Features
Between the Pages: The Story Behind Dr. Lisa Greenwald’s New Book, “Daughters of 1968”
By Jennifer Liu
Social studies teacher Dr. Greenwald released her new book “Daughters of 1968: Redefining French Feminism and the Women’s Liberation Movement.”
Humor
If You Were a Chemical, You’d Be Dope-a-Mine Because You’re Always On My Mind
PDA is actually good for us—and not just for the ones getting some.
Features
Vipers, and Lobsters, and Peglegs, Oh My!
Students discuss whether Stuyvesant sports teams should be united under one mascot.
Opinions
How the Media Ruins Lives
By Kaylee Yin
The confrontation between Catholic high school students and a Native American war veteran can teach us a lesson about how deceitful the media can be.
Opinions
The Right to Revolution
By Aaron Visser
The right to revolution works on a broad conceptual level, but it falls apart under close scrutiny.
Opinions
Betsy DeVos’s Proposed Campus Sexual Harassment Guidelines Would Protect the Wrong Victims
An exploration of education secretary Betsy DeVos’s proposed campus sexual harassment policies—and how they protect schools, not students.
Opinions
Social Media: A Tool for Authoritarian Leaders?
Rather than promoting democratic values, social media is benefiting authoritarian politicians worldwide, and new laws are needed to combat it.
News
Discovery Program Expansion Draws Backlash from Parents at Christa McAuliffe I.S.187
By Misaal Tabassum, Katie Ng, Ian Lau, Stephy Chen, Hanah Jun
Parents from Christa McAuliffe Intermediate School recently proposed a lawsuit against Mayor Bill de Blasio for discriminating against high-performing Asian Americans by expanding the Discovery Program.
Opinions
Amazon’s HQ2: A Step in the Wrong Direction for NYC Schools
By Anna Lu
Amazon’s new headquarters in Long Island City will further segregate an already divided student population.
Sports
Free Fall—Spartans’ Season in Review
The Spartans’ season came to a disappointing end, and they must make adjustments in order to succeed next year.
News
Two Math Teachers Move On
By Evelyn Ma, Subyeta Chowdhury, Chloe Terestchenko
As the fall semester came to a close, two teachers from the mathematics department, Mr. Gary Jaye, and Ms. Lisa Daniels, announced their departures from Stuyvesant High School.
Features
The Use of JUUL: What Students are Saying
This is what students have said about the use of JUUL products and related brands at Stuyvesant High School in the written portion of an anonymous survey.
Features
Release of JUUL Increases Instances of Vaping at Stuyvesant
The JUUL brand, created by Stanford graduates James Monsees and Adam Bowen, has gained popularity among Stuyvesant students.
Humor
Stuy Students Collectively Forget School Is Not Over
Apparently it is not, in fact, summer break.
Opinions
Up For Grabs: Guatemala’s Adoption Crisis
By Anne Rhee
The job of Guatemala’s CNA is to establish regulations and standards to curb corruption and graft in the country’s adoption system.
Opinions
Homophobia in our Blood Drives?
Federal policies and regulations on blood donations are outdated, unscientific, and incredibly homophobic.
Opinions
The Crown Juul
By Claire Shin
Juuling is a widespread, alarmingly important problem that can only be solved in one way: education.
Arts and Entertainment
Your Guide to the Best Hot Cocoa in NYC
By Yasmine Chokrane, Isabelle Sanderson
A review of different hot chocolate drinks from throughout Manhattan.
Sports
Why Tom Brady Will Once Again Prove He’s the GOAT: A Preview (and Recap) of the Super Bowl
By Lucas Dingman, Bernard Wang, Owen Potter
Previewing and recapping the the biggest game of the year.
Features
From the Schoolhouse to the Courthouse: Judge Denny Chin’s Journey From a Student at Stuyvesant to the Appellate Bench
By Talia Kahan
Profile on Stuyvesant alum and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Judge Denny Chin.
Features
Rethinking Trash—The Bottle Cap Mural
The bottle cap mural serves as a reminder to Stuyvesant students to be environmentally friendly.
