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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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"It is hard for me to see this breakdown as anything except an attempt by Disney to conquer yet another production studio."

Spider-Man: Homeless

Medha Upadhyay, Features Editor October 2, 2019

When Spider-Man fans joked that the next movie in the trilogy would be “Spider-Man: Homeless,” they could not have foreseen the major custody battle that Disney and Sony would undergo over the iconic...

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Lost in Translation: Redefining what Asian American means to me

Nicole Ong, Editors-in-Chief September 10, 2019

When I was younger, my childhood Chinese teacher posed this question to the class: "Which part of China are you from?" The question was not so much where the student was from, but where in China the...

Patricia Wei is pictured holding the novel "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien, where she gained the inspiration for her column's title.

Reflecting on the stories we carry

Patricia Wei, Web Director August 13, 2019

I want to start off this column by saying that in some ways, I've failed. This column was supposed to be published way back in May, before I graduated, but I never made much progress past the outline stage...

Pictured is Sadhana Sarma, the author of this column.

Cases of fate: failures

Sadhana Sarma, Design Editor July 3, 2019

As my time in high school comes to a close, I am abundantly aware of the phrase “hindsight is 20/20.” For those of you who are underclassmen and feel that things are not going your way, I am here to...

Writing in a tech bubble

Writing in a tech bubble

Elena Williams, Editor-in-Chief May 31, 2019

I love my phone. It connects me with my friends; it keeps me in touch with my family; it can help me reach the police in an emergency; it lets me play Tetris. Like many growing up in Silicon Valley,...

How early should finals be taken?

How early should finals be taken?

Hsin Yen Huang, Jonathan Ye May 31, 2019

As the school year comes to a close, students frantically begin studying for final exams, which are typically held during the last week of school. However, in some AP classes, teachers choose to administer...

Fitting in: my struggle with pressure in high school

Fitting in: my struggle with pressure in high school

Noela Bae, Content Editor May 28, 2019

Nike’s famous slogan “Just Do It” often serves as an empowering and motivational mantra. But to me, this slogan was a phrase that fueled peer pressure throughout high school, giving my friends and...

Fear is temporary: a senior’s advice on making the most of high school

Fear is temporary: a senior’s advice on making the most of high school

Srinidhi Seshadri, Web Editor May 27, 2019

August 17, 2015. My very first day of high school. I had just moved from India and was new to the area. I wondered if I would make friends, and I feared my introverted nature would prevent me from doing...

My favorite F-words: friends, fashion and f*** gender norms

My favorite F-words: friends, fashion and f*** gender norms

Hatim Saifee, Web Editor May 26, 2019

Navy blue t-shirt. Grey Gap jacket. Straight cut dark blue jeans. Grey sports shoes. Combed hair, messy brows. Scared of judgment, eyes staring at my bland clothes, never lifting my head. Not acquainted...

Don’t take every opportunity: knowing your limits

Don’t take every opportunity: knowing your limits

Michelle Lum, Editor in Chief May 25, 2019

“Take every opportunity.” That’s something we’ve been told all our lives, and a principle that I wholeheartedly embraced as I entered high school. This resulted in me taking the most classes I...

In My Opinion

A year after Parkland: don’t let the momentum die

Srinidhi Seshadri, Web Editor May 15, 2019

February 2018: news of a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, jolted Americans across the nation. Within a month, students across the country organized a national...

2019 Indian Elections: changing democracy

2019 Indian Elections: changing democracy

Priyanka Anand, Web Editor May 3, 2019

As my school bus drove on bumpy lanes in India every morning, I often saw colorful posters endorsing low-level politicians plastered on walls and hung up on poles. Many of the posters simply wished those...