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The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

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The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

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The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

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Lynbrook Engineering Club, Coding Art Club, Web Development Club and Machine Learning Club collaborate to host LEC Hacks.

Students compete in Lynbrook’s first ever hackathon

Audrey Sun, Staffer December 7, 2021

Lynbrook Engineering Club collaborated with Coding Art Club, Web Development Club and Machine Learning Club to host its first-ever hackathon, LEC Hacks. From Nov. 19 to Nov. 21, more than 200 competitors...

Junior Eunseo Oh wins the Concerto Competition and the opportunity to play with the Symphony Orchestra in the Spring Concert.

Eunseo Oh wins LHS, MVHS Concerto Competition

Jasmine Rihal, Social Media Manager December 7, 2021

Students from Lynbrook and Monta Vista’s bands and orchestras performed melodious and thoughtful solos at the combined Concerto Competition, held at Lynbrook on Nov. 17. Lynbrook junior and violin player...

The kid in me will go out of the way in every match to hit a tweener. The man in me will spend that extra hour in the weight room training to be a stronger player.

Bagels, bananas and hot dogs

Elliu Huang, Managing Editor December 7, 2021

Walking past the Lynbrook tennis courts on a lazy Sunday afternoon may yield a strange sight. A kid laughs as he bounces around the court to hit the craziest shots. On the other end of the court, a man...

I thought that quitting would reduce my opportunities, but it instead opened me to countless possibilities I never knew existed.

“What else do you have left?”

Jason Shan, Web Editor December 7, 2021

It was a question that my parents had asked and one I had asked myself countless times during the summer before high school. I had quit nearly all my extracurricular activities, so as I entered high school,...

Sanskriti performers show off traditional South Asian songs and dances.

Sanskriti celebrates South Asian culture

Amishi Chandra, Staffer December 7, 2021

For the first time ever, the American Indo Student Association hosted Sanskriti, a showcase dedicated to classical South Asian art forms such as carnatic music, bharatanatyam and kathak. Held on Nov. 19...

 Ghostbusters: Afterlife brings back nostalgia and inspires a new generation of fans.

Afterlife: The revival of the Ghostbusters

Katie Chin, Copy Editor December 7, 2021

The Ghostbusters series has long been eternalized as a witty, imaginative cinematic treasure, and its newest installment, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, has revitalized the nostalgic characters and features...

The lack of dividers in boys’ bathrooms is a long unaddressed issue and pressures students to use only the corner urinals and individual stalls.

Dividers between urinals are necessary for privacy

Anirudh Seshadri, Managing Editor December 7, 2021

Long before social distancing became common, it was already happening in boys’ bathrooms. Uncomfortable faces looked furtively to identify the farthest vacant urinal as others quickly tried to finish...

Though Biden’s presidency started swtrong with a COVID-19 stimulus bill, problems ranging from alarming inflation to party infighting show that Biden has not been the president he promised to be. 

BBB: Biden Be Better

Meera Nambiar, Web Editor December 7, 2021

During the 2020 election, Biden campaigned on the slogan “Better Days Lie Ahead.” But almost a year later, is the country truly better off? Many Americans disagree, with Biden’s approval rating dropping...

As college rankings gain popularity as ways for students to weed out the best schools, many colleges have discovered loopholes to climb toward the top.

Gaming the rankings: Race to the top

Mei Corricello and Myles Kim December 7, 2021

College education has always been synonymous with social mobility. With more than 4,000 accredited higher education institutions in the U.S., finding the right one can seem like finding a needle in a haystack...

Craft Faire 2021

Craft Faire 2021

Crystal Qian, Copy Editor November 20, 2021

Marking the beginning of the holiday season, the 42nd annual Craft Faire featured more than 100 vendors selling hand-crafted items ranging from jewelry to Christmas decor. Hosted by Lynbrook Instrumental...

Lynbrook looks back on its history through the gym lobby's monitor.

Gym lobby digitalizes Vikings’ past

Meera Nambiar, Web Editor November 9, 2021

Hidden in a corner of the gym lobby, an unassuming touch screen monitor holds Lynbrook’s history through generations of yearbooks. With volumes dating back to the school’s founding, the interactive...

Epic staffers arm wrestle Lynbrook students

Epic staffers arm wrestle Lynbrook students

Timothy Kim and Lauren Liu November 9, 2021

Timothy Kim and Lauren Liu challenge various students across campus to arm wrestling competitions in a "man on the street" style vlog.