Archive for September, 2011
Primary The President
Everyone has a breaking point, a certain amount of frustration he is willing to bear before he sticks his head out the window and yells, “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore.” I had my very own Howard Beale moment this week after President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session [...]
Students Win Freedom of Expression Contest
Whether for freedom of speech, racial justice, or equality for all, some of Stuyvesant’s young adults are standing up and fighting for their rights. Speaking out against the stereotypes in society, seniors Liam Downs-Tepper, Rudi-Ann Miller, Gerald Nelson, Cleo Nevakivi-Callahan, and Claudia Yau won first place in New York Civil Liberties Union’s (NYCLU) Freedom of [...]
Kern’s Job Secured
After nearly two weeks of negotiations, school machinist Kerneth Levigion’s job has been secured for this year. Levigion, who has served as Stuyvesant’s all-purpose handyman since the school’s move to its current location in 1992, was previously slated for dismissal on Friday, October 7. On Monday, September 12, the New York City Department of Education [...]
Health Curriculum Unaffected by New Mandate
Beginning this school year, New York City public middle and high school students will be mandated to take sex education classes for the first time in nearly two decades. The city’s new decree goes beyond the state’s basic requirement for middle and high school students to take one semester of health education classes; public schools [...]
New Dress Code Leads to Sharp Decline in Student Performance
**Disclaimer: This article is a work of fiction. All quotes are libel and slander.** According to a recent Quinnipiac University study on school uniforms and dress codes, the recently implemented dress code at Stuyvesant may have accomplished the opposite of what it was intended to achieve. The study, released on Tuesday, September 13, has shown [...]
Two Weeks into School Year, Physics Student Five Months Behind Curriculum
**Disclaimer: This article is a work of fiction. All quotes are libel and slander.** On Tuesday, September 20, after only two short weeks of school, it was determined that junior Michael Cheung is already several months behind the established physics curriculum. “I knew that something was wrong when on the first day of school [physics [...]
9/11 Memorials Held in Tribeca
September 11. Each year, people remember the events of that day: the passenger jets crashing into the towers, the people jumping out of burning window frames, the crowds running away from the cloud of dust and debris that covered lower Manhattan, leaving nearly 3,000 dead. People from across the country and around the world who [...]
Two New Guidance and College Counselors Hired
Guidance counselor Jeaurel Wilson and guidance and college counselor Casey Pedrick were hired by Stuyvesant over the summer and started working at the school before classes began. The guidance department decided to hire the new counselors after, in May, former [...]
Big Sib Little Sib Dance Descends Into Incestuous Chaos
**Disclaimer: This article is a work of fiction. All quotes are libel and slander.** Though Stuyvesant’s annual Big Sib Little Sib Dance had been intended to be a “fun, innocent occasion for Stuyvesant freshmen and their Big Sibs to get to know each other,” this year’s dance, held on Friday, September 16, degraded into a chaotic and sinful debacle from which the Stuyvesant community [...]
Taboo Tatoo
Ink on skin is a familiar sight as Stuyvesant. Many students frequently doodle on their hands, arms, and ankles, and hands are often used as a makeshift planner. But with a quick wash with soap and water, the marks can be removed. The same is not true, however, for a tattoo. Once ink is pierced [...]
