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Dr. Mohammed Subeh speaks with students about his experience volunteering in Palestine
Dr. Mohammed Subeh speaks with students about his experience volunteering in Palestine
According to a survey by the Student Wellness team, 56% of students feel ready to live independently after high school --- a belief shared by 70% of parents. Graphic illustration by Alexandra Wu and Olivia Yuan
Educational webinar guides students beyond high school
A rendering of the upcoming Voyager building, set to be constructed in summer 2024, by Quattrocchi Kwok Architects. // Apple, which was formerly headquartered at its Infinite Loop campus in Cupertino, had a tax-stake agreement with the city that was ended in 2022 by a state audit. // The 2023-2024 rollout of the Federal Application for Student Aid, which was plagued with technical difficulties and delays, ultimately led some students to renounce colleges they could not afford to attend. // Climeworks has developed numerous plants for atmospheric carbon extraction in recent years; its latest model, the Mammoth, is currently the worlds largest direct air capture plant. Used with permission from Nick Stephenson // Image from Picryl // Image from Pexels // Photo by Arnie Saeberg/Climeworks AG via AP
News In Brief
100 years of FUHSD honored in district-wide celebrations
100 years of FUHSD honored in district-wide celebrations
Top image: Members of the Speech and Debate team pose in front of a banner at the Ketucky LEX airport that reads University of Kentucky, the venue of the Tournament of Champions national tournament. (Left to Right, Front to Back: Rebecca Cai, Rucha Kore, Nina Pan, Vansh Mathur, Aadharsh Rajkumar, Anish Bhethanabotla, Rohan Patel, Sagar Bhatia, Michael Harris, Aadi Loonawat, Vihaan Patel, Om Modi, Bolang Zhu, Rohin Saharoy) bottom image: Members of the Public Forum debate team pose in front of the Funkhouser building at the Univesity of Kentucky (Left to Right, Front to Back: Nina Pan, Rohan Patel, Anish Bethanabotla, Aadharsh Rajkumar, Aadi Loonawat, Vihaan Patel, Sagar Bhatia, Rohin Saharoy). Used with permission from Nina Pan.
Thirteen Speech and Debate members compete in national tournament
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Atoms or Aristotle?
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
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
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
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
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Atoms or Aristotle?
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
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
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
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
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
At the FUHSD Earth Day Event, students taught one another about environmental and health literacy and emphasized campus sustainability.
Editorial: Campus sustainability should not stop with students
When making decisions, there are many factors that class officers may consider that other students may not realize.
Editorial: The importance of empathy for class officers
Lynbrooks support and promotion for programs such as the Job Shadow helps students explore more unconventional career paths.
Editorial: Encouraging the exploration of post-secondary pathways
Out of the options presented at the board meeting, the district should choose to pursue the second option: phasing out one world language class from each FUHSD school besides Lynbrook and Homestead High School.
Editorial: District should preserve world language classes
Graphic illustration by Gary Pan and Erin Fitzpatrick Used with permission from Alexander Chu
Adrian Philip carves a path toward success
Photo by Gary Pan and Claire Guo, Graphic illustration by Claire Guo and Erin Fitzpatrick
Sophomore crocheters are knot your average entrepreneurs
Freshman Ellanya Sivasubramaniam, Shreshta Ramji, Sruthi Chetput, Sathvika Siva and Diya Narayanan (left to right) hold up the Judges Award. Photo used with permission from Sruthi Chetput
Rookie robotics team the Chaotic Calibotz goes to worlds
ELD speech participants have dinner together before the FUHSD speech contest. Photo used with Permission from Emily Hong
ELD students take on FUHSD speech contest
Senior Alicia Cho and junior Felicia Huang hold their feathered pets under the morning sun. Photo used with permission from Alicia Cho and Felicia Huang.
Student journeys with their uncommon pets
Phoebe Tang pursues engineering passions with Funky Monkeys robotics team
