News
Stuyvesant Students are Delegates Representing NYC Internationally
By Brian Lin, Thehan Abeyweera, Wyatt Weiss
Ellis Thompson and Omer Karelic are representing New York City at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.
Arts and Entertainment
Art? Science? History? What is Art Conservation?
Stuyvesant alumna Sara Levin, objects conservator for the African and Oceanic art department at the Met shares insights into the art conservation profession.
Humor
How to Know if You’re Choosing the Right APs and Electives (for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Half of a Junior)
By Fiona Chen 2
A personality test to help choose your APs/Electives, based on unrealistic theoretical events/questions.
Science
A New “Pesticide”
By Emma Musyuk
As further developments and advancements are made in the field, RNAi pesticides may eventually reduce the agricultural industry’s dependence on traditional chemical pesticides altogether. While more research is still needed to fully understand their long-term ecological impacts and drawbacks, it is clear that RNA pesticides possess the remarkable potential to change the agriculture industry forever.
Sports
Sawe Makes Marathon History
By Ashley Mui
Sebastian Sawe made marathon history by breaking the two-hour barrier at the 2026 London Marathon.
Arts and Entertainment
The Devil Still Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada 2 debuts as an unnecessary, narratively confusing legacy sequel, with acting that did not stand the test of time.
Opinions
Stuyvesant’s Financial Literacy Failure
Despite overwhelming student demand and Stuyvesant’s unique reputation for its rigor, Stuyvesant has failed to expand its personal finance curriculum.
Sports
Golden Tempo and the Gendered Structure of Sports Leadership
By Nina Benson
What Cherie DeVaux’s Kentucky Derby win as the first female trainer reveals about the lack of female power in sports.
Opinions
Where is the Republican Party Headed?
By Lukas Yao
Trump has amassed a generational coalition of supporters, but irreconcilable factional differences within leave the future of the Republican Party up for grabs.
Opinions
The Hidden Costs Behind “Taxing the Rich”
The effects of increasing income taxes on the richest in America disrupt the future of American wealth.
Arts and Entertainment
The Cost of Craze: How Trends Exploit Cultural Ingredients
Viral food trends like matcha, ube, and Dubai chocolate may capture global attention, but their rapid rise comes at the expense of cultural authenticity, shortages, and strain on the supply chains that sustain the communities behind these ingredients.
Arts and Entertainment
Aesthetic Authoritarianism bores me: The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent is authoritarianism on a slow, slow summer’s day.
Sports
Sports Nutrition: What Powers Elite Athletes
The impact of proper sports nutrition on athletic performance and recovery.
Features
Dealt a New Hand: How Students Filled the Phone Ban Gap
By Mary Kamela
As Stuyvesant’s phone ban comes to the end of its first year, students are increasingly using card games as a primary form of social interaction during free periods, reshaping the atmosphere of lunchrooms and hallways and sparking broader debate.
Arts and Entertainment
Food is my one true love
By The Arts & Entertainment Department
The A&E department shares their best bites of the issue. The food that melted in their mouths, the one that satiated their insatiable desires, the one where every bite told a story, teasing their taste buds, leaving them craving the next mouthful long after the plate was empty.
Arts and Entertainment
The Sound of Spring: How Popular Music Reimagines the Season Across Decades
By Mira Anant
A playlist-like analysis of how popular music across decades has redefined the idea of the “spring song,” transforming spring from a symbol of simple renewal into a more complex emotional and cultural metaphor.
Opinions
The Hidden Costs of Our Donation Bags
The clothing donations we send to Africa as a seemingly harmless display of charity are destroying African industrial capabilities and crushing the environment under the weight of our unwanted clothes.
Opinions
Ring of Ruin: The Growing Space Debris Crisis and Lack of Regulation
While space poses incredible opportunities for scientific research, increased effort needs to be directed towards ensuring space debris levels are mitigated through strengthened legislation.
