Senior SING!: A Life Saving Production

“Car-rrrrot, carrr-rot, carrr-ot, carrr-ot,” the large carrot of Senior SING! (Brittany Bishop) chanted. Though random scenes like the visit of a demented carrot were recurrent throughout Senior SING! 2008, the quirky randomness and humor of the entire performance showcased the seniors’ ability to function as perfectly as a human body. By teasing themselves and not solely the other grades (though the seniors couldn’t resist poking fun at Junior SING!’s board game theme), the seniors were exciting, funny, and synchronized as a grade.

Titled “Inside the Body of Gnis Roines,” Senior SING! 2008 was executive-produced by Marta Bralic and produced by Paul Silverman, Lily Warnke, and Eugene Golubitsky. After the brief appearance of a surgeon and a nurse on stage, the cast plummeted into the body of the patient.

Junior SING!: Stepping Their Game Up

Despite a relatively unenthusiastic opening to Junior SING!, the juniors proved themselves as formidable opponents to the seniors. The juniors left half of the audience roaring with laughter, and the other half “si-rent” after being offended. Despite a few weak points, Junior SING! was in general an excellent production that moved the audience—2 spots forward.
Junior [...]

Soph-Frosh SING!: The Script That Would Be

“[God] does not throw dice,” Albert Einstein wrote in 1926. Apparently, though, God does gamble—with Soph-Frosh SING!’s script, which left the audience “just a tad confused” in the words of Jennifer, the hick in this year’s Soph-Frosh SING!.
The plot of Soph-Frosh SING!, executive-produced by sophomores Stephanie Bartolome and Paul Lee and produced by freshmen Daniela [...]

Student Union Hosts First Waffle Day Ever

The Student Union (SU) hosted a waffle party in the SU office on Thursday, March 6, to celebrate the purchase of new couches and to raise awareness for the Stuyspace campaign. Free waffles and drinks were distributed to attendees and students waiting in line to purchase SING! tickets.
The SU added the two new pillow couches [...]

SPARK Volunteers Befriend Special Education Students

A new School Prevention of Addiction through Rehabilitation and Knowledge (SPARK) peer partnership program integrates Public School (P.S.) M721 students into the Stuyvesant community. P.S. M721, the Manhattan Occupational Training Center, is a special education public high school that provides developmentally disabled students aged 15 to 21 with the opportunity to acquire and practice [...]

Homework Policy Tested Over Winter Break

As winter break drew near this year, students sighed with relief. Their time to relax was nearing, and, thanks to a new vacation homework policy, they thought their break workload would be low. However, some students were unpleasantly surprised when teachers began piling on homework. Math papers 12 pages long and 360-question chemistry handouts were [...]

13 Semifinalists in Biology Olympiad

Thirteen Stuyvesant students out of the 15 who took the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) qualifying exam made it to the semi-finals on Wednesday, February 13.
The semi-finalists were announced on Monday, March 3. Six seniors, six juniors and one sophomore were named semi-finalists–four more students than last year. This year’s semi-finalists are seniors Paula Bu, Shu [...]

Replacement for Dunkel

Hugh Epton replaced History teacher Josina Dunkel as the current Advanced Placement (AP) European History teacher on Friday, February 29. Dunkel, who was the only AP European History teacher, is currently on maternity leave.
Epton teaches AP World History and AP Government in California. There, classes are held throughout the year to prevent overcrowding. There are [...]

Freshman Assaulted in School

A freshman was assaulted on the fifth floor during fifth period on Thursday, February 28.
The victim and a freshman friend were in the sixth floor bathroom when the attacker, a junior, accosted them. The two freshmen ran to the fifth floor towards the cafeteria when the junior “put his arm around [one of the freshmen] [...]

Clean-Up Attendance Jeopardizes Next Year’s SING!

Principal Stanley Teitel is considering canceling SING! next year because few students came to SING! clean-up on Sunday, March 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
“Behind the stage and down the corridor the place was a disaster,” Teitel said. “Its been a perpetual problem.”
According to Coordinator of Student Affairs Lisa Weinwurm, approximately five students from [...]