Phoebe Tang pursues engineering passions with Funky Monkeys robotics team
Graphic illustration by Chelsea Lee. (Olivia Yuan)
Communities built out of books
Graphic illustration by Chelsea Lee. (David Zhu)
Xara Aman’s journey of growth
Graphic illustration by Chelsea Lee. (Yvonne Wu)
Building resilience through basketball
Graphic illustration by Chelsea Lee.
Building passions with Manav Choudhary
Photos of the FUHSD Adult School from 1923 to 2024. Photos used with permission from Liz Ambra, Photo by Audrey Sun
Never too late to learn at FUHSD’s adult school
Although the discriminatory practice of redlining, beginning in 1934, has technically been outlawed, its shadow continues to loom through the segregation and inequality that persist in the present day.
Redlining: forming urban and suburban divisions
Lockdown nostalgia consists of a longing for memories, habits and emotions experienced during the pandemic, usually in its early stages.
A walk down lockdown lane: quarantine memories
Nostalgia offers the opportunity to relive the past, yet the concept and acceptance of nostalgia has shiften throughout the years.
Nostalgia’s journey from disorder to emotion
Although genocide does not have a singular definition, the crime can be broken down into eight different stages: classification, symbolization, dehumanization, organization, polarization, preparation, extermination and denial.
Genocide is not a thing of the past: Recognizing it in modern day
The model demonstates a side plank, one of the most common positions in Pilates. Graphic illustration by Rohan Kakhandiki
A guide to the history, benefits and practice of Pilates
Dylan White sprints across the field with the football while playing against the Saratoga Falcons.
Dylan White touches down at Puget Sound
Rohin Saharoy demonstrates a karate move with his black belt on, kicking up his foot in the air. Photo by David Zhu and graphic illustration by Amanda Jin
Rohin Saharoy surpasses limits in the dojo
With hopes of continuing field hockey beyond her high school career, senior Halie Yung has committed to Smith College. Used with permission from Halie Yung.
Halie Yung strikes her line into Smith College
Team photo of the 2023-24 softball team. Photo used with permission from Peggy Yao.
Softball keeps on swinging and lights up the field
View the full photo gallery at the link in our bio or at bit.ly/2024gradpics.
Class of 2024 graduation ceremony
View the full photo gallery at the link in our bio or at bit.ly/epicsnrprom.
Senior Prom 2024: Fly Me to the Moon
Indesign Fashion Show 2024: Ethereal Realms
Indesign Fashion Show 2024: Ethereal Realms
Taylor Swifts album cover
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
The challenging thing about ‘Challengers’
The challenging thing about ‘Challengers’
Approaching 60 years of history: Lynbrook back in the day
Approaching 60 years of history: Lynbrook back in the day
Nostalgic memories, since 2010
Nostalgic memories, since 2010
Vertigo and La Pluma Open Mic
Vertigo and La Pluma Open Mic
Students gathered in the parking lot on March 29 for ASBs first school-sanctioned celebration of Holi.
Adding a little color with Holi
Being firefighters, since 1986
Being firefighters, since 1986
Nostalgia
Nostalgia
Gaming the system
Gaming the system
Lost in translation.
Lost in translation.
View the full photo gallery at the link in our bio or at bit.ly/2024gradpics.
Class of 2024 graduation ceremony
View the full photo gallery at the link in our bio or at bit.ly/epicsnrprom.
Senior Prom 2024: Fly Me to the Moon
Indesign Fashion Show 2024: Ethereal Realms
Indesign Fashion Show 2024: Ethereal Realms
View the full photo gallery at the link in our bio or at bit.ly/spromfashionshow.
Senior Prom Fashion Show
Farewell Rally 2024: the End of an Era
Farewell Rally 2024: the End of an Era
Women who inspire Lynbrook
Women who inspire Lynbrook
Being firefighters, since 1986
Being firefighters, since 1986
Graphic illustration by Gray Pan.
Freshmen and Sophomores battle in the first ever Underclassmen Showdown
Graphic illustration by Yvonne Wu.
What is love?
Celebrating the year of the dragon: Lunar New Year 2024
Celebrating the year of the dragon: Lunar New Year 2024
Graphic Illustration by Amanda Jin, Alexandra Wu and David Zhu.
Behind the runway
Formula 1: Pit lane Talk
Formula 1: Pit lane Talk
Graphic Illustration by Daeun Chung
College mythbusting with Mr. Roy
Don’t judge a book by its cover: the shortcomings of banning books
Don’t judge a book by its cover: the shortcomings of banning books
the Epic’s predictions for Super Bowl LVII
the Epic’s predictions for Super Bowl LVII
The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

