Archive for April, 2012
Ozzie Being Ozzie
Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen has a reputation in Major League Baseball for being completely unfiltered in his speech to and players alike. Though some believe that his honesty and up-front character is refreshing in a business in which reporters often struggle to quote a player or a manager’s genuine feelings, others simply believe that [...]
The Day the Clown Tried
Good movies are overrated. Good comedies are more so. Sure, Charlie Chaplin and Woody Allen may produce films that can make you think and laugh simultaneously, but where’s the fun in spoon-fed intellectual wit? Bad movies, on the other hand, even at their best (or worst), contain barrels of unintentional humor that will leave you with not [...]
The Race to Nowhere
As indicated by hallways are plastered with promises to “improve your high school experience,” provide “positive changes for YOU,” and “make this school better for all” by “representing fully the student community.” The election season (and all its accompanying baggage) is officially well on its way. Although the Board of Elections (BOE) has made several big changes this year, the election procedure continues to [...]
Bio Olympiad Team Achieves Highest Ranking Score in National Competition
Seventeen Biology Olympiad team members participated in a yearly open examination in which they competed against ten thousand other high school students in the country. Eleven of these students qualified for the United States of America Biology Olympiad (USABO) semi-final exam. Before taking the semi-final exam, students had to complete the USABO Open Exam, a 50-minute, [...]
Greyducks Compete With Best in the City
The Greyducks, Stuyvesant’s girls’ outdoor track and field team, rarely compete against teams outside of the Public School Athletic League (PSAL), due to the PSAL scheduling and the daunting strength of the competition. However, on Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14, the female Greyducks met the challenge, as they participated in one of the [...]
Renegades All But Clinch a Playoff Spot
Stuyvesant Renegades 13, Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy Tigers 3 By Alen Makhmudov Stuyvesant’s girls’ varsity softball team the Renegades, led by seniors and co-captains Morgan Higgins and Ana Slade, had an easy win over the Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy Tigers on Tuesday, April 17 in Central Park. The game started out in Stuyvesant’s favor, as Higgins struck out [...]
Soccer Academies Producing Future Stars
There are many ways to become skilled at soccer. While for some, practice may include casually kicking a ball around with friends, for others, practice is a strict routine, followed to a tee. Some people have even enrolled themselves in soccer academies, schools designed to instruct students on everything from the fundamentals to the intricacies [...]
