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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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This is the poster in room 22 of Dilworth Elementary School that sparked controversy over the inclusion of gender identity in elementary school curriculum.

Curriculum Integrity petitions against gender identity in TK classrooms

Alyssa Wang and Angelina Feng November 4, 2024

In a transitional kindergarten classroom at Dilworth Elementary School, a poster containing neopronouns has garnered controversy, as some parents believe that it is inappropriate for children to learn...

Lynbrook students and teachers use their hair to strengthen their identity, self-expression and culture, embracing different textures, colors and religious expressions.

Styling personal identity and expression through hair

Charlotte Bolay and Anna Cen November 4, 2024

What you need to know:  Hair plays a big role in strengthening identity, self-expression, confidence and culture. Hair dye and styling allow people to express their personalities as well...

Rising temperatures in early October have reached record-breaking numbers of 106 degrees Fahrenheit in San José, corresponding to global temperature trends.

Sweltering heat waves make their way through the Bay Area

Amanda Jin and Isabella Chiu November 4, 2024

What you need to know:  Heat waves around San José in early October reached record-breaking October temperatures, affecting sports and daily life. Industrialization during the last few centuries...

San Jose and Cupertino have sister city connections around the world, including Dublin, Ireland; Ektarinaberg,
Russia; Bhubaneswar, India and Okayama, Japan.

Linking the globe through the sister cities program

Irene Hwang and Stuti Jain October 7, 2024

San José and Cupertino have forged connections with a multitude of sister cities — cities linked together across the globe to facilitate an exchange of ideas and cultures — fostering social and political...

During the Korean War, Korean soldiers ate army stew, or “budae jjigae”, featuring Spam and fusing local ingredients with American elements.

How food imperialism has shaped global cuisines

Alexandra Wu and Cecilia Wu October 7, 2024

Food imperialism is defined as one culture influencing another culture’s food practices, including traditions, preparation methods and consumption. This phenomenon often occurs through colonization,...

Top left: Equal education rights protest at Phillips Academy in 1964. Top right: Climate strike organized by youth in Pittsburgh in 2021. Bottom left: Lynbrook students participate in reproductive rights protest in 2022. Bottom right: Student protestors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison protest the war in Vietnam in 1965.

A dive into America’s youth activism in action

Kieran Hau and Qianzi Loo October 7, 2024

What once took the form of old piles of political newspaper ads have gradually transformed into versatile digital formats, marking a new era of politics as younger voters increasingly promote their ideologies...

The Exception in the 13th Amendment and the unseen legacy of slavery

The Exception in the 13th Amendment and the unseen legacy of slavery

Maddy Chang and Rohan Kakhandiki October 7, 2024

Beneath the heat of a relentless Southern sun, shackled hands work tirelessly in the fields; backs straining against the weight and echoes of slavery in the modern day. The Thirteenth Amendment is often...

Photos of the FUHSD Adult School from 1923 to 2024. Photos used with permission from Liz Ambra, Photo by Audrey Sun"

Never too late to learn at FUHSD’s adult school

Vihaan Patel and Rohan Kakhandiki May 20, 2024

Since 1923, FUHSD’s Adult School has provided learning opportunities for adults looking to learn new material, find jobs and earn high school diplomas — all for free. Throughout its years of service,...

Although the discriminatory practice of redlining, beginning in 1934, has technically been outlawed, its shadow continues to loom through the segregation and inequality that persist in the present day.

Redlining: forming urban and suburban divisions

Qianzi Loo and Emily Pedroza May 20, 2024

From the literal red lines that encircle dated communities to invisible socioeconomic barriers, redlining is characterized as the discriminatory practice that refused minority groups the same financial...

Lockdown nostalgia consists of a longing for memories, habits and emotions experienced during the pandemic, usually in its early stages.

A walk down lockdown lane: quarantine memories

Crystal Zhu and Eileen Zhu April 29, 2024

When pajamas, a bag of chips and a blanket were school-day staples, Zoom screens were dominated by various angles of student faces and ceilings and laggy voices emerging from computer speakers. These were...

Nostalgia offers the opportunity to relive the past, yet the concept and acceptance of nostalgia has shiften throughout the years.

Nostalgia’s journey from disorder to emotion

Anushka Anand and Apurva Krishnamurthy April 29, 2024

Hailing from the Greek words nostos, or homecoming, and algos, meaning longing, nostalgia offers us an opportunity to relive the past. Although it is generally accepted as an emotional phenomenon that...

Although genocide does not have a singular definition, the crime can be broken down into eight different stages: classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, extermination and denial.

Genocide is not a thing of the past: Recognizing it in modern day

Alex Cotterel and Inaaya Yousuf April 29, 2024

The term “genocide” was coined in 1944 by Rafael Lemkin as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” Despite the creation of...