News
Stuyvesant Offers New Cancer Research Elective
By Neil Sarkar, Nina Shin, Mahima Khan
The Biology Department is offering a new elective, Cancer Research, which will teach students the mechanisms of cancer and allow them to perform inquiry-based research.
Sports
Stuyvesant’s Girls’ Basketball Team’s Stagnant Offense Leads to Pivotal Loss
By Benjamin Hamel, Ethan Kirschner
Stuyvesant’s Girls’ basketball team was eliminated from regular season first place after loss to Millennium High School.
News
Required Renovations: Tribeca Bridge Temporarily Closes for Repairs
By Maddy Andersen, Emma Donnelly, Subyeta Chowdhury
Stuyvesant temporarily closed its second-floor entrance due to maintenance on the Tribeca Bridge.
Arts and Entertainment
A&E Votes for the Grammys
By The Arts & Entertainment Department
Though country music is becoming less prominent in an age dominated by pop and hip-hop, there is still a wide variety of songs from this...
Features
Study of the Use of JUUL by Stuyvesant Students
Out of a sample of 587 Stuyvesant students, 92 individuals reported having vaped within the past year. Juniors reported the highest rate of vaping, with...
Sports
Rebels Fail to End Their Losing Streak
The boys’ basketball team falls to 0-10 in a blowout loss against East Harlem Pride High School.
Sports
Despite a Promising Season, The Peglegs Fall Short in the Playoffs
Despite a promising season, the Peglegs, Stuyvesant’s girls’ table tennis team, were unable to defeat Flushing Campus in the first round of the playoffs, ending their 2018 season prematurely.
Sports
NBA Midseason Awards, But Better
By Aryan Sharma
Each of the teams, players, and storylines is taking shape, and the race for each of these awards is becoming more and more competitive. Here’s where things stand with the performances we have witnessed so far.
Arts and Entertainment
A Lesson in Sex Education
“Sex Education” tackles adolescence in a brutal and honest way, making it one of the best shows on Netflix thus far.
Features
Between the Pages: The Story Behind Dr. Lisa Greenwald’s New Book, “Daughters of 1968”
By Jennifer Liu
Social studies teacher Dr. Greenwald released her new book “Daughters of 1968: Redefining French Feminism and the Women’s Liberation Movement.”
Humor
If You Were a Chemical, You’d Be Dope-a-Mine Because You’re Always On My Mind
PDA is actually good for us—and not just for the ones getting some.
Features
Vipers, and Lobsters, and Peglegs, Oh My!
Students discuss whether Stuyvesant sports teams should be united under one mascot.
Opinions
How the Media Ruins Lives
By Kaylee Yin
The confrontation between Catholic high school students and a Native American war veteran can teach us a lesson about how deceitful the media can be.
Opinions
The Right to Revolution
By Aaron Visser
The right to revolution works on a broad conceptual level, but it falls apart under close scrutiny.
Opinions
Betsy DeVos’s Proposed Campus Sexual Harassment Guidelines Would Protect the Wrong Victims
An exploration of education secretary Betsy DeVos’s proposed campus sexual harassment policies—and how they protect schools, not students.
Opinions
Social Media: A Tool for Authoritarian Leaders?
Rather than promoting democratic values, social media is benefiting authoritarian politicians worldwide, and new laws are needed to combat it.
News
Discovery Program Expansion Draws Backlash from Parents at Christa McAuliffe I.S.187
By Misaal Tabassum, Katie Ng, Ian Lau, Stephy Chen, Hanah Jun
Parents from Christa McAuliffe Intermediate School recently proposed a lawsuit against Mayor Bill de Blasio for discriminating against high-performing Asian Americans by expanding the Discovery Program.
Opinions
Amazon’s HQ2: A Step in the Wrong Direction for NYC Schools
By Anna Lu
Amazon’s new headquarters in Long Island City will further segregate an already divided student population.
Sports
Free Fall—Spartans’ Season in Review
The Spartans’ season came to a disappointing end, and they must make adjustments in order to succeed next year.
News
Two Math Teachers Move On
By Evelyn Ma, Subyeta Chowdhury, Chloe Terestchenko
As the fall semester came to a close, two teachers from the mathematics department, Mr. Gary Jaye, and Ms. Lisa Daniels, announced their departures from Stuyvesant High School.