the Epic
The Student News Site of Lynbrook High School

the Epic
Myles Kim

Myles Kim, Editor-in-Chief

(he/him) Myles is a senior and Editor-in-Chief for the Epic. He is an avid politics and history junkie who loves making fun of politicians. In his free time, he enjoys playing single-player story-driven video games and binge-watching his favorite Star Wars media.

All content by Myles Kim
It’s 10 a.m., and a deathly silence permeates the air at the tarnished wooden dinner table. A half-eaten Trader Joes 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
2024 Senior Columns

2024 Senior Columns

Myles Kim, Deeksha Raj, Katie Chin, Surya Saraf, Riki Murase, Apurva Krishnamurthy and Anushka Anand
May 20, 2024
The growing controversy of consumer boycotts has caused many debates on whether or not these practices are actually effective.

Are consumer boycotts actually effective?

Myles Kim and David Zhu
April 1, 2024
Rep. Ro Khanna hosts antisemitism town hall

Rep. Ro Khanna hosts antisemitism town hall

Myles Kim and Robert Yu
March 18, 2024
LHS AISA presents Silsilay 2024

LHS AISA presents Silsilay 2024

Myles Kim, Alexandra Wu and Gary Pan
March 18, 2024
When online mobs flood mainstream discussions every couple of years after the latest “woke, social justice warrior, liberal-agenda-pushing” video game releases — wanting to keep politics out of video games — what they truly mean to say is “we don’t want politics we don’t agree with in video games.”

Everything is political, including video games.

Ashley Huang and Myles Kim
February 12, 2024
Subramanian, visiting the Marshall Islands in 2017 during his work as a consultant for Independent Diplomat, collecting data and consulting with government officials, to advise the small island nation on developing a “2050 Climate Strategy”.

Alumnus Narayan Subramanian’s work in environmental policy leads to — Oppenheimer?

Myles Kim, Editor-in-Chief
November 6, 2023
Photo with students: Students in a CUSD transitional kindergarten classroom learning about the alphabet. Since the 2022-23 school year, expanded access has allowed a greater number of students across the district to attend TK. // Photo of meyerhholz sign: In 2023, Meyerholz Elementary was repurposed as the new site of the district’s preschool program: Cuperdoodle, which was established in 2018. With the state’s recent investment in public transitional kindergarten, it could lead to a decrease in enrollment for the program in the near future.

[Photo]

Photo by Myles Kim. Graphic illustrations by Chelsea Lee and Valerie Shu.

[Photo] Cheers to success

Susanna Tang, Editor-in-Chief
October 30, 2023
Homecoming: Football Game 23-24

Homecoming: Football Game 23-24

Myles Kim, Yvonne Wu and Grace Zhu
October 21, 2023
|Used with Permission from the Cupertino Union School District| Students in a CUSD transitional kindergarten classroom learning about the alphabet. Since the 2022-23 school year, expanded access has allowed a greater number of students across the district to attend TK.

A look into California’s transition to Universal Pre-Kindergarten

Myles Kim, Editor-in-Chief
October 10, 2023
Lets Chat Historys team, John Jou, Aarit Parekh and Isaiah Sit, meet at Rainbow Park to record their new episode of their history podcast.

Behind the history of Let’s Chat History

Alyssa Wang, Amanda Jin, Irene Hwang, Lilly Wu, Myles Kim and Robert Yu
September 12, 2023
Aarush cooking with a smile, pan still sizzling.

