Charlotte Peterson (charlotte-peterson)

cpeterson40 [ at ] stuy [ dot ] edu

cpeterson40@stuy.edu

Charlotte Peterson (‘24) is an Opinions and Humor writer. She enjoys exploring hot topics from both serious and comic angles. In her free time, she likes to bake, read, and sleep.

Best Study Habits

Charlotte Peterson

Many students are taking their first regents exams this week, or perhaps their first end-of-year final exams. I’ve been generous enough to share my wisdom through this article enumerating my top tips and tricks to get hundreds (or above!) on all your finals. Art request: a pile or scatter of completed exams with really high grades at the top (97-105)

Issue 17, Volume 113

Cover Image

Stuyvesant Students Can’t Handle AP Rizz

Charlotte Peterson

Stuy starts offering AP Rizz for the spring semester after seeing the student body's need for improvement in that department following the Valentine’s Day season, but not a single student is thriving.

Issue 11, Volume 113

Elon Musk Is Hopelessly Incompetent

Charlotte Peterson

Elon Musk’s recent acquisition of Twitter sheds light on his inability to run a successful company.

Issue 6, Volume 113

Cover Image

College Board’s Monopoly

Charlotte Peterson

The College Board is a corporation with a monopoly on standardized testing and should be viewed as such, rather than a charity or a non-profit providing students with opportunities.

Issue 5, Volume 113

Haunting New Lunch Options Arrive in TriBeCa

Charlotte Peterson, Ravindra Mangar

Fifi the Stuyvesant ghost accidentally drops their bottle of Kit Kats in McDonalds, causing the surrounding TriBeCa food places to go into ruin. In order to protect the Stuyvesant quality of life, the DOE moves in to save the day.

Issue 4, Volume 113

The Ultimate Ranking of Freshman Behavior

Charlotte Peterson

Of Stuyvesant’s freshman class’s crimes, which are the worst? Refer to this definitive ranking for answers.

Issue 3, Volume 113

Cover Image

Shut Up About NFTs

Charlotte Peterson

As non-fungible tokens become more and more popular, mainstream opinions grow very polarized. It’s for the best that we recognize the many problems with NFTs and stop wasting energy on them.

Issue 12, Volume 112

Cover Image

Betty White Sets a Standard

Charlotte Peterson

The late actress Betty White’s combined old age and progressive views show that bigoted old people are not “the product of their time,” but rather the product of their chosen biases.

Issue 9, Volume 112

Cover Image

Settling for Biden

Charlotte Peterson

Joe Biden has made many promises and needs to be held accountable for his political shortcomings.

Issue 3, Volume 112

Snow Days Aren’t Negotiable

Charlotte Peterson

The NYC DOE recently replaced future snow days with remote instruction, but it is a poor decision for the well-being of students.

Issue 16, Volume 111

Cover Image

Female CEOs Aren’t Feminist Icons

Charlotte Peterson

Female CEOs are looked up to as feminist icons “sticking it to the patriarchy,” but they aren’t really empowering.

Issue 15, Volume 111