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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

Girls basketball breaks a sweat at their practice, training hard in order to play well and increase their chances of winning at each game. Their drills include shooting, passing, rebounding and scrimmaging.

Girls basketball shoots higher than ever

Sunny Li, Design Editor March 1, 2019

The varsity girls basketball team scored more than double the points than their opponents, Homestead High School, in its last game within the El Camino Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League...

FUHSD recognizes exceptional students and faculty

FUHSD recognizes exceptional students and faculty

Diana Xu, Managing Editor March 1, 2019

Applause and smiles filled the Lynbrook auditorium as the community celebrated individuals and groups who received awards as a result of their impact they have made at Lynbrook. Among those recipients,...

Who owns a dance move?

Who owns a dance move?

Enzo Cabaltica, Design Editor March 1, 2019

Viral dance moves such as the floss, orange justice and shoot caught on because they were so unique. However, these moves were used by video game company Epic Games in its popular game Fortnite. As a result,...

In My Opinion

Gender equality in religion

February 1, 2019

Religion. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism. All these different faiths, along with countless more, are united under this one word: religion. Originally created as a way to bring people together,...

Governor Newsom establishes goals for the new year

Kaylin Li, Web Editor February 1, 2019

Inaugurated on Jan. 7, Gavin Newsom has taken his place as California’s 40th governor. Newsom looks to achieve what he calls “audacious goals” through a $209 billion state budget that could tackle...

4 new laws passed by California

Four of California’s recently enacted laws

Nicole Ong, Editors-in-Chief February 1, 2019

  AB 3077: All minors must wear helmets when riding bikes & skateboards California’s first helmet law was implemented by the State Legislature in 1993 to decrease the alarming number...

Communication saves vacations

Communication saves vacations

Sadhana Sarma, Design Editor February 1, 2019

My mother’s mouth fell agape as I told her I couldn’t go to my sister’s wedding reception across the country. It never crossed her mind that my last day of school was on the very day she had booked...

Bringing forth conservative opinions and perspectives in a liberal-majority community.

Supporting red in a sea of blue

Jessica Li and Melissa Chen February 1, 2019

At first glance, Lynbrook’s political climate may seem to skew politically left, with no Lynbrook Republicans Club, but a Democrats Club. If you walk around the campus on any given school day, passing...

San Jose flips the switch to sustainable energy

San Jose flips the switch to sustainable energy

Pranav Mishra, Writer February 1, 2019

When talking about the environment, things are heating up, quite literally. At a time when the U.S. has the highest carbon emissions in the world, drastic change seems imperative. With San Jose’s Clean...

Art illustration by Chloe Lee

Unpacking Amazon’s controversies

Claire Chiu, Writer February 1, 2019

After Amazon unboxed its newest project, Amazon Headquarters 2.0 (HQ2), protesters filled the streets of New York City to voice their dissent for this decision. Criticism over the headquarters’ locations...

 Court ruling in Texas jeopardizes previously established reforms by Obamacare.

Texas court ruling jeopardizes Obamacare reforms

Elena Williams, Editor-in-Chief February 1, 2019

Pregnancy. Paralysis. Diabetes. These three conditions have little in common, except that each of them could have caused a patient to be declined medical insurance before the Affordable Care Act (ACA),...

Lynbrook High School billboard

Lynbrook evaluates various enrollment concerns

Srinidhi Seshadri, Web Editor February 1, 2019

Enrollment of incoming freshmen students is a topic that the FUHSD community has continually revisited over recent years due to declining class sizes at Lynbrook. Despite the many measures taken to help...