Though they lack a strong sprinting core, Stuyvesant will rely on its long distance runners to win its ninth consecutive borough title this season. They have not failed to win a borough title since Coach Mark Mendes started training the team in 1999.
“He gets kids committed, and working hard,” senior Kevin Strang said.
Currently, their top [...]

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The students who hang around the slide in Teardrop Park aren’t feeling nostalgic about their childhoods. These students, members of the Parkour Club, are trying to get from the top of the slide to the bottom in the fastest way possible. This is the art of displacement, or parkour.

Parkour combines aesthetics and physical activity. The [...]

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The 22nd annual Medical Ethics Symposium—Designer Bodies: The Cutting Edge—took place Thursday, December 13 in the Murray Kahn Theater.
The seminar, organized by biology teacher Roz Bierig and her medical ethics class, consisted of five speakers who discussed the topic of plastic surgery.
The Keynote speaker was Dr. David Staffenberg, the Chief of Plastic Surgery at the [...]

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Interleague showdowns always prove to be exciting. In Major League baseball (MLB), when the American League’s New York Yankees face the National League’s New York Mets the entire city takes notice.
These mid-season interleague matchups can prove to be as exciting as any postseason game. Even though the season isn’t on the line, bragging rights are.
Similar [...]

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A revised version of the Vacation Homework Policy was posted on the Stuyvesant Web site on Thursday, November 29. Principal Stanley Teitel added a footnote that states the policy is only “intended for the Winter Recess, Mid-Winter Recess, and Spring Recess.”
This modification excludes Thanksgiving recess. “The truth is there was never a specific agreement on [...]

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The only hot dogs available were once those boiled in street-carts. Luckily, this is no longer the case. Two specialty stores located only a few blocks from Stuyvesant make it easy for students to indulge in the traditional American food.

The New York City Hot Dog Company is a beautifully lit store conveniently located in front [...]

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Juniors Kate O’Dowd and Abby Schaeffer stared intently at the smooth sheet of paper on top of their desk in physics class. These two members of the Phoenix, the varsity girls’ basketball team, were going over several plays they were planning on running in their first game Tuesday, November 27.
Despite their efforts, the Phoenix (2-3) [...]

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Visually Distracting, an art club founded last March, provides an opportunity for budding artists to display their work. Their board is decorated with everything from oil on canvas to elaborate doodles on the back of a Spanish test.

Founded by juniors Natalie Grybauskas, Andy Pratt and Isaac McGinn, the club aims to expose the Stuyvesant community [...]

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A massive set piece caused a long gouge on the expensive, newly replaced stage floor during one of the intermissions of the Friday, November 9 production of “Bye Bye Birdie.”
Improper handling of a platform, one of the bigger sets, led to the scratch, which has temporarily been filled.

Machinist Kern Levigion filled in the scratch with [...]

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English teacher Kim Rober, once a rebellious high school girl sporting pink hair, now dresses more appropriately for a teacher, but still retains her sense of style.

The Spectator: What do you wear on a typical day of teaching?
Kim Rober: I usually wear a lot of dresses and skirts. They let me dress professionally and [...]

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