Oliver Hollmann (oliver-hollmann)

Oliver Hollmann (‘23) is a Humor writer. He actually hates writing but loves jokes. In his free time, he enjoys worrying about being more productive. He usually tries to get at least two articles done a year.

The Stuyvesant Spectator Gets an Angry E-mail

Alexander Chu, Oliver Hollmann, Michelle Huang 

Freshmen Caucus candidates aren’t too happy with the press The Stuyvesant Spectator gives them, and take it up with the editors.

Issue 7, Volume 113

Junior Caucus: Margaret Mikhalevsky and Yashna Patel

Rebecca Bao, Oliver Hollmann 

RECORD: Mikhalevsky and Patel have leadership experience both inside and outside of student government, as Mikhalevsky is the current Sophomore Caucus Co-President while Patel is the Chief of Staff. Outside of caucus, Mikhalevsky is the Vice President of Stuyvesant Spectrum, is on the Student Leadership Team Subcommittee for Inclusivity, and was on the Planning Subcommittee for JProm to gain experience on the logistics of the event. In addition, Patel is the blood drive coordinator for Stuyvesant and works with the New York City Blood Center to advertise and host donation events.

Issue 16, Volume 112

Wisdom From Our Alumni

Inara Rabbani, Rebecca Bao, Oliver Hollmann, Anisha Singhal 

The Spectator surveyed alumni on how well Stuyvesant prepared them for handling real-world finances. The results are clear: a lack of education in financial literacy has been and continues to be a problem for Stuyvesant students.

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

U.S. Government Issues New Vaccine Incentives

Oliver Hollmann 

A report on the latest government outreach to the non-vaccinated. Art/Photo Request: Promotional Vaccine Poster - “just do it”

Issue 12, Volume 112

SophFrosh SING! is… Good? What?!

Oliver Hollmann 

These goobers finally did it!

Issue 12, Volume 112

To Mask or not to Mask?

Ava Quarles, Levi Simon, Oliver Hollmann 

Following the lifting of the mask mandate, Stuyvesant has seen little change—but why?

Issue 12, Volume 112

Home Alone (Stuy Edition)

Oliver Hollmann, Alex Zheng, Abigail Jin 

A Stuyvesant student is left alone in the building to defend it from two intruders.

Issue 8, Volume 112

Bridgeton Middle Finds Love in “Big Mouth” Season Five

Oliver Hollmann 

The fifth season of Netflix’s Big Mouth hits a number of beats, some good and some less good.

Issue 7, Volume 112

Silk Sonic Bring Funk Back In Fashion

Luca Adeishvili, Levi Simon, Oliver Hollmann 

A review of the “Silk Sonic” debut, which lives up to its name by sounding silky smooth.

Issue 7, Volume 112

Something Rotten: It’s Eggs!

Oliver Hollmann 

STC is back, baby, and now it’s Something Rotten!

Issue 6, Volume 112

Turkey: An International Criminal At Large

Oliver Hollmann 

An enraged turkey has fled from the Thanksgiving turkey killings and has started a life of crime.

Issue 6, Volume 112

Fast Food Restaurants’ Halloween

Oliver Hollmann 

What exactly are fast food chains up to on Halloween?

Issue 4, Volume 112

Theater Kids Form Ethnostate

Oliver Hollmann 

STC takes it a little too far.

Issue 3, Volume 112

The Wacky World of Texting in the Modern Age

Oliver Hollmann 

New forms of the tone indicator (and others) begin to get crazy.

Issue 16, Volume 111

Am I Doing Enough?

Inara Rabbani, Oliver Hollmann 

Stuyvesant students undergo a lot of pressure, from academic stress to commitments outside of school, and this burden is only exacerbated by impostor syndrome.

Issue 0, Volume 112

Disney to Remake More Disney Classics

Oliver Hollmann 

Disney’s announced rollout of remakes may surprise and confuse.

Issue 15, Volume 111

The Origin of Memes

Oliver Hollmann 

A research piece on the true source of memes.

Issue 14, Volume 111

New Zoom Updates! (Super Fun!)

Oliver Hollmann, Erica Chen 

Zoom releases a series of updates that get increasingly bonkers.

Issue 9, Volume 111

You Guys, Latin Isn’t Useless

Oliver Hollmann 

My argument in favor of history’s greatest language.

Issue 8, Volume 110