Sophomores Valeriya Tsitron and Paul Lee led the race for junior caucus in the Student Union (SU) primaries on Tuesday, May 27, with a total of 97 votes.
Tsitron and Lee came in first, over eight other tickets. Sophomores Masudur Rahman and Rosanna Sobota came in second, with 61 votes. Both will advance to the general [...]

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Juniors Eunju Namkung and Aaron Ghitelman finished second in the Student Union (SU) primaries held on Tuesday, May 27 with a total of 116 votes. They will advance to the general elections on Wednesday, June 4 against juniors Philip Kim and Jenny Han.
Eunju Namkung, who is running for senior caucus president, has been involved with [...]

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Juniors Philip Kim and Jenny Han led the race for senior caucus in the Student Union (SU) primaries on Tuesday, May 27 with a total of 150 votes.
They will advance to the general elections on Wednesday, June 4 along with juniors Eunju Namkung & Aaron Ghitelman, who came in second with 116 votes.
In their campaign, [...]

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Junior Ray Hicks and sophomore Sophia Curran advanced to the general elections for Student Union (SU) President and Vice President. They received 175 votes in the primary elections held on Tuesday, May 27.
In a statement published on the SU Web site, Hicks and Curran said they “are committed to shaking up the SU and promoting [...]

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Junior James Kim and sophomore Casey Griffin, who are running for Student Union (SU) President and Vice President, received a total of 302 votes in the primary election on Tuesday, May 27. They will be continuing onto the general elections on Wednesday, June 4.
Kim was both freshman and sophomore caucus president, and is currently the [...]

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The Student Union (SU) has officially run out of money for the rest of the spring 2008 term. As a result, various teams, clubs and publications will not receive more funding until next term.
Running out of money is an unusual problem for the SU. Senior and SU President Jamila Ma said that in her two [...]

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The future of the student body is invested in the Student Union (SU) general elections, to be held Wednesday, June 4. As the news provider that represents “the pulse of the student body,” The Spectator offers its opinions on our future leaders: the candidates for Junior Caucus, Senior Caucus and SU President and Vice President.

Following the primaries, The Spectator Managing Board sat down with each of the winning tickets on Wednesday, May 28 in order to assess their platforms and the benefits they can bring to the student community.

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Former history, Japanese and Spanish teacher Emil Lugo passed away on Friday, May 16 from a heart attack. The funeral was held on Monday, May 21 at Saint Joseph’s Church in Lower Manhattan. Lugo was 61.
He began his teaching career at Stuyvesant 35 years ago and retired in 2000. “He was very happy and enjoyed [...]

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The Department of Education (DOE) released a list on Thursday, May 22 of 74 public schools whose budgets will be cut by more than five percent next year. Stuyvesant, whose budget will be cut by 955,135 dollars, or 5.32 percent, is included on the list.
Stuyvesant has faced budget cuts before. The school lost 277,000 dollars [...]

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The 2007-2008 school year has been an extremely eventful one in the dramatic world of Stuyvesant sports. We’ve seen new teams. We’ve seen old teams get new fields. We’ve seen teams lose tied games. All in all, we’ve seen nine months of the hard work, obstacles and resilience that high school sports are all about. [...]

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