The Stuyvesant Spectator

SU Elections 2008

June 2nd, 2008 · By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

SU Elections 2008
The future of the student body is invested in the Student Union (SU) general elections, to be held Wednesday, June 4. As the news provider that represents “the pulse of the student body,” The Spectator offers its opinions on our future leaders: the candidates for Junior Caucus, Senior Caucus and SU President and Vice President.

Following the primaries, The Spectator Managing Board sat down with each of the winning tickets on Wednesday, May 28 in order to assess their platforms and the benefits they can bring to the student community. (More...)
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News

Stuyvesant Faces 5.32 Percent Budget Cut Next Year

June 2nd, 2008 By PAULINA KARPIS, RACHEL KIM and ARIANNA MOSHARY

The Department of Education (DOE) released a list on Thursday, May 22 of 74 public schools whose budgets will be cut by more than five percent next year. (More...)

Sports

The Ultimate Camping Trip

June 2nd, 2008 By LUC COHEN and WHITNEY KO

Amherst, Massachusetts is known for many things. (More...)

Opinions

Current Necessities

June 2nd, 2008 · By JAMES DENNIN

As skeptical students, it is in our nature to always question the value of learning, especially when placed out of our element in terms of subject material. (More...)

A&E

Dance the Night Away

June 2nd, 2008 · By LEILI SABER and ERICA SANDS

Why do we dance? The answer is simple: dancing is a universal, natural way to convey emotions. Really excited? Play the air guitar complete with rocker head-bobbing and hair shaking. Or bust out a few shuffles and time steps, (More...)
Hitmen Make Playoffs With Complete Team Effort

By DAVID DEGUZMAN

The Hitmen, the boys’ varsity baseball team, never thought of winning the city championship. All they wanted was a chance to do so. Although Stuyvesant lost to Herbert H. Lehman High School in the first round of the postseason, they were happy to merely make the playoffs. (More...)

Year in Review

By DANIELLE OBERDIER and ABBY SCHAEFFER

STUYWATCH In September of 2007, two anonymous Stuyvesant students under the pseudonyms of Hiro and Chase founded the Web site stuywatch.com, in order to unite the student body against what they believed to be the unfair policies of the administration at the time. The Web site gained popularity in the following weeks as supporters hung posters that donned the slogan “Kids First.” But Stuywatch left as quickly as it came. Parody Web sites watchstuy.com and stuywatchwatch.blogspot.com were created to gain supporters against the campaign. Stuywatch itself seems to have vanished. (More...)

News in Brief

The Yorkers Gain Media Attention The Stuyvesant cricket team, The Yorkers, has been the focus of considerable media attention since its induction as an official Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) sport in June 2007. The PSAL is the first high school athletic organization in North America to start a cricket league. “Since the season started in April, many reporters came by to our games,” senior and co-captain Usman Khan said. Principal Stanley Teitel said, “Stuyvesant was one of the first teams to join. (More...)

Oh, Baby!

By HANNAH O’GRADY and EMMA ZIEGELLAUB EICHLER

During the school day they teach classes, patrol the hallways, meet with department heads and mark papers. But for many Stuyvesant teachers, the day is far from over when the bell signals the end of their last period. History teacher Josina Dunkel, English teacher Mark Henderson, biology teacher Jerry Citron and math teacher Gary Rubinstein, among others, go home to a second job—as diaper-changers, bottle-washers and even human punching bags. The job that encompasses all these different roles is a parent. (More...)

Double Mission: Life of a LaGuardia Student

By ANTARA AFRIN and DANIELLE OBERDIER

When thinking about specialized high schools, certain names may pop into our heads: Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and Brooklyn Tech, traditional math and science schools. However, on the other side of the spectrum, there’s one specialized high school that focuses on something other than brains—artistic talent. Whether they major in art, dance, vocal and instrumental music, theater production or drama, the students of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts are unique in terms of their focus on their talent aside from their academics. (More...)