News
Stuyvesant’s Sophomore Bar Closes
By Amy Mitchneck, Bryan Boo, Keya Warikoo, Noah Choi
Before AP exams were administered, the Sophomore Bar was announced closed for students.
Features
Proofs, Patterns, Circles, and Sines: Mrs. Sterr
A profile on mathematics teacher May Sterr and the experiences that shaped her journey to teaching Geometry and AP Precalculus at Stuyvesant.
Humor
How to Know That You’re in a Toxic Relationship… With J
This guide helps you identify the warning signs of a toxic relationship in an unexpected place.
Sports
The Las Vegas Raiders’ Bright Future
(One sentence summary of your article): Coming off another losing season, the Las Vegas Raiders begin their shift to a new and much more promising era as we consider their coaching changes and immense talent.
Arts and Entertainment
Project Hail Mary (2026) Reaches for the Stars
Project Hail Mary serves its purpose well as a hard Sci-Fi adaptation, even as some emotional depth is sacrificed for efficiency.
Sports
Searching for Glory in March
By Janice Chen
A look into this year’s Women’s March Madness tournament.
Sports
The Positive Mentality
By Nathan Lee
Meet Jacob Mui, co-captain of Stuyvesant’s varsity baseball team, the Peglegs.
Features
Empanadas, Franglais, and Names
A reflection on being multicultural and how it influences my identity.
Humor
Bridge Troll Gobbles Up Freshmen
The Tribeca Bridge becomes occupied by a freshman-eating troll.
Sports
The Celtics’ Unexpected Success This Season
By Logan Brown
The Celtics’ impressive performance this year was driven by great coaching and unlikely players stepping up into important roles.
Science
Why Ultra-Processed Foods Are So Addictive
By Faiza Rumman
Ultra-processed foods are becoming an increasingly dominant part of modern diets due to factors from a wide variety of areas, such as neuroscience, food engineering, and even psychology.
Opinions
The Faucet, Not The Pipeline
By Niam Kaufman
The U.S. has spent decades protecting Gulf oil with carrier groups, and said nothing about the desalination infrastructure that actually keeps the Gulf alive.
News
Stuyvesant’s Muslim Student Association Achieves First in MIST Regionals
By Aanya Baid, Bryan Boo, Dilasha Rawal, Farheen Rahman
Stuyvesant MSA wins first place in the Muslim Interscholastic Tournament for the fourth time in a row.
News
Stuyvesant Community Evacuates Due to Threat
Stuyvesant students and faculty evacuated the building on April 13 after the school received a “nonspecific threat.”
News
A.P. Brian Moran returns to Stuyvesant
After nearly a year of absence coinciding with antisemitic graffiti found in the second-floor boys’ bathroom, Assistant Principal of Safety and Security Brian Moran has returned to Stuyvesant.
Opinions
Green Colonialism: When Sustainability Sustains Inequality
Green energy resource neocolonialism is a detrimental form of exploitation, preventing developing nations from developing renewable energy infrastructure necessary for independence and economic growth.
Science
Pollen: A Microscopic Trigger of Macroscopic Reactions
Pollen, despite being essential for economic stability and plant reproduction, can trigger a complex immune response that can lead to seasonal allergies.
Features
Where Does Robotics’ Money Come From?
By Tiffany Wang
An inside look into the business machine powering Stuvesant’s largest student-run organization—and the team of teenagers behind it.
Arts and Entertainment
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: Too Many Stars, Not Enough Story
By Kimberly Chen, Sara Bhuiyan
A review of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie with emphasis on its storytelling, character development, and its effectiveness as a sequel.
Features
Finding Connection Through Connections: The Rise of Daily Puzzle Culture
The rise in popularity of The New York Times games, as well as puzzle culture in general, reflects how our generation seeks quick and daily mental challenges that shape habits and build communities.
Features
Substituting: Substantive or Sub-optimal?
