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The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

the Epic

The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

the Epic

Sydney Chao

Sydney Chao

April 5, 2022

Junior Sydney Chao takes photos to remember the places she visited. However, the photo she submitted was taken in her own neighborhood. Photographed when the skies were filled with wildfire smoke, the...

Shivam Maji

Shivam Maji

April 5, 2022

A contrast between the past and the future, sophomore Shivam Maji’s photo depicts how humanity faces its challenges. “I interpreted the theme as how we as humanity want to perceive our future,”...

Kristie Lu Stout, Class of 1992: CNN Anchor

Kristie Lu Stout, Class of 1992: CNN Anchor

March 8, 2022

When people across the globe tune into CNN, a familiar face often appears on the screen. Award-winning news anchor and journalist Kristie Lu Stout has established herself as a fixture of CNN International...

Boris Bershteyn, Class of 1995: Federal Administrator

Boris Bershteyn, Class of 1995: Federal Administrator

March 8, 2022

“It’s about doing things you enjoy,” Lynbrook class of 1995 alum Boris Bershteyn said. “What would you like to do? Who do you really want to be? What kind of people do you want to hang out with?” Throughout...

Japanese teacher Jeremy Kitchen attempts a Chinese 4 test.

Jeremy Kitchen cooks up lost Chinese knowledge

March 8, 2022

Kitchen’s exploration of the Chinese language started in high school, as most of his friends spoke Chinese at home. As such, many of his recreational activities and the pop culture he was immersed in...

Chen takes Japanese test, a return to her college days.

Jasmine Chen tries her hand at Japanese

March 8, 2022

Chen’s passion for the Japanese language and culture began in college, where she received her bachelor’s degree in Japanese. “Although I enjoy Japanese culture, I haven’t used my knowledge in...

Language Arts teacher Anna Kirsh attempts a math test

Anna Kirsh picks up her calculator

March 8, 2022

Kirsh’s journey in high school math consisted of Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 classes, and she later continued her education in math at UC Santa Cruz, where she took a few college-level math classes required...

Kurt Kuenne, Class of 1991: Filmmaker

Kurt Kuenne, Class of 1991: Filmmaker

March 8, 2022

It started with a letter. After drafting a crude 10-page script of E.T., nine-year-old Kurt Kuenne mailed his childhood masterpiece to several literary agencies in Hollywood. To his surprise, one of them...

Elizabeth Slaughter's bittersweet return to the language arts

Elizabeth Slaughter’s bittersweet return to the language arts

March 8, 2022

Slaughter’s love for language arts started in fifth grade when she won an essay writing contest at her school. Slaughter did not enjoy studying novels in high school because she was a slow reader and...

Chris Cavanaugh, Class of 1980: Olympic Swimmer

Chris Cavanaugh, Class of 1980: Olympic Swimmer

March 8, 2022

As an Olympic gold medalist, world-record breaker and national champion, Chris Cavanaugh has had a successful career at the highest level of elite swimming.  Born in South Florida, Cavanaugh’s journey...

Senior Samantha Wu will be competing for the UPenn gymnastics team.

Samantha Wu

February 1, 2022

After 15 years of training, senior Samantha Wu will continue her gymnastics career to the University of Pennsylvania, where she hopes to concentrate in health science or neuroscience. When Wu was 3 years...

“A Novel and Efficient Method of Persistent Homology to Detect and Remove Topological Errors in Triang Mesh Data”

Alexander Zhang

February 1, 2022

“A Novel and Efficient Method of Persistent Homology to Detect and Remove Topological Errors in Triang Mesh Data” Modern algorithms take nearly 20 minutes to find and correct errors in 3D models...