A few times a week, I purchase ambrosia in the form of coffee from a man named Tom. It was also through him that I learned the perils of teenage love.
Tom operates a Phantom Tollbooth-sized cart that offers coffee, tea, doughnuts and marble pound cake at very reasonable prices. He serves coffee with a [...]

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February 5, 2008 was quite eventful. It was the day of the ticker-tape parade that celebrated the New York Giant’s Super Bowl victory. It was Super Tuesday. It was the end of one race and the beginning of another.
Over the past few decades, many states have held their presidential primaries on a day in February [...]

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It’s difficult to give up what’s ours.
Recently, students, parents and administrators have split themselves into two hostile camps that cannot see eye to eye about the Student Union-College Office switch—one side feels the switch jeopardizes the quality of student life, while the other sees it as better use of unused space. Though both sides’ opinions [...]

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If you ask any Stuyvesant student what the most exciting time of the year is [...]

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Native Chinese speakers who learn English not only learn a new language but also a new way of thinking. Though speaking Chinese and English uses the right and left sides of the brain respectively, thanks to senior Olivia Hu’s research, we now know that Chinese-English bilingual individuals begin to process the languages on opposite sides.
The [...]

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Ferrara Chosen as Assistant Principal Mathematics
Former Coordinator of Mathematics Maryann Ferrara assumed the role of Assistant Principal (AP) Mathematics at the start of the spring term after serving as Coordinator since September 2007. A C-30 committee, made up of representatives of the parents, students, faculty and administrators, recommended Ferrara for the position at the [...]

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The Department of Education (DOE) cut 100 million dollars from individual school budgets citywide on Wednesday, January 30 because of the worsening economy. Each New York City public school lost 1.75 percent of its budget. Stuyvesant lost 277,000 dollars.
Principal Stanley Teitel said the school has “to figure out what we’ll give up between now [...]

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Karaoke is an American-modified word derived from the Japanese words “kara,” meaning empty, and “okesutora,” meaning orchestra. Originally a fad for Japan’s wealthy upper class, karaoke has since become associated with intoxicated girls belting out Celine Dion and Whitney Houston songs at smoke-filled bars. Today, though, many Asian establishments have made karaoke accessible. Karaoke fans [...]

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Members of the Stuyvesant community [...]

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When Amber Webber hums “and I woke up in between” in “Night Walks,” a song from Canadian band Black Mountain’s new album “In the Future,” perhaps she is referring to Black Mountain’s fusion-based style. Combining 70s classic rock with a hodgepodge of other genres, “In the Future” has a rather deceptive title.
The album opens [...]

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