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Medical Marijuana Debated at Med Ethics Symposium
The 26th Annual Medical Ethics Symposium, which was held in the Murray Kahn Theater on Friday, December 8, focused on the controversial topic of medical marijuana. The panel of speakers highlighted the benefits and detriments of its use, and discussed the implications of legalization. Biology teacher Roz Bierig and her two Medical Ethics classes organized [...]
In Memory of Terence Tsao
Senior Terence Tsao died early in the morning of Saturday, December 17, due to injuries he sustained after being hit by a drunk driver on the night of Friday, December 16. Terence was on his way home from Stuyvesant and was waiting on a traffic island at Bay 37th Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn—one block away [...]
Culture Fest 2011: More Talent than Culture
The show opened to sound checks, shaking spotlights, and the hums of over 100 students. After the students’ many weeks of preparation and practice, the hosts, juniors YeJoon Seo, Kevin Blaise Park, and Josh “TaiChi Monkey King” Rhee, stepped out from the curtains to begin the night’s performances for Culture Fest 2011. Directed by senior [...]
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By LILY LIN
While the concept of Stuyvesant having a basement may not be foreign, few students know about or obtain the chance to see the inner workings of Stuyvesant’s biggest storage closet The nooks and crannies of our beloved school building are well known and cherished. From the outcove to the senior bar, the swimming pool to [...]
By DANIEL SOLOMON
In the 1830s, the United States was on the edge of the world, a beacon of frontier egalitarianism, an example of the pastoral idyll. Americans liked it that way, and some were concerned about how our nation would develop, whether it would remain the agrarian republic that Jefferson envisioned or morph into a European-style imperial [...]
By THE OPINION EDITORS
Drill, Baby, Drill? Governor Andrew Cuomo seems determined to allow horizontal hydraulic fracturing, a dangerous oil extraction method, to be used to unlock the natural gas contained in upstate’s Marcellus Shale rock formation. The process, more commonly known as fracking, involves the blasting of rock with explosive materials mixed with water, producing a by-product of [...]
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- Administration Implicated in Coat Conspiracies
By DANIEL SOLOMON AND JOSEPH SOLOMON
On Friday, January 7, a school administrator took to the loudspeaker to make a peculiar announcement. “All students,” the administrator said, “must wear a coat or jacket if they are to go out for lunch.” The message, issued on a day when the temperature topped 50 degrees, befuddled many students, a few of whom were [...] (More...) - Administration Cracks Down on Unauthorized Elevator Use by “Injured” Students
By ROBERT MELAMED
After a series of complaints by Stuyvesant staff and teachers, new measures have been put in place to make riding elevators harder for students, even with a pass. Elevator passes have traditionally been given to students who were physically unable to get to their classes by using the stairs. However, recently many staff members have [...] (More...) - Math Teacher to Front Boy Band
By EDITH VILLAVICENCIO
Mathematics teacher David Park announced on Friday, December 23, that he will be the lead vocalist and guitarist of a new boy band, which has yet to be named. Most of the band’s details are still undecided, but Park has released several preliminary singles, including “A Bit of Humble Pi,” and “A Fraction of My [...] (More...) - Camaraderie and Competition: Stuyvesant’s Twins
By REBECCA GAEBLER
The birth of twins is a very rare occurrence; the odds of fraternal twins being born are 60 to one, while for identical twins, the odds are 240 to one. But because of Stuyvesant’s sizable population, the school has a number of students with an identical or fraternal twin. Though having a twin presents unique [...] (More...) - Jewish History from Egypt to the Lower East Side
By ARINA BYKADOROVA AND MADHURIMA CHOWDHURY
While scanning the drop-down list of electives, cynical sophomores or jaunty upperclassmen may wonder what to do with the line that says “Wanderings: The World Through the Jewish Experience.” The class seems a bit off the map compared to the usual history offerings, and many students, non-Jews especially, do not know what to expect. Social [...] (More...)
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