Extra, Extra! We Hear All About It

Step aside, Rebecca Black – you’re not the only phenomenon being talked about in the hallways of Stuyvesant. No, it isn’t the newest Facebook relationship status update, or that other video that went viral while everyone was “doing homework” last night. It’s something else, something much more relevant: current events. Revolutions in Egypt, fighting in [...]

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Stuyvesant’s JSA Chapter Makes a Comeback

Stuyvesant’s chapter of Junior State of America (JSA), once a small club of seven members, is now a 40 member organization. Over the past year, it has proven itself to be a growing powerhouse team by hosting a mini-conference and garnerning numerous awards at the JSA Spring State convention. The mini-conference, or Minicon, on Sunday, [...]

Mental Contraband

Imagine comedian Dom Deluise performing the following impolite and violent acts in your living room: he spits at Albert Einstein and karate kicks the pope in the groin. In the next room Michael Jackson defecates on a salmon burger and Terry Bradshaw balances on a wheelchair. Does your memory feel any better? Well, it should. This “tawdry tableau” [...]

A Festival of Food

Hordes of students flocked to the cafeteria on Thursday, April 14 for the 36th annual International Food Festival. For just three dollars a plate, in most cases, students could try dishes, prepared by their peers, from a variety of different origins, including Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, French, and others. The Department of World Languages organized the [...]

So-Called “Art”

The Israeli West Bank barrier is more than just a political wall; for many graffiti artists, including the notorious Banksy, it is a blank canvas, waiting to be marked. Banksy’s vandalistic work, featuring painted-on ladders and holes, makes not only an artistic statement, but a political one as well. However, most graffiti artists neglect this [...]

Pick a Number

At this time of year, the biggest talk among the senior class is college acceptances, what many students see as validation for four years of onerous work. While some students received the affirmative responses they had long hoped for, many were disappointed by a long list of rejection letters, especially from the Ivy League schools. [...]

The Year Worth Remembering

When people think of high school, the most important years are almost always freshmen year, senior year and junior year. Freshmen year is seen as a transitional period; junior year is daunting, with SAT cramming and senior year is the grand finale with college applications. And then, there is sophomore year. Sophomore year is often [...]

The Importance of Academic Direction

Type in the infamous URL www.stuy.edu (don’t forget the www.), scroll down, and choose “student tools.” Enter your username and password, select “Indicate/View Your Preferences/Courses for Next Term,” and then finally submit your course choices. In a maximum of two minutes of clicking, your future has been sealed. Not only have your classes for the [...]

Stuyvesant Holds Health Fair

Stuyvesant’s first Health Fair in fifteen years was held in the third floor gymnasium on Friday, April 8. The purpose of the fair was to promote health awareness and health education through display projects and information booths. For an entrance fee of five dollars, students received six stamps, which they were able to use to [...]