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The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

the Epic

The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

the Epic

The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

the Epic

Life lessons my body taught me

Life lessons my body taught me

Sam Sarma, News Editor June 2, 2023

“You never know what someone is going through” is a phrase that I’ve heard throughout my life, usually at the center of some moral lesson. Never did I imagine that I would be that “someone” —...

Hitting life’s curveballs

Hitting life’s curveballs

Anirudh Seshadri, Managing Editor June 2, 2023

Stepping into a bustling fifth-grade classroom, I embraced a life-changing move from Chennai, India to San Jose, California, hoping for better education and brighter opportunities, but unaware of the challenges...

Cultural sports: where history engages with athleticism

Cultural sports: where history engages with athleticism

Inaaya Yousuf, Social Media Manager June 2, 2023

All around the world, participating in sports can create lasting, meaningful and impactful bonds between people of different creeds, ethnicities and cultures. While many people are aware of popular sports...

Lost in translation.

Lost in translation.

Susanna Tang and Valerie Shu May 22, 2023

Exploring how language influences day-to-day communication and culture. 

Indesign Fashion Show: Exploring Pandora's Box

Indesign Fashion Show: Exploring Pandora’s Box

Susanna Tang and Meera Nambiar May 21, 2023

Lynbrook explored Pandora’s Box with Indesign for its first fashion show in four years on the evening of Friday, May 21. Donned in student-made pieces, 31 models strutted down the catwalk, revealing...

Senior Prom 2023: Happily Ever After

Senior Prom 2023: Happily Ever After

Riki Murase and Chelsea Lee May 13, 2023

Students made some of their final high school memories with a “Happily Ever After” senior prom on the evening of Friday, May 12. Hosted at the Grand Corinthian Ballroom in downtown San Jose, the...

Mental health in the world of sports

Mental health in the world of sports

Qianzi Loo, Copy Editor May 8, 2023

One in seven people between the ages of 10 and 19 suffer from some sort of mental disorder, according to a 2021 global study by the World Health Organization. While exercise has been recognized as one...

Evan Taylor sprints through two Lynbrook track records

Evan Taylor sprints through two Lynbrook track records

Deeksha Raj, Business Manager May 8, 2023

After a final burst of energy, senior Evan Taylor is milliseconds away from breaking yet another school record — his team holds their breaths as they watch him cross the finish line of the 200-meter...

Author E.J. Koh explores themes of cultural identity with Lynbrook students during her virtual author visit.

E.J. Koh’s “magical language” captivates students

Calvin Zhou, Staffer May 8, 2023

On May 3, San Jose-born poet and author E.J. Koh spoke with Lynbrook World Literature students, who listened intently as they learned of the struggles and triumphs Koh experienced while caught between...

Binge-watching, or the act of watching multiple episodes or an entire season of a show in one sitting, has gained immense popularity in past years. Currently, around 70% of Americans say they binge-watch television shows.

Addicted to the art of binge-watching

Inaaya Yousuf and Vidushi Upadhyay May 8, 2023

Sitting with laptop in hand and schoolbooks scattered about, the tedium of studying sets in and the allure of a brightly-lit screen and a beckoning Netflix tab eventually proves too strong to resist. Binge-watching,...

Juniors Aishani Chikkareddy and Kyrsten Su are avid participants in Peer Court and work to help students receive second chances.

Peer Court: for students, by students

Tanika Anbu, Staffer May 8, 2023

Rather than sentencing a student to juvenile court in the case of misdemeanors, the Santa Clara County Peer Court program helps to break the school-to-prison pipeline by allowing students to share their...

Lynbrook's Favorite Music Lyrics

Lynbrook’s Favorite Music Lyrics

Amishi Chandra and Vidushi Upadhyay May 8, 2023

the Epic staffers Amishi Chandra and Vidushi Upadhyay go around Lynbrook to discover students' favorite music genres and song lyrics.