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.

Humor

Smoking Hot Takes on Junior SING!

Erica Chen, Oliver Hollmann, Ravindra Mangar

Ever wanted to sign up for Stuyvesant’s very own Bible Camp…?

Issue 11, Volume 113

Humor

The Stuyvesant Spectator Gets an Angry E-mail

Alexander Chu, Michelle Huang, Oliver Hollmann

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

News

Junior Caucus: Margaret Mikhalevsky and Yashna Patel

Oliver Hollmann, Rebecca Bao

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

Opinions

Wisdom From Our Alumni

Anisha Singhal, Inara Rabbani, Oliver Hollmann, Rebecca Bao

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

Humor

Senior SING! Steals the Show!

Erica Chen, Oliver Hollmann

And an hour of our time.

Issue 12, Volume 112

Opinions

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

Humor

SophFrosh SING! is… Good? What?!

Oliver Hollmann

These goobers finally did it!

Issue 12, Volume 112

Humor

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

Humor

Clowning on Junior SING!

Erica Chen, Oliver Hollmann

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

Issue 12, Volume 112

Humor

Home Alone (Stuy Edition)

Abigail Jin, Alex Zheng, Oliver Hollmann

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

Issue 8, Volume 112

Arts and Entertainment

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

Arts and Entertainment

Silk Sonic Bring Funk Back In Fashion

Levi Simon, Luca Adeishvili, Oliver Hollmann

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

Issue 7, Volume 112

Humor

Something Rotten: It’s Eggs!

Oliver Hollmann

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

Issue 6, Volume 112

Humor

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

Humor

Fast Food Restaurants’ Halloween

Oliver Hollmann

What exactly are fast food chains up to on Halloween?

Issue 4, Volume 112

Humor

Theater Kids Form Ethnostate

Oliver Hollmann

STC takes it a little too far.

Issue 3, Volume 112

Spec+

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

Humor

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

Humor

Disney to Remake More Disney Classics

Oliver Hollmann

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

Issue 15, Volume 111

Humor

The Origin of Memes

Oliver Hollmann

A research piece on the true source of memes.

Issue 14, Volume 111

Humor

New Zoom Updates! (Super Fun!)

Erica Chen, Oliver Hollmann

Zoom releases a series of updates that get increasingly bonkers.

Issue 9, Volume 111

Humor

You Guys, Latin Isn’t Useless

Oliver Hollmann

My argument in favor of history’s greatest language.

Issue 8, Volume 110