The Hitmen, the boys’ varsity baseball team, never thought of winning the city championship. All they wanted was a chance to do so. Although Stuyvesant lost to Herbert H. Lehman High School in the first round of the postseason, they were happy to merely make the playoffs.
The Hitmen had made the playoffs in each of [...]

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STUYWATCH
In September of 2007, two anonymous Stuyvesant students under the pseudonyms of Hiro and Chase founded the Web site stuywatch.com, in order to unite the student body against what they believed to be the unfair policies of the administration at the time. The Web site gained popularity in the following weeks as supporters hung posters [...]

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The Yorkers Gain Media Attention
The Stuyvesant cricket team, The Yorkers, has been the focus of considerable media attention since its induction as an official Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) sport in June 2007. The PSAL is the first high school athletic organization in North America to start a cricket league.
“Since the season started in April, [...]

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During the school day they teach classes, patrol the hallways, meet with department heads and mark papers. But for many Stuyvesant teachers, the day is far from over when the bell signals the end of their last period. History teacher Josina Dunkel, English teacher Mark Henderson, biology teacher Jerry Citron and math teacher Gary Rubinstein, [...]

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When thinking about specialized high schools, certain names may pop into our heads: Stuyvesant, Bronx Science and Brooklyn Tech, traditional math and science schools. However, on the other side of the spectrum, there’s one specialized high school that focuses on something other than brains—artistic talent.
Whether they major in art, dance, vocal and instrumental music, theater [...]

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The selection of the 2008 graduation speaker has sparked controversy between the administration and the seniors. Principal Stanley Teitel reserved New York Times writer David Herszenhorn, while senior class president Michelle Lee and senior Gabe Paley reserved Jonathan Safran Foer, author of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” and “Everything Is Illuminated.” Students are petitioning for [...]

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Stressed Stuyvesant students eagerly await the summer after senior year, when AP tests and SATIIs are memories in their college-geared minds. But, for some, those two months are not enough. Instead, these students consider taking a year off before college. During that time, they can engage in activities that their busy high school schedules could [...]

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The upperclassmen of Stuyvesant swagger around the hallways with a jaded and patronizing air towards freshmen, feeling entitled to act in such a manner due to their expertise in the various locations of the school. They’ve passed through the hallway on the first floor filled with pianos. They’ve used the doorway in the cafeteria [...]

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Assistant Principal English Eric Grossman revised the academic honesty policy last month to raise students’ awareness of the policy. While the basic idea behind it—that students are to act in an honest and forthright manner at all times—remains the same, the policy has been condensed.
“[The policy] says you’re not supposed to cheat, plagiarize, or any [...]

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With 61 votes, sophomores Masudur Rahman and Rosanna Sobota placed second out of nine tickets in the running for junior caucus in the Student Union (SU) primaries on Tuesday, May 27. They will advance to the Wednesday, June 4 general elections.
Rahman, who is running for junior caucus president, has been a part of the Freshman [...]

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