Features
Stuyvesant Through the Ages
Every day, students roam through Stuyvesant’s shiny, new hallways, oblivious to the wealth of history buried beneath the surface. The kids who have passed through its doors have lived through wars, protested against the government and rebelled against the administration, all while maintaining their reputation as some of the most ingenious minds in the city. [...]
When School is Out, Work is Still In
After the school year is done, summer is a time to kick back, catch up with friends and take a couple of months off from the stress and work of school. At least, that’s what summer is supposed to be like. In fact, many Stuyvesant students try to find “productive” ways to spend the summer, so that [...]
‘SUp, Candidates?
It’s almost the end of the school year, and while most students are getting ready for the summer and complaining about the lack of air conditioning, candidates for Student Union (SU) junior and senior caucuses and for SU president and vice president are campaigning. As is the scene every year, the walls are decked with [...]
Introducing the New STC Slate
As the year draws to a close, the Stuyvesant Theatre Community (STC) welcomes three new members to the slate. Acting behind the curtains to put on Stuyvesant’s various productions, the slate is made up of the Studio Theatre Coordinator, Productions Coordinator, Technical Coordinator, Communications Coordinator and Financial Coordinator. The new slate consists of three new [...]
Gary Rubenstein: Helping Math Click
It’s a Tuesday afternoon, and rather than going home after a hard day’s work, you’re stuck in a classroom for another hour, fighting sleep in an attempt to grasp the math concepts that you missed in class. Math teacher Gary Rubenstein offers an alternative to your troubles: a Youtube channel. Rubenstein has been making and [...]
Adam Sealfon’s 2009 Graduation Speech
Good afternoon. Parents, family, friends, teachers, classmates: I’ve been thinking about everything we have done together, and it’s pretty staggering. In the past four years, we have taken 200,000 exams. Collectively, the amount of time we have spent in the Stuyvesant building is more than four times the duration of the Hundred-Years War. On its [...]
An Offer They Can’t Refuse
The end of the year is quickly approaching, and with it comes the scramble of many seniors to land a prom date. This year, Stuyvesant seniors have gone far beyond the classic flowers-and-chocolate approach. Their creative displays have surfaced on the internet and even prompted The New York Post to write an article. Here are [...]
Writing, Not Always Learning Across the Curriculum
It’s a typical school night, and sophomore Lichi Chan is working on an essay. This is hardly the first essay she’s written, but it is unlike any of her past essays. This is not a thesis essay for English, nor is it a research paper for social studies. Rather, it is an essay on basketball—for [...]
In With The New (And Some Of The Old)
Despite the recent budget cuts that have sucked fun and creative classes from the curriculums of countless schools across the state, the Stuyvesant administration has managed to offer several new and exciting classes for students in the 2010 fall term. Some of these are classes that have been offered before and are being reinstated, while [...]
Music, Books and Fame: Stuy Pops up Outside the Classroom
Stuyvesant High School is known by most people as the place where people such as US attorney general Eric Holder and Nobel Prize winners like Richard Axel spent their formative years, but to others, it is also the place where numerous actors, musicians and authors gained the inspiration that has since led them to become [...]
Recent Comments