Aarush Narang brings a new world of favor to his table

Myles Kim, Editor-in-Chief
June 2, 2023
Since 1991, FUHSD has leased out the Sunnyvale High School property to The Kings Academy. The board discussed the possibility of reclaiming the property and reopening Sunnyvale High School.

Sunnyvale equity concerns spark district action

Myles Kim, Editor-in-Chief
April 10, 2023
The climb towards racial equality is overshadowed by inter-minority racism and infighting.

Minorities … can be racist too?

Myles Kim and Timothy Kim
March 10, 2023
A political cartoon depicting the shortcomings of philanthropy and its implications on society.

Philanthropy won’t save us. Here’s why.

Myles Kim and Calvin Zhou
February 6, 2023
In an effort to protect teenagers from fentanyl-related deaths, Santa Clara County has supplied many high schools with Narcan kits and provided training for school staff.

The fentanyl crisis: Santa Clara County prompted to take action

Myles Kim and Sam Sarma
December 12, 2022
A donkey and elephant, representative of the two major political parties duke it out in a game of tug of war over local school board campaign signs. Graphic Illustration by Apurva Krishnamurthy and Inaaya Yousuf.

Partisan politics’ latest casualty: School Boards

Apurva Krishnamurthy and Myles Kim
November 7, 2022
Homecoming: Pep Rally 22-23

Homecoming: Pep Rally 22-23

Myles Kim and Anushka Anand
October 22, 2022
Thirsting for information in news deserts

Thirsting for information in news deserts

Myles Kim and Sarah Zhang
October 10, 2022
2022 Welcome Back Rally

2022 Welcome Back Rally

Meera Nambiar and Myles Kim
September 2, 2022
Alumnuns Anirudh Bhardradwaj, William Huang, senior Antone Jung, and junior David Lee competing in the National Science Bowl Finals in Washington D.C. Not pictured: seniors Sharon Zhu, Eric Shen.

Lynbrook wins 32nd National Science Bowl competition

Elizabeth Cheng, Myles Kim, Anushka Anand, Sarah Zhang, Inaaya Yousuf and Apurva Krishnamurthy
August 27, 2022
18 under 18: Talented Vikings

18 under 18: Talented Vikings

Neha Ayyer, Catherine Zhou, Katie Chin, Amishi Chandra, Lauren Liu and Myles Kim
May 26, 2022
I consume media mainly to escape the dull routine of my daily life.

The art of creating problems by running away

Myles Kim, Editor-in-Chief
May 3, 2022
The Epic votes on their favorite Grammys picks.

Epic takes on the Grammys

Jasmine Rihal and Myles Kim
May 3, 2022
The Russian invasion of Ukraine comes after a long history between the two nations.

Ukraine, explained

Myles Kim, Editor-in-Chief
April 5, 2022
Lee poses in front of the ASB cabinets, where each commission stores supplies, snacks and more. The cabinets were decorated by the commissions in a contest.

Jason Lee ends five-year run as ASB adviser

Myles Kim, Editor-in-Chief
March 8, 2022
Chen snaps a photo of a Southwest 737 airliner at San Jose Airport.

That’s no bird…it’s a plane

Myles Kim, Editor-in-Chief
February 1, 2022
As college rankings gain popularity as ways for students to weed out the best schools, many colleges have discovered loopholes to climb toward the top.

Gaming the rankings: Race to the top

Mei Corricello and Myles Kim
December 7, 2021
Facebook, now renamed Meta, has controlled many sibling companies that it has bought over the years.

One company to rule them all

Myles Kim, Editor-in-Chief
November 9, 2021
These are some of the steps that Lynbrook takes to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

COVID-19 contract tracing keeps students and staff safe

Sophie Au and Myles Kim
October 6, 2021
Homecoming: Freshman Skit 21-22

Homecoming: Freshman Skit 21-22

Anushka Anand, Myles Kim and Elizabeth Cheng
October 4, 2021
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