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This month, were celebrating Asian Americans and Pacific Islander artists and their music, ranging from hip-hop and rock to K-Pop and Bollywood.

Inside Edison’s AirPods: Celebrating AAPI Artists

ALAINA SHINDE ‘26, Entertainment Editor May 14, 2024

The days are getting longer, the flowers are blooming, and everyone's scrambling to finish AP exams— May is certainly in full swing. But this month also brings AAPI Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the incredible diversity...

Dune: Part 2 has taken the world by storm. But, how good is it, and does it live up to the legendary books reputation?

A Reality To Experience: Dune Part Two

Since the premiere of the action film Dune: Part One in 2021, author Frank Herbert’s world has been spread to the cinema-going masses. Now, with the release of Dune: Part Two, director Denis Villeneuve explores his vivid interpretation...

The latest, hot new class, Slang 101, flips the skibbidy script.

EHS Welcomes Bussin’ New Class for Slang

ALEENA PEREZ '27 May 9, 2024

At the first meeting for the new student-run S122 slang class, students at EHS educate their teachers on the trendiest slang. Club president and straight C- freshmen Jeremy Ickson notes that in his opinion, the turnout “slaps.”...

 If you ever tire of reading about Christoper Columbus as you prepare for exams, perhaps you should meet with him instead.

Time-Traveling APUSH Student Explores With Columbus, Gets 5 On Exam

ZEYNEP KACAN ‘26 May 9, 2024

EDISON, NJ-- Student Christphia Colamboi ’25 shared her secret to the perfect score one can achieve on the AP. U.S. History exam: time traveling to 1492. “Columbus is such a funny guy, we had so much fun together!” Colamboi...

In honor of AAPI Month, Solai Ramasubramaniyam 27 and Rithika Gunasekaran 27 read Aru Shah and the End of Time, which incorporates a modern twist on Hindu mythology.

AAPI Month: BookTalk Style

Book open, blanket spread, snacks ready–what’s a better way to spend spring? So kick off those sandals and get settled with one of these books celebrating Asian and Pacific Islanders in honor of May’s AAPI Heritage Month! Yeah,...

A concert graphic at Madison Square Garden displaying Billy Joels sold-out performance before the show.

Historic Event Celebrates a Living Legend

DEREK DUDEK ‘25, Staff Writer April 26, 2024

As the lights turned low, you feel the Garden pulsing with the excitement of thousands of fans of the Piano Man. Everybody senses that something special is about to occur. Billy Joel himself announced to the crowd that “everyone...

Presenting one of the cafe scenes in Operation Pyaar, starring Kareena Munshi ‘26 as Sonya Agarwal, the protagonist, and Ritik Gera ‘26 as Kabir Arora is the doctor who is Sonyas first love interest.

Operation Pyaar: Plot Twists and Plights

ISHANI BAKSHI ‘26, News Editor April 25, 2024

Lights, camera, love! On March 28, several students filed into the rows of the EHS auditorium, eagerly awaiting the hyped-up Desi musical, Operation Pyaar. Hosted by the school’s Peacock Society, Fusion is an annual performance...

Rithika Gunasekaran 27 (left) reading The Book Thief, sympathizing with the horrors of the Holocaust and navigating through the perspective of death itself. Solai Ramasubramaniyam 27 (right) reads Night, by Elie Wiesel, in the Edison High School Media Center. She was greatly impacted by the heart-wrenching reality of the Holocaust and emphasizes the importance of its recognition.

Tear Thief, Nightmare Initiator: “The Book Thief” & “Night”

It's the early 1940s and it's wartime. And that can only mean one thing–death. Whether it's your friends, your family, or your next door neighbors, Death is stalking. Literally. Death, as ironic as it seems, comes alive...

Rithika Gunasekaran 27 enacting Paedyn Gray, the protagonist of Lauren Roberts award-winning debut, Powerless.

Powerless or Empowered?

We all thought COVID-19 was bad, right? Well, be thankful it didn’t genetically alter us, mutate us, or change us. Be thankful it wasn’t the plague, from Lauren Roberts’ Powerless. Roberts writes about an unimaginable...

The classic battle between two widely recognized water bottles. The Stanley water bottle (at right) vs. the Owala water bottle.

Owala vs. Stanley: The Better Beverage Bearer?

ANNALISE DANTES '26 and AASHI TAMBOLI '26 April 22, 2024

Gen-Z’s water bottle obsession has existed since the Hydro Flask epidemic in 2019. Since then, we’ve seen the likes of S’well, Yeti, and most recently, Stanley and Owala cups. Stanley cups have been prominent in EHS amongst...

Canva Illustration

Soaring Through the Pages of The Kite Runner

RIDHA MIRZA '24 April 19, 2024

Have you ever wondered what Afghanistan was like during the Taliban? In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, the Afghan-American novelist paints a beautiful picture of the memories and tragedies...

Justin Timberlake performs Higher, Higher during his world tour for Man of the Woods.

Everything I Expected and More

DEREK DUDEK '25, Staff Writer April 17, 2024

The Prince of Pop has returned. No, not Justin Bieber. The ten-time Grammy-winning, four-time Emmy-winning, ‘NSYNC veteran Justin Timberlake. His first album since 2016’s Man of the Woods has been released, and the results...

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