Hundreds of students wore t-shirts supporting a campaign known as “Stuyspace” on Tuesday, February 5. This student initiative aims to convince students to clean up after themselves in school.
The Stuyspace campaign was first proposed by Building Stuy Community (BSC). BSC is a forum for students, parents and teachers to discuss issues about Stuyvesant. The ultimate [...]
Breakdancers do not typically dance to classical music—but the b-boys of Stuyvesant’s Breakdancing Club dropped the beat on Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major at the Asian Culture Festival, performing a fun dance routine that made the crowd go wild.
The festival took place on December 20, 2007 in the Murray Kahn Theater. Juniors Hon Chau, Jonathan [...]
Acting as high school students doing a musical couldn’t have been pulled off better than by those who worked on the Stuyvesant Theater Community (STC) studio musical this year.
Unlike past studio musicals, “Moby Dick! The Musical” was held in the cafeteria on Thursday, January 31 and Friday, February 1. Directed by senior Hannah Temkin and [...]
Diving
Stuyvesant ‘06
Villanova ‘10
When James Styles (‘06) left Stuyvesant High School for Villanova University, he had a decision to make. He had been a Pirate, a member of the boys’ varsity swimming and diving team, for four years at Stuyvesant. He had placed first in all but three of 17 diving events: the 500-yard freestyle, [...]
It’s not madness: the Spartans, Stuyvesant’s co-ed wrestling team, has finished the season with a winning record.
After finishing the 2005, 2006 and 2007 seasons with records of 1-11, 1-11 and 3-7, respectively, the Spartans completed the 2008 season 7-3. However, this wasn’t enough to qualify them for the Dual Meet Championships, which will be held [...]
The Phoenix season was on the line on Monday, February 4. With only two games left in their season, the girls’ varsity basketball team needed to win against the High School of Art and Design in order to stay in the playoff race, which requires a minimum .500 win record.
But the Phoenix faltered by [...]
After an eight-year winning streak, including last year’s co-championship title with the Brooklyn Technical High School Engineers, the Pirates, the boys’ swimming and diving team, was brought to a stop by Brooklyn Tech on Tuesday, February 5 in the semifinal round of post-season swimming.
Finishing with a narrow score of 53-49 in playoff semifinals, the historic [...]
After a tough week of narrow losses in late January, the Runnin’ Rebels, the boys’ varsity basketball team, returned in February to win three of their last four games of the regular season. Improving their record to 10-8, the Rebels now focus on the postseason, scheduled to begin in late February.
The Rebels got their first [...]