Erica Chen (erica-chen)

echen40@stuy.edu

Erica Chen (‘24) is a Humor writer. She likes writing exaggerated articles about anything in life— but no politics. She likes performing arts, listening to music, drawing, doing calligraphy, and reading. She has a lot of interests and spends time pursuing them. She also likes trying out new things.

The Art of COVID Announcement (Teacher E-mails Edition)

Erica Chen, Ryan Peng

A comprehensive guide on how to draft e-mails to your teachers, in the unfortunate event that you catch COVID.

Issue 7, Volume 113

Diary of a Cafeteria Fork

Erica Chen, Ryan Peng

A traumatized fork confides in its diary about Stuy kids dismembering all of its friends.

Issue 5, Volume 113

The Lost and Found Family

Erica Chen, Ryan Peng

A traumatized fork confides in its diary about Stuy kids dismembering all of its friends.

Issue 5, Volume 113

Halloween Nightmare: Stuy Edition

Erica Chen, Karen Chen, Ryan Peng

A student explores a horror-themed version of Stuy. What nightmares await them?

Issue 4, Volume 113

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Diary of a Cafeteria Fork

Erica Chen, Ryan Peng

A traumatized fork confides in its diary about Stuy kids dismembering all of its friends.

Issue 1, Volume 113

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Stuy Moment #5: Oopsies

Issue 15, Volume 112

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How to Treat Your Spectator Editor

Erica Chen, Ryan Peng

A comprehensive guide on how to torture your editors into promoting you!

Issue 14, Volume 112

Stuyvesant Students’ Concerns on Financial Literacy

Ava Quarles, Maya Nelson, Erica Chen, Afra Mahmud, Vivian Teo, Anisha Singhal, Raymond Yang, Samantha Hua

Issue 14, Volume 112

Students Call For Financial Literacy

Ava Quarles, Maya Nelson, Erica Chen, Afra Mahmud, Vivian Teo, Anisha Singhal, Raymond Yang, Samantha Hua

The Spectator conducted a survey to gauge the level of financial literacy at Stuyvesant. Here are the findings.

Issue 14, Volume 112

Clowning on Junior SING!

Oliver Hollmann, Erica Chen

They got shafted! At least, that’s what the juniors told us.

Issue 12, Volume 112

Senior SING! Steals the Show!

Oliver Hollmann, Erica Chen

And an hour of our time.

Issue 12, Volume 112

Principal Yu: The Man Who Broke My Heart

Aniket Roy, Alexander Chu, Erica Chen

Principal Yu bans all public displays of affection in Stuyvesant, but what’s the real reason behind this decision?

Issue 9, Volume 112

Humor Commandeers Atom Splitter and Holds Stuy for Ransom

Alexander Chu, Erica Chen

Spectator’s very own Humor Department uses the school’s 1940s atom smasher to hold the school for ransom.

Issue 7, Volume 112

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What Your Favorite Music Genre Says About You!

Eshaal Ubaid, Erica Chen

From incoherent screaming to the pretentious world of Mozart, your playlist says a lot about how un-okay you are!

Issue 5, Volume 112

The Forgotten Legend: Jerry Lobotomizes Two Windows

Aniket Roy, Erica Chen

Jerry attempts to get vengeance for a pizza slice but ends up breaking multiple windows.

Issue 4, Volume 112

Secret Story of the K-Pop Revolution

Cyrus Cursetjee, Erica Chen

K-pop’s elaborate, frightening plan to take over Stuyvesant, all revealed in Stuy Confessions.

Issue 3, Volume 112

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Photographer’s New Slogan: All Humans Are Naturally Ugly

Everyone's student ID picture always looks horrible, and it’s definitely not an accident.

Issue 2, Volume 112

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Oh God, Where’s the Exit?

Eshaal Ubaid, Erica Chen

Apparently, 10th graders (and literally everyone else) are just as lost as the freshly graduated sticky iPad kids.

Issue 1, Volume 112

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Excerpts From the Blog of Hades

Aniket Roy, Erica Chen

Hades writes a blog about Gods using Tinder.

Issue 17, Volume 111

Exploring $pending Habits at $tuyvesant

Eman Sadiq, Erica Chen, Samantha Hua

A look into the multifaceted spending habits of Stuyvesant students varying in purchasing categories, sources of income, and feelings toward their individual finances. Art/Photo Request: Person surrounded by thought bubbles of things they can buy (food, clothes, drinks,etc.) while holding money and looking confused

Issue 0, Volume 112

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Stuyvesant’s (Kinda) Got Talent!

Eshaal Ubaid, Erica Chen

To an evening of unmatched talent! The Freshman Caucus has a few words on the performances at this year’s virtual talent show.

Issue 15, Volume 111

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The Curse of Creative Block

When an extreme case of creative block zooms through Stuyvesant students, The Spectator finds their latest issue empty of good articles, and teachers find themselves looking at rows of missing homework and classwork assignments from students.

Issue 13, Volume 111

Autocorect, Your Not Being Helpful

Gabriel Huang, Erica Chen

Autocorrect isn’t very helpful because it messes up our sentences, and even when it’s working properly, it just makes us dumber.

Issue 12, Volume 111

Teachers Are Secretly Thrilled With the End of the Semester

As the end of the semester nears, teachers tell their students that they will miss them, but it’s discovered that they actually mean the opposite of what they say.

Issue 9, Volume 111

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New Zoom Updates! (Super Fun!)

Oliver Hollmann, Erica Chen

Zoom releases a series of updates that get increasingly bonkers.

Issue 9, Volume 111

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