Opinions
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 [...]
The Year in Review
Budget cuts, arson, eliminated electives, new vending machines, juniors winning Sing! and a glaring neon sign. These are just some of the events that come to mind when looking back on the past school year, which has clearly set itself apart. Many students, and the occasional faculty member, have voiced the opinion that this past [...]
Student Union Impact, It’s a Two Way Street
The student population of Stuyvesant consists of very different people. From race and class to interests and hobbies, you can find every “type” of person. I come across people who share my interest in baseball, and others who have never even heard of the sport but know calculus formulas like the back of their hand. [...]
Requiem for a Senior
Uh oh. The last Spectator issue of this year. You know what that means. Suddenly the Opinions section will swell from a few paltry freshman articles whining about teachers and tests to a bunch of senior articles whining about how much they will miss all the teachers and tests now that they’re graduating. It happens [...]
Stuyvesant’s Policy On Delinquency: Who’s Dumb Now?
The problem with delinquents is not that we don’t want to do well in school, it’s about priorities. A Stuyvesant delinquent will excel if given the freedom and support to be who they are. Focus Sentence?: Stuyvesant needs to be more accepting and understanding of the individual and work around flaws, instead of trying to [...]
Diary of a Mad Senior: The House Will Not Hold
In the last issue of The Spectator, it is almost customary for some writer, whether he or she is a reporter, an editor or a columnist, to publish a last column, a sort of ultimatum on his or her four years at Stuyvesant. I myself have been through three such articles in my four years [...]
Campaigning 2.0
The race has begun. From now until June, the school walls will be plastered with posters (as if there already aren’t enough) and mediocre portraits of presidential wanna-bes—some in laughably professional poses, others in the intimate style of a MySpace self-portrait. There will be the classic candidate meet-and-greets on the bridge in the mornings, pamphlets [...]
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 [...]
Big Brother is Watching You
“Take her back to the hospital and put her back inside of you,” my older brother, Michael, articulately expressed at the age of two. Even though I was only a newborn, I was probably able to gather that I should sleep with one eye open—at least until my brother had to leave for college. My [...]
From South Park to Stuyvesant
The evening started off innocently enough; I had finished my homework and had settled down in front of the TV to watch my favorite show, “South Park.” Packed into the 30 minute episode was the usual helping of no-holds barred humor, which among other things, parodied the founders and figures of the world’s major religions. [...]
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