize your study time with these three time management techniques!

Jenny Tran
December 3, 2021
Webb students experience a variety of outdoor activities in two entirely different environments over October break. Credits: Jamie Zeng (‘23) and Michael Fu (‘24)

Webb students befriend nature over October break

Noe Chock and Jenny Tran
October 29, 2021
Simon Kang (‘22), Josie Chow (‘22), and William Li (‘22) react to Dr. Smiths email with surprise. Credit: Oma Sukul (23)

BREAKING NEWS: Webb announces adjustments to COVID-19 protocols

George Cardenas, Kaylynn Chang, Dora Ding, Emily Li, Jenny Tran, Stratton Rebish, Leeann Shu, Wura Ogunnaike, Kylie Osborne, Jenny Wang, and Sunny Yu
September 30, 2021
Britney Lu (‘23) and Jolina Zhao (‘23) stand in the doorway chatting before study hours start. Credit: Sharon Xu (22)

Webb boarding students adjust back to dorm life

Dora Ding, Wura Ogunnaike, Oma Sukul, Jenny Tran, and Sharon Xu
September 30, 2021
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