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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

Looking back at two athletes' journeys

Looking back at two athletes’ journeys

Kelsey Lu, Business/PR Manager April 26, 2018

As the bell rings, students can be seen running toward the gate, heading home after a tiresome day of watching history documentaries or performing chemistry labs. Other students, however, deviate from...

Kennedy Miedema: wrestling for more than just herself

Kennedy Miedema: wrestling for more than just herself

Aileen Xue, Editors-in-Chief April 12, 2018

Before every wrestling meet, senior Kennedy Miedema calls her grandma who lives in Minnesota. Her grandma, who is battling lung cancer, tells her how she may not be able to see her graduate from high school...

There's no I in team: why I wished I joined a sport

There’s no I in team: why I wished I joined a sport

Hsinyen Huang, Managing Editor March 29, 2018

As a freshman, I walked into high school with many objectives. I wanted to make new friends, participate in clubs and play a school sport. As time progressed, I checked each of these items off of my check...

Watching the scale and scoreboard

Eric Wu and Risa Mori March 29, 2018

From their earliest depictions in history, athletes have always been viewed as the pinnacle of human physique. Their admired physical attributes, however, can create an unhealthy emphasis on body weight...

Racing through a successful track season

Chelsea Li, Content Editor March 29, 2018

As the spring sports season rolls around, Lynbrook’s track and field team has began practicing every weekday after school. The team has approximately 150 members this year and has welcomed an influx...

Iman Haq en garde, ready to fight

Iman Haq en garde, ready to fight

Clara Fernandes, Writer March 1, 2018

Cuts, bruises and scars. She pushes away her pain from long practices, focusing on her opponent’s moves. She can already taste the victory, but the simplest touch from her opponent’s blade shatters...

New changes in badminton team

New changes in badminton team

Tzen-Hao Ng, Writer March 1, 2018

As a historically strong team, Lynbrook’s badminton team expected a strong performance last year. To date, it is the only team of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League schools to have never dropped...

Championship season leads to CCS qualification

Championship season leads to CCS qualification

Aileen Xue, Editors-in-Chief March 1, 2018

For many of Lynbrook‘s sports teams, the season has ended in success and resulted in validation for all the hard work athletes put in before and during the season. The wrestling team, girls’ basketball...

Olympics: a unifying force between divided nations

Olympics: a unifying force between divided nations

Noela Bae, Content Editor March 1, 2018

After years of rising tension, political strife and military aggression, North and South Korea put their differences aside and walked under a common flag that displayed the peninsula as one nation during...

Does powderpuff empower female athletes or perpetuate stereotypes?

Medha Upadhyay, Features Editor March 1, 2018

Powderpuff lets girls play football while the guys take a break and cheer them on. But there’s something very wrong with this picture. Girls don’t need the boys to step aside so that they can take...

One athlete. Two sports. One season.

One athlete. Two sports. One season.

Hatim Saifee, Web Editor February 27, 2018

A Herculean task? Absolutely. A hectic schedule? Definitely. But an impossible task? Not for these athletes, who have achieved the feat of playing two sports in one season. They all agree that with focus...

The aftermath of Larry Nassar's sentencing

The aftermath of Larry Nassar’s sentencing

Chelsea Li, Content Editor February 17, 2018

As each woman stepped up to the witness platform and addressed the established, kind doctor they had once trusted, their words traveled beyond the walls of Michigan’s Ingham County Courthouse, deeply...