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SU in Review: Vivacity Dwindles Alongside Budget
When senior and then-Student Union (SU) President Paul Lee won the general election last June, he promised a breath of fresh air in the SU. He promised that students who were initially outside observers would be given top positions to inject the student government with innovative ideas. One year later, at the end of his [...]
Tapping Some Integrity into the News
Every year on a given June morning, Stuyvesant students flock to the second-floor atrium and crane their necks to see the colorful displays that adorn the wall near the senior bar—a popular hangout for fourth-year students. The cause for the commotion: crush lists, a long-standing tradition whereby seniors list the crushes they’ve had since freshman [...]
Senior Caucus Endorsement
The Student Union (SU) Senior Caucus President and Vice President hold possibly the most demanding grade-caucus positions in the school. It is their job to bolster morale during a stressful first term of college applications, and to build senior unity through [endless] spirit days as the year wears on. In addition, the Senior Caucus President [...]
Junior Caucus Endorsement
The responsibilities of the Junior Caucus include promoting school spirit, communicating with the students and representing the views of the grade. The duo is expected to be aware of these duties and have realistic approaches to achieving them. This year, the two pairs that have made it past the general elections are sophomores Edward Cho [...]
Nine Students Participate in Nine Hour Exam
This year, a total of nine Stuyvesant students took, and qualified for, the United States Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and United States Mathematical Junior Olympiad (USAJMO) exams—eight took the USAMO and one took the USAJMO. The tests were administered on Tuesday, April 27, and Wednesday, April 28, at Stuyvesant High School. The number of Stuyvesant students [...]
CEO and President of Toshiba Visit Physics Classes
Toshiba United States Chief Executive Officer Yoshihide Fuji and Toshiba America Foundation President John Anderson visited freshman Physics Research (SP2R5) and Modern Physics classes (SP7PMP) on Wednesday, April 21 to see how students work in the classroom setting, and to talk to them. “We gave them a tour of the school and the labs as [...]
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 [...]
Four Students Qualify for National Bio-Olympiad
Four Stuyvesant students qualified for the eighth Annual United States of America Biology Olympiad (USABO) National Finals on Friday, April 16, via an afterschool exam administered by biology teacher Roz Bierig. The students, mentored by Bierig, will travel to George Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, to prepare for and take the national Bio-Olympiad exam from Sunday, [...]
Speech and Debate Team Places Second in State Tournament
The Stuyvesant High School Speech and Debate team placed second overall in the New York State Grand Championship. The competition took place in Chaminade High School, Jackson Avenue School and Mineola Middle School in Garden City, Long Island on Saturday, April 24. This is the 26th year that Stuyvesant’s Speech and Debate team has attended [...]
StuyMUNC: A Learning Experience
The seventh annual Stuyvesant Model United Nations Conference (StuyMUNC), held on the weekend of Friday, April 16, was aimed at giving a diversified group of delegates experience analyzing past and current events. Rather than focusing on giving delegates insight into the procedural work of the United Nations, the main goal of this student-run event was [...]
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