When students discover their teacher is absent for the day, high expectations and excitement often follow, but the reality of effectiveness in substitute teaching unravels a far more complex story.
News
Stuyvesant Students are Delegates Representing NYC Internationally
By Brian Lin, Thehan Abeyweera, Wyatt Weiss
Ellis Thompson and Omer Karelic are representing New York City at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.
Arts and Entertainment
Art? Science? History? What is Art Conservation?
Stuyvesant alumna Sara Levin, objects conservator for the African and Oceanic art department at the Met shares insights into the art conservation profession.
Humor
How to Know if You’re Choosing the Right APs and Electives (for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Half of a Junior)
By Fiona Chen 2
A personality test to help choose your APs/Electives, based on unrealistic theoretical events/questions.
Science
A New “Pesticide”
By Emma Musyuk
As further developments and advancements are made in the field, RNAi pesticides may eventually reduce the agricultural industry’s dependence on traditional chemical pesticides altogether. While more research is still needed to fully understand their long-term ecological impacts and drawbacks, it is clear that RNA pesticides possess the remarkable potential to change the agriculture industry forever.
Sports
Sawe Makes Marathon History
By Ashley Mui
Sebastian Sawe made marathon history by breaking the two-hour barrier at the 2026 London Marathon.
Arts and Entertainment
The Devil Still Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada 2 debuts as an unnecessary, narratively confusing legacy sequel, with acting that did not stand the test of time.
Opinions
Stuyvesant’s Financial Literacy Failure
Despite overwhelming student demand and Stuyvesant’s unique reputation for its rigor, Stuyvesant has failed to expand its personal finance curriculum.
Sports
Golden Tempo and the Gendered Structure of Sports Leadership
By Nina Benson
What Cherie DeVaux’s Kentucky Derby win as the first female trainer reveals about the lack of female power in sports.
Opinions
The Hidden Costs of Our Donation Bags
The clothing donations we send to Africa as a seemingly harmless display of charity are destroying African industrial capabilities and crushing the environment under the weight of our unwanted clothes.
Opinions
Ring of Ruin: The Growing Space Debris Crisis and Lack of Regulation
While space poses incredible opportunities for scientific research, increased effort needs to be directed towards ensuring space debris levels are mitigated through strengthened legislation.
Opinions
Where is the Republican Party Headed?
By Lukas Yao
Trump has amassed a generational coalition of supporters, but irreconcilable factional differences within leave the future of the Republican Party up for grabs.
News
Stuyvesant’s Sophomore Bar Closes
By Amy Mitchneck, Bryan Boo, Keya Warikoo, Noah Choi
Before AP exams were administered, the Sophomore Bar was announced closed for students.
Opinions
The Hidden Costs Behind “Taxing the Rich”
The effects of increasing income taxes on the richest in America disrupt the future of American wealth.
Features
Proofs, Patterns, Circles, and Sines: Mrs. Sterr
A profile on mathematics teacher May Sterr and the experiences that shaped her journey to teaching Geometry and AP Precalculus at Stuyvesant.
Arts and Entertainment
The Cost of Craze: How Trends Exploit Cultural Ingredients
Viral food trends like matcha, ube, and Dubai chocolate may capture global attention, but their rapid rise comes at the expense of cultural authenticity, shortages, and strain on the supply chains that sustain the communities behind these ingredients.
Humor
How to Know That You’re in a Toxic Relationship… With J
This guide helps you identify the warning signs of a toxic relationship in an unexpected place.
Arts and Entertainment
Aesthetic Authoritarianism bores me: The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent is authoritarianism on a slow, slow summer’s day.
Sports
The Las Vegas Raiders’ Bright Future
(One sentence summary of your article): Coming off another losing season, the Las Vegas Raiders begin their shift to a new and much more promising era as we consider their coaching changes and immense talent.
