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Warm guitar strums and jazzy piano chords drift through the air as five students huddle in a small garage to practice fo...
05/28/2026

Warm guitar strums and jazzy piano chords drift through the air as five students huddle in a small garage to practice for their upcoming performance. The all-junior student band Ugly Dumplings includes Catherine Yang, Kevin Ho, Jayden Fan, Ani Senthilkumar and Alexander Tran.

The band, which formed in the summer of 2025, originally consisted of Yang as the main vocalist, Ho and Fan as guitarists and two seniors who eventually left the group. At the start of the year, the roles of drummer and keyboardist were filled by Senthilkumar and Tran, respectively. The five met and became friends through marching band, and formed the Ugly Dumplings in order to play music without the rigid structure that school band requires.

Read the full story at lhsepic.com.

Photos and reporting by Amy Yuan.
Graphic illustrations by Katie Shang.

Hey 2026! The deadline for the college map, senior bequeathals and photo collage is extended to Sunday May 10th at 11:59...
05/10/2026

Hey 2026! The deadline for the college map, senior bequeathals and photo collage is extended to Sunday May 10th at 11:59 p.m.

Share the next chapter of your life through the college map, hand down bequeathals to your favorite underclassmen and submit photos of you and your friends to be featured in the collage.

Fill out our short form at bit.ly/epicsenior26. The link is in the Epic’s bio.

Please email [email protected] if you have any questions!

Graphic illustrations by Amanda Jin and Rohan Kakhandiki.

Cesar Chavez’s name was on street signs, in history textbooks and was even displayed as a bronze bust in the White House...
05/07/2026

Cesar Chavez’s name was on street signs, in history textbooks and was even displayed as a bronze bust in the White House. It took many years for the horrors that women endured at his hands to finally be exposed. As the farmworkers’ movement now grapples with a complicated legacy, it is important to highlight the workers, journalists, students, teachers and organizers who envisioned a better future and gave their all to achieve it.

Read the full story at lhsepic.com.

Reporting by David Zhu.
Graphic illustration by Anushka Deshmukh.

Buzz! Senior Matthew Yuan is the first to solve the toss up question, wasting no time in saying the answer: glucose. He’...
05/04/2026

Buzz! Senior Matthew Yuan is the first to solve the toss up question, wasting no time in saying the answer: glucose. He’s correct, and wins five points for the students.

The annual student-teacher Science Bowl match took place on Friday in the auditorium, pitting the Science Bowl team against math and science teachers. The students took an early lead, buzzing in with lightning speed for questions on rock formation, meteorology, chemical equations and more asked by moderators junior Nathaniel Na and freshman Rishab Medepalli. The tide turned when science teacher Lester Leung jumped in to correctly answer a question about whether or not a graph crossed the origin. Still, the students delivered a dominant performance, finishing with a 140-28 victory.

“It felt good to beat the teachers,” junior and Science Bowl team member Ian Chen said. “Especially because they‘re always giving us homework, so this felt like payback.”

Photos and reporting by Saavan Saraf.

Junior Benjamin Zhang uses a small knife to carefully shape the raw cane into a reed for his oboe — the mouthpiece of th...
05/04/2026

Junior Benjamin Zhang uses a small knife to carefully shape the raw cane into a reed for his oboe — the mouthpiece of the instrument. He shapes, folds and ties the reed with string with precision and focus.

“Playing the oboe is not just about making music,” Zhang said. “It's about making your instrument as well, which is why I love it.”

Its woodworking element is one of many reasons why oboe is Zhang’s favorite of the nine instruments he plays: oboe, piano, English horn, clarinet, marimba, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel and auxiliary percussion instruments. Although piano was his first instrument, which he began at five, Zhang initially found it frustrating. Over time, as his skills improved, he began to enjoy playing and expressing himself through the piano, fueling his motivation to learn more about music.

Read the full story at lhsepic.com

Photos and reporting by Alyssa Lin.
Graphic illustration by Isabella Chiu.

Heart rates quickened as students faced pig and sheep hearts on the lab tables before them. Donning gloves and arming th...
05/03/2026

Heart rates quickened as students faced pig and sheep hearts on the lab tables before them. Donning gloves and arming themselves with scalpels, each table group dissected the heart as senior Ilan Garcia guided the process and debriefed each section of the organ. Students used probes to identify major blood vessels, such as the ventricles, the valves and the veiny chordae tendineae.

“It’s always really exciting to see a lot of people who enjoy these types of activities and community come together,” senior and president of Surgery Interest Club Sanika Vaidya said.

The event was an annual collaboration between Cardiomed Club and Surgery Interest Club, but this year, officers decided to expand that partnership to include Sports Medicine Club.

“I was kind of scared that it’s gonna be my turn to put this all together,” senior and Cardiomed Club president Ilan Garcia said. “Just seeing it done every year, I felt a bit more confident and comfortable working with animal specimens. Now being my third year doing this, I’m very happy to be able to pay that forward and make sure that other students here could take part in the activity.”

Photos and reporting by Claire Guo and Crystal Zhu.

The Epic’s Issue 7 is out now!In News, dive into Mock Trial’s successful year; in Opinion, read about our staff’s perspe...
04/30/2026

The Epic’s Issue 7 is out now!

In News, dive into Mock Trial’s successful year; in Opinion, read about our staff’s perspective on the necessity of prioritizing student online safety; in Features, hear about juniors Sriram Upadhyayula and Sushanth Nayak’s passion for making music; in In-Depth, explore how clothing can express personal and era-representative values; in Sports, learn about performance-enhancing drugs in competitive high schools. Finally, head to our website, Ihsepic.com, for a review K-pop boy band BTS’ first album since their hiatus.

Swipe to take a look at the editors’ picks. See more at Ihsepic.com.

Graphic illustration by Isabella Chiu and Eunice Leung.

Hey 2026! the Epic is preparing for the special senior issue! Share the next chapter of your life through the college ma...
04/29/2026

Hey 2026! the Epic is preparing for the special senior issue! Share the next chapter of your life through the college map, hand down bequeathals to your favorite underclassmen and submit photos of you and your friends to be featured in the collage.

To do so, fill out our short form — bit.ly/epicsenior26 — by May 8th at 11:59 p.m. The link is in the Epic’s bio. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions!

Graphic illustrations by Amanda Jin and Rohan Kakhandiki.

Hey 2026! the Epic is preparing for the special senior issue! Share the next chapter of your life through the college ma...
04/29/2026

Hey 2026! the Epic is preparing for the special senior issue! Share the next chapter of your life through the college map, hand down bequeathals to your favorite underclassmen and submit photos of you and your friends to be featured in the collage.

To do so, fill out our short form — bit.ly/epicsenior26 — by Tuesday, May 12th at 11:59 p.m. The link is in the Epic’s bio. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions!

Graphic illustrations by Amanda Jin and Rohan Kakhandiki.

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