Drama, Laughs and Kung Fu in One Acts Festival

… by junior Shelley Li, featured “Family 2.0” by Walter Wykes, “Transience” by senior Emma Dries, “Boom Boom Pow” by Wes Schierenbeck, “Words, Words, Words” by David Ives and “The Night Man Cometh” adapted from an episode of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” The line-up proved to be especially good this year. “This is the best One Acts has been. Five for five,” alumnus J.J. Russo (’09) said.

Family 2.0

Directed by junior Peter Liu, “Family 2.0” …

Marina Abramović: Performance Art Revolutionary

Instead of just passively watching a performance, imagine being a part of it and altering what the performer does. Performance art is a whole different realm of avant-garde, conceptually driven, sometimes extreme and often unknown performances. Unlike in sculpting and painting, when objects become the artistic work, or in dance, when the work is primarily motion-driven, in performance art, the …

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Random House Inc. Creative Writing Competition Recognizes Seven Stuyvesant Seniors

… 10,000 dollar scholarships, Vivian Tseng one of 20 Best of Borough 1,000 dollar scholarships and Emma Dries one of 15 Artist Recognition 500 dollar awards. The competition also recognized seniors Julia Chen, Clio Contogenis, Danielle Oberdier and Emma Ziegellaub-Eichler as four of 75 seniors to win Honorable Mention Creativity Kits.

The large number of students recognized from Stuyvesant is not uncommon. “Stuyvesant usually has someone who ranks high in the competition,” English …

Mayor to Eliminate Teacher Pay Raise to Avoid Layoffs

To cope with the loss of state funding for education, Mayor Michael Bloomberg had originally proposed the citywide layoffs of 4,419 public school teachers. However, he announced his plan to repeal this proposal on Wednesday, June 2, and instead do away with across-the-board two percent pay raises scheduled for the next two years for teachers and principals. Forgoing the raises would save the …

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Rubinstein Presents Mathematical Masterpieces

Mathematics teacher Gary Rubinstein made a presentation about how teachers can incorporate the history of mathematics into high school courses at the 88th National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) annual meeting on Saturday, April 24.  The exposition was held in the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.

“I was so grateful that I could attend for three days,” …

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Invisible Children Uncovered: Students Learn of the Perils of Ugandan Child Soldiers

… Children club was created two years ago as part of this program by then-sophomores Cody Levine, Emma Rosenbluth and Marcus. According to Levine, they first learned about the cause when social studies teacher and current Invisible Children faculty advisor Lisa-Jane Shuman showed them the “Invisible Children: Rough Cut” documentary.

“I try to expose students to world issues that they, students, as our future, can perhaps do something about. And I think it is important for all of us, …

Tribeca Film Festival Picks

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Hard-bitten Vic (Eddie Marsan) and naïve Danny (Martin Compston) kidnap Alice (Gemma Arterton), the only daughter of a rich businessman, and proceed to hold her hostage in a soundproof loft room. The pair expects to receive a two million euro ransom, but their plans go amiss as all three characters attempt to outdo and outwit one another.

Limiting the set to mostly one flat, director and screenwriter J. Blakeson delves into creating as much suspense as possible. The …

My Brothers Are Everyone’s Brothers

“When did you remember your first memory?” Scwally, the youngest of the three titular brothers, asks his brothers this as they embark on a road trip of growing up and dealing with the misfortunes of life and death. The chemistry between the brothers, along with a viewer’s ability to relate to each character, is so strong that the somewhat flawed plotline is overshadowed, in …

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Cannons Fired on the Right Path

Nobody ever wants to conform to his or her parents’ desires and Tommaso (Ricardo Scamarcio) is no different. When called back to his hometown of Lecce in Italy’s deep south to take over the family pasta business, Tommaso decides to finally come clean about his homosexuality and his hopes of being a writer. But his brother Antonio (Alessandro Preziosi) soon interrupts his plans. Director …

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Some New Twists on the Every Day Movie

When people give up their rooms for guests to stay in, there are usually some awkward moments, but most can’t compare to those of a stern grandfather sleeping in his gay grandson’s room.

Such is a stand-out scene in a film with a title that says it all. There is no masking or dramatizing the truth. “Every Day” is a simple story about the ups and downs, and the real events that …

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