It was early November, we were already eliminated from playoff contention, and all we had to play for was pride. A victory was all but assured against lowly Springfield Gardens. Until former football coach Dave Velkas came in with a blank ball, we had no clue what we were playing for.
Then he slowly explained [...]

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The Runnin’ Rebels, the boys’ varsity basketball team, have a history of close games – five of Stuyvesant’s games have been decided by five points or less. The 52-49 loss to the Cougars of A.P. Randolph High School on Monday, January 13 was the most dramatic of these games when the Rebels gave up a [...]

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Before the 2007-2008 Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) season began, the International Association for Approved Basketball Officials (IAABO) decided to enforce two rules, the Uniform Policy and the Blood Rule, more stringently.
The Uniform Policy requires players to keep their jerseys tucked in at all times during a game. If a player does not [...]

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The sun has not yet risen as physical education teacher Peter Bologna eats his breakfast of peanut butter with 12-grain bread before going to work. And as he makes his way home, sometimes as late as 9 p.m., the sun has long been out of sight.
Bologna woke up early on November 20, 2007, to coach [...]

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Stuyvesant students, with only four minutes to make their way around ten floors, are forced to walk fast. But they don’t know what walking fast truly is until they talk to a professional Olympic racewalker.
The girls’ racewalking team, a division of Indoor Track, got that opportunity on December 20, when it was revisited by [...]

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Lose weight, stay fit, eat smart. Among the many New Year’s resolutions teachers can make, better teaching should be at the top of the list.
Incompetent teaching is not uncommon at Stuyvesant. All students have had their fair share of teachers with incomprehensible accents or frequent absences, or those who have lost their energy and passion [...]

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“Green with Emmy.” While not the most clever play on words, this slogan represents the new American trend of “going green.” The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards launched this movement to make the awards show, held September 17, 2007, more environmentally efficient. The guests and staff were transported to the event in hybrid cars and the [...]

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Back in 1988, before Jim Jones could even spell ballin’, one man reigned over the hip-hop world: Slick Rick the Ruler. Slick Rick ruled the late 80’s with his signature eye-patch, massive gold dookie-chains, half-British accent and, of course, his timeless album “The Great Adventures of Slick Rick.” Rick brought the pimp/player attitude to the [...]

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William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is a sinister play about the revenge of the title character. In this year’s studio comedy, “I Hate Hamlet,” which was performed in the library on Tuesday, December 18 and Wednesday, December 19, the Stuyvesant Theater Community (STC) brought some humor to the subject.
“I Hate Hamlet,” written by Paul Rudnick and directed [...]

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“It’s your space. It’s your territory. I understand why it’s important to you,” Chair of the Parents’ Association (PA) Academic Affairs Committee Marjorie Weinman said of the Student Union (SU) suite. It is the one school space specifically allocated for student government meetings, student planning and simply lounging. Yet, our claim to that space is [...]

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