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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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Unmasking the realities of the Tinkerbell Effect

Unmasking the realities of the Tinkerbell Effect

Nicole Ong and Sadhana Sarma November 2, 2017

Tinkerbell’s light gradually dims as she begins to die. Her only hope of survival is the applause of an audience who believes in fairies. With each clap, Tinkerbell flickers back to life. Placing an...

Mock Trial Takes Home Second Place

Mock Trial Takes Home Second Place

Kelsey Lu, Business/PR Manager November 2, 2017

The 2017 Empire Battle of the Bay begins as students dressed in ties and blazers roll in. The event, which took place in San Francisco from Oct. 5 to Oct. 9, was an international mock trial competition...

San Jose sues Trump Administration over DACA repeal

San Jose sues Trump Administration over DACA repeal

Aileen Xue, Editors-in-Chief November 2, 2017

The Trump administration's plans to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has resulted in uproar across the nation. Cities like San Jose, the first to take legal action against the Trump...

LEXE celebrates fundraising milestone

Tzen-Hao Ng, Writer November 2, 2017

Lynbrook offers plentiful and varied tools to aid students in their learning; however, many students are often not aware that many of these tools come from charitable donations through Lynbrook Excellence...

Mock Trial takes home second place

Kelsey Lu, Business/PR Manager November 2, 2017

The 2017 Empire Battle of the Bay begins as students dressed in ties and blazers roll in. The event, which took place in San Francisco from Oct. 5 to Oct. 9, was an international mock trial competition...

New gas taxes drive sustainability efforts

Michelle Zemlyak, Writer November 2, 2017

For the first time since 1993, California’s excise gas tax will be increased, from 18 to 30 cents per gallon. Currently, the average American household spends $2,140 on gas annually, with California’s...

Pre-Christmas

Pre-Christmas

Michyla Lin, Design Editor November 2, 2017

As we get older, aspects of our youth begin to fade. For example, it’s not exactly socially acceptable for people my age to be trick-or-treating anymore because we would be “competing with children...

Radence Tsow hurdles over competition with his dog

Radence Tsow hurdles over competition with his dog

Michelle Lum, Editor in Chief November 2, 2017

Eyes trained on his red-and-brown Border Collie, junior Radence Tsow guides his dog Ammo through obstacle after obstacle laid out on a grassy field. The stakes are high at the American Kennel Club...

Significant job losses jolt Bay Area industries

Meera Balaji and Hatim Saifee November 2, 2017

The housing crisis in the Bay Area is a prevalent local topic of concern, as buying and renting costs rise exponentially and market values increase. Nevertheless, recent job losses in the Bay Area have...

The potentials of facial recognition

The potentials of facial recognition

Jessica Li and Jonathan Ye November 2, 2017

Holding the newly introduced iPhone X up to his face, Apple CEO Tim Cook lightly taps the phone screen. In a matter of milliseconds, the phone’s complex camera system projects over thirty thousand invisible...

Seeking a foundation for change

Seeking a foundation for change

Risa Mori, In-Depth Editor November 2, 2017

Singer, songwriter, fashion designer, entrepreneur — Rihanna’s growing list of titles may cause assumptions that her new beauty line, Fenty Beauty, is just another instance of a celebrity plastering...