Senior Caucus Endorsement

… the field of communication and advocate fiercely on students’ behalf.

Although the opinion of the editorial board rests on the side of Wong and Ahmed, both candidates are clearly qualified for the job. The Class of 2011 is very fortunate to have two excellent options before them when they cast their ballots.

Why We Cheat

Several weeks ago, one of our staff members sat down outside his math classroom to take a make-up test. After some minutes of work, an anonymous girl walked by, surreptitiously dropping a folded sheet of paper on his desk and without a word of identification, walked away. Not knowing what to do, he quickly shoved the paper in his backpack, but later saw that written on the paper were the …

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For the Record

… a self-corrector for the staff members and a note of correction to the readers. Every two weeks, the editorial board sits down to carefully critique the past issue, give input on content for future issues and scan for mistakes—everything from minor grammatical snafus to reporting and citation errors. The New York Times has a similar corrections box for its paper and appendage notes for its online version. After the Blair scandal, The Times took further steps toward bolstering its …

Survival of the Fittest Numbers

A wave of nausea hits you and your stomach does back flips. Green, black and red flash across your eyes—and no, you don’t have the swine flu. These are typical effects of scouring through Stuyvesant’s college admissions statistics. You find yourself poring over the SAT scores and GPAs of other students to see how you measure up. Who can blame you for getting caught up in this sea of …

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With All Due Respect

Over the years, the only thing higher than our national debt is our increasing level of disrespect. Gone are the days of propriety, of “please” and “thank you.” But one institution still retains some of these fundamental values. Here’s to Stuyvesant High School—a monument of manners, an edifice of etiquette. The word Stuyvesant carries a magnificent aura of intellectualism and …

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SING!: A Microcosm of Stuyvesant

Every year, prospective students from around the city file through the halls of our school on Open House tours to get a taste of what it means to be a part of the Stuyvesant community. While the tours provide a plethora of information about the classes, school facilities and the many clubs and publications Stuyvesant offers, these are only snapshots of our school and do not fully embody the …

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“Ringing in the News Year”

Everything begins anew in February at Stuyvesant. We have just returned from our Finals Week to new schedules, new teachers and a new term. Similarly, at The Spectator, we have returned from the fall semester with a new editorial board, and would like to take this opportunity to familiarize you with our goals and visions for the paper’s future.

We would like to assert to our readers that …

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The Final Countdown

Finals are supposed to test our cumulative knowledge of a subject, not our ability to multi-task and navigate frantically through competing, enormous amounts of work. Toward the end of the semester, we are forced to deal with a stressful compilation of tests, projects, finals and, for some, SATs. But these anticipated burdens become exacerbated with the shortening of finals week, and more …

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Beating the Budget

In a school system where budget cuts always seem to be looming, we have grown accustomed to constantly bracing ourselves for the budget axe to fall, and for the next extracurricular or elective to vanish.

Stuyvesant students should not resign themselves to this state of affairs. There are many avenues the student body can pursue on its own to improve the current budget situation.

For …

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Responsibility and its Rewards

… copy-cat arsonists are still a looming threat and that we are not completely in the clear.

While the Editorial Board would have reluctantly endorsed the lockdown (and will do so in the future), we would have done so on the condition that it was temporary and discontinued either when the fires stopped or when the identities of the arsonists were discovered. In the years since the September 11, 2001 attacks, citing safety as the reason, the administration has continually imposed further …

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