Sports
Sports Nutrition: What Powers Elite Athletes
The impact of proper sports nutrition on athletic performance and recovery.
Features
Dealt a New Hand: How Students Filled the Phone Ban Gap
By Mary Kamela
As Stuyvesant’s phone ban comes to the end of its first year, students are increasingly using card games as a primary form of social interaction during free periods, reshaping the atmosphere of lunchrooms and hallways and sparking broader debate.
Arts and Entertainment
Food is my one true love
By The Arts & Entertainment Department
The A&E department shares their best bites of the issue. The food that melted in their mouths, the one that satiated their insatiable desires, the one where every bite told a story, teasing their taste buds, leaving them craving the next mouthful long after the plate was empty.
Arts and Entertainment
The Sound of Spring: How Popular Music Reimagines the Season Across Decades
By Mira Anant
A playlist-like analysis of how popular music across decades has redefined the idea of the “spring song,” transforming spring from a symbol of simple renewal into a more complex emotional and cultural metaphor.
Arts and Entertainment
Project Hail Mary (2026) Reaches for the Stars
Project Hail Mary serves its purpose well as a hard Sci-Fi adaptation, even as some emotional depth is sacrificed for efficiency.
Sports
Searching for Glory in March
By Janice Chen
A look into this year’s Women’s March Madness tournament.
Sports
The Positive Mentality
By Nathan Lee
Meet Jacob Mui, co-captain of Stuyvesant’s varsity baseball team, the Peglegs.
Features
Empanadas, Franglais, and Names
A reflection on being multicultural and how it influences my identity.
Humor
Bridge Troll Gobbles Up Freshmen
The Tribeca Bridge becomes occupied by a freshman-eating troll.
Sports
The Celtics’ Unexpected Success This Season
By Logan Brown
The Celtics’ impressive performance this year was driven by great coaching and unlikely players stepping up into important roles.
Humor
Robots In War? The Empirics.
By Kevin Weng
There’s been a lot of hype about AI, but can it really stand up to the pressures of war?
Science
Why Ultra-Processed Foods Are So Addictive
By Faiza Rumman
Ultra-processed foods are becoming an increasingly dominant part of modern diets due to factors from a wide variety of areas, such as neuroscience, food engineering, and even psychology.
Opinions
The Faucet, Not The Pipeline
By Niam Kaufman
The U.S. has spent decades protecting Gulf oil with carrier groups, and said nothing about the desalination infrastructure that actually keeps the Gulf alive.
Science
Pollen: A Microscopic Trigger of Macroscopic Reactions
Pollen, despite being essential for economic stability and plant reproduction, can trigger a complex immune response that can lead to seasonal allergies.
News
Stuyvesant’s Muslim Student Association Achieves First in MIST Regionals
By Aanya Baid, Bryan Boo, Dilasha Rawal, Farheen Rahman
Stuyvesant MSA wins first place in the Muslim Interscholastic Tournament for the fourth time in a row.
News
Stuyvesant Community Evacuates Due to Threat
Stuyvesant students and faculty evacuated the building on April 13 after the school received a “nonspecific threat.”
News
A.P. Brian Moran returns to Stuyvesant
After nearly a year of absence coinciding with antisemitic graffiti found in the second-floor boys’ bathroom, Assistant Principal of Safety and Security Brian Moran has returned to Stuyvesant.
Opinions
Green Colonialism: When Sustainability Sustains Inequality
Green energy resource neocolonialism is a detrimental form of exploitation, preventing developing nations from developing renewable energy infrastructure necessary for independence and economic growth.
Features
Where Does Robotics’ Money Come From?
By Tiffany Wang
An inside look into the business machine powering Stuvesant’s largest student-run organization—and the team of teenagers behind it.
Arts and Entertainment
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: Too Many Stars, Not Enough Story
By Kimberly Chen, Sara Bhuiyan
A review of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie with emphasis on its storytelling, character development, and its effectiveness as a sequel.
