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The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

the Epic

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

Atoms or Aristotle?

Apurva Krishnamurthy, News Editor May 20, 2024

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”  “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?” These were questions that had been posed to me on numerous occasions, yet my response was the same every...

I thought I wanted to be a romantic — or even a communist — after indulging in the passionate, Marxist-inspired writing of Sally Rooney.

Reading between the lines

Surya Saraf, Copy Editor May 20, 2024

I thought I wanted to be a romantic — or even a communist — after indulging in the passionate, Marxist-inspired writing of Sally Rooney. Or possibly a philosopher, after burning through Jean-Paul Sartre’s...

A conversation between different versions of myself, split between the characters ME and her inner voices, RISKY, CAUTION and WHY, who all respond to FRIEND.

Fragments of my inner self

Anushka Anand, Managing Editor May 20, 2024

A conversation between different versions of myself, split between the characters ME and her inner voices, RISKY, CAUTION and WHY, who all respond to FRIEND. ME is the main character, trying to find balance...

My ordinary morning routine starts in a dreary, colorless bedroom, where I wake up facing blank walls and bare floors aside from the occasional dusty Lego set.

Going home

Riki Murase, Social Media Manager May 20, 2024

My ordinary morning routine starts in a dreary, colorless bedroom, where I wake up facing blank walls and bare floors aside from the occasional dusty Lego set. I sift through my clothes either in my beaten...

Queen to G3. I sat with my arms crossed on a table too tall for me, the black and white queens and kings looming ahead. One move to checkmate. He would be forced to capture with his pawn.

Rolling the dice on life

Katie Chin, Copy Editor May 20, 2024

Queen to G3. I sat with my arms crossed on a table too tall for me, the black and white queens and kings looming ahead. One move to checkmate. He would be forced to capture with his pawn. Pawn to G6. The...

Surviving is not the same as living.

Learning to survive

Deeksha Raj, Business Manager May 20, 2024

Surviving is not the same as living. As a child, your firsts are always celebrated. Your first word, first steps, first day of school. But no one truly knows when it may be the last time doing such...

It’s 10 a.m., and a deathly silence permeates the air at the tarnished wooden dinner table. A half-eaten Trader Joe's Mochi Cake lies messily wrapped in aluminum foil, beside a nearly empty bottle of Tabasco sauce.

Three simple ingredients.

Myles Kim, Editor-in-Chief May 20, 2024

It’s 10 a.m., and a deathly silence permeates the air at the tarnished wooden dinner table. A half-eaten Trader Joe's Mochi Cake lies messily wrapped in aluminum foil, beside a nearly empty bottle of...

Protests over Gaza and Palestine have appeared in colleges across the United States, such as the University of Southern California and Columbia University.

Colleges have become a battleground for free speech

Alex Cotterel and Apurva Krishnamurthy May 20, 2024

 “We were screaming over the barricade at the police that were supposedly sent to protect the students,” Lynbrook alumna and freshman at UCLA Jasmine Lu said.   Under the darkness of night, violence...

The recent influx of "test flu" has led to absences on test days, disrupting the learning environment and delaying teacher schedules.

Editorial: Fighting the newest outbreak: test flu

Epic Staff May 20, 2024

The phone rings in the main office — another absence call for a supposedly sick student. Coincidentally, multiple teachers are giving tests on that day. Spikes in absences on days when tests are administered...

Lynbrook alumni Elliu Huang explores his identity surrounding Bay Area stereotypes.

The harsh reality of a Bay Area Asian male

Elliu Huang, Managing Editor May 20, 2024

Nothing can prepare you for your first week of college. Scrambling around orientation, trying to match faces and names, figuring out the best food on campus. Then there are all the parties, deciding what...

Although Meta's new feature had good intentions to limit misinformation, it is not effective in achieving its goals.

The downsides of Meta’s new political content feature

Nicole Ge and David Zhu April 29, 2024

In a controversial move, Meta announced in a blog post on Feb. 9 that they would implement a feature limiting the amount of recommended political content to users worldwide on Facebook, Instagram and Threads....