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Four years, four track stars
USED WITH PERMISSION OF CHARLIE CHIANG The 4x100 team competes at the Arcadia Invitational.
BY CHELSEA LEE
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n the red rubber track of the 2022 Stanford invitational, Lynbrook’s girls varsity 4x100 team sped through the finish line with a time of 47.82 seconds, not only topping their personal records but also trumping Lynbrook’s all-time record of 48.06 seconds from 1978. This year’s groundbreaking time landed seniors Alyssa Meng, Alison Tjoe, Vanessa Su and
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AV Expo: Ethics and engineering BY ELLIU HUANG
T assumption, derived from colonialism, that there was a neat hierarchical organization of races and that intelligent varied by race,” said Heather Dron, historian and research fellow at the Sterilization and Social Justice Lab at the University of Michigan. Advertised as a progressive quest for healthy babies, the eugenics movement burgeoned and became entrenched in 20th century America. Eugenic doctrines were codified in immigration restrictions, sterilization programs
he National Autonomous Vehicle Expo on April 16 and 17 increased awareness of the future of autonomous vehicles. Organized by senior Joe Lin and his team of volunteers, many of whom are Lynbrook students, the AV Expo partnered with Partners for Autonomous Vehicle Education to cover the engineering and algorithmic aspects as well as the ethics and policy making for AVs. The AV Expo also hosted a hackathon for the 250 participants to gain first-hand experience in the AV industry. Welcoming both experienced and novice programmers, the AVExpo held seminars covering topics across all skill levels. Novice researchers could explore machine learning in “A gentle introduction to artificial intelligence” by UC San Diego Machine Learning Instructor Malachi
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GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION BY SHARLENE CHEN
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hite skin, blonde hair and blue eyes: the archetype of the Aryan race, deemed by German dictator Adolf Hitler to be the pinnacle of humankind. While the putative master race draws associations with Hitler’s persecution and genocide of European Jews, this linchpin of Nazi ideology has historical foundations within the U.S. decades before Hitler’s rise to power. From forced sterilization to legal policy preventing procreation, eugenics has been the dark, overlooked underbelly of American and Californian history. Coined in the late 19th century, the term
“eugenics” refers to the pseudoscience of improving the human race by “breeding out” disease, disabilities and undesirable characteristics. In its distilled form, eugenics involves eradicating genetically “unfit” individuals and preserving those who align with the Nordic complexion. Eugenicists posited that feeblemindedness, criminality and poverty were genetically transmissible, and they controlled the reproduction of “inferior” populations such as people of color, immigrants and the disabled. “During the peak of eugenic popularity, eugenicists often shared a baseline
Lynbrook students’ tattoos BY RIA PHELAN
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s the stigma against them declines, tattoos have become more common among young adults. Once a taboo activity, getting a tattoo was seen as rebellious, antisocial and the mark of an outcast. Tattoos have evolved into a way for people to express themselves and recognize important symbols in their life. Although most Lynbrook students are not yet 18, some have made plans to get tattoos later on and started planning possible designs. Three seniors at Lynbrook with tattoos are Manya Marri, Skye Amani and Tammi Trujillo. In California, one must be at least 18 years old in order to receive a tattoo as getting one
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Editors’ Picks • Learning is limitless for ACT students with switch-adapted toys pg. 3 • Snapchat: Fostering friendships or competition? pg. 4 • Mr. Clarke cultivates his garden pg. 10 • Teachers endure burnout pg. 12
A USED WITH PERMISSION OF SKYE AMANI B USED WITH PERMISSION OF SKYE AMANI A. Skye, her mom and her grandmother share the same musical note tatoo. B. Skye Amani shows her heart tattoo to represent her heart condition.
• Boys volleyball serves on and off the court pg. 15