Features
The Use of JUUL: What Students are Saying
This is what students have said about the use of JUUL products and related brands at Stuyvesant High School in the written portion of an anonymous survey.
Features
Release of JUUL Increases Instances of Vaping at Stuyvesant
The JUUL brand, created by Stanford graduates James Monsees and Adam Bowen, has gained popularity among Stuyvesant students.
Opinions
Up For Grabs: Guatemala’s Adoption Crisis
By Anne Rhee
The job of Guatemala’s CNA is to establish regulations and standards to curb corruption and graft in the country’s adoption system.
Humor
Stuy Students Collectively Forget School Is Not Over
Apparently it is not, in fact, summer break.
Opinions
Homophobia in our Blood Drives?
Federal policies and regulations on blood donations are outdated, unscientific, and incredibly homophobic.
Arts and Entertainment
StuySquad 2019!
This article focuses on all of the different crews of StuySquad and how they performed.
Humor
You Go To Stuyvesant? Yikes.
An article about the use of the words “oof” and “yikes” at Stuyvesant
Sports
Why Tom Brady Will Once Again Prove He’s the GOAT: A Preview (and Recap) of the Super Bowl
By Lucas Dingman, Bernard Wang, Owen Potter
Previewing and recapping the the biggest game of the year.
Features
From the Schoolhouse to the Courthouse: Judge Denny Chin’s Journey From a Student at Stuyvesant to the Appellate Bench
By Talia Kahan
Profile on Stuyvesant alum and judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Judge Denny Chin.
Features
Rethinking Trash—The Bottle Cap Mural
The bottle cap mural serves as a reminder to Stuyvesant students to be environmentally friendly.
News
Stuyvesant Offers New Cancer Research Elective
By Neil Sarkar, Nina Shin, Mahima Khan
The Biology Department is offering a new elective, Cancer Research, which will teach students the mechanisms of cancer and allow them to perform inquiry-based research.
Sports
Stuyvesant’s Girls’ Basketball Team’s Stagnant Offense Leads to Pivotal Loss
By Benjamin Hamel, Ethan Kirschner
Stuyvesant’s Girls’ basketball team was eliminated from regular season first place after loss to Millennium High School.
News
Required Renovations: Tribeca Bridge Temporarily Closes for Repairs
By Maddy Andersen, Emma Donnelly, Subyeta Chowdhury
Stuyvesant temporarily closed its second-floor entrance due to maintenance on the Tribeca Bridge.
Opinions
The Crown Juul
By Claire Shin
Juuling is a widespread, alarmingly important problem that can only be solved in one way: education.
Arts and Entertainment
Your Guide to the Best Hot Cocoa in NYC
By Yasmine Chokrane, Isabelle Sanderson
A review of different hot chocolate drinks from throughout Manhattan.
Arts and Entertainment
A&E Votes for the Grammys
By The Arts & Entertainment Department
Though country music is becoming less prominent in an age dominated by pop and hip-hop, there is still a wide variety of songs from this...
Features
Study of the Use of JUUL by Stuyvesant Students
Out of a sample of 587 Stuyvesant students, 92 individuals reported having vaped within the past year. Juniors reported the highest rate of vaping, with...
Opinions
Bloodshed in Burundi
Nearly 30 years after the tragedy in Rwanda, Burundi has taken the first steps on the same, violent path to genocide.
Sports
Rebels Fail to End Their Losing Streak
The boys’ basketball team falls to 0-10 in a blowout loss against East Harlem Pride High School.
Arts and Entertainment
NYC Restaurant Week—A Celebration of Food
By Hugo Smith, Jiahe Wang, Nozima Nurullaeva
A review of some restaurants that participated in NYC Restaurant Week.
Sports
Despite a Promising Season, The Peglegs Fall Short in the Playoffs
Despite a promising season, the Peglegs, Stuyvesant’s girls’ table tennis team, were unable to defeat Flushing Campus in the first round of the playoffs, ending their 2018 season prematurely.
Sports
NBA Midseason Awards, But Better
By Aryan Sharma
Each of the teams, players, and storylines is taking shape, and the race for each of these awards is becoming more and more competitive. Here’s where things stand with the performances we have witnessed so far.