Volume 112 Issue 6

Humor

Alternate Timeline Movie Reviews

Bryans has visited over 400 realities to watch alternate-timeline movies, and here are his most recent reviews.

Humor

Turkey: An International Criminal At Large

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

Humor

Worst Cooks in America Has Some Competition

“Women belong in the kitchen!” Are you sure about that?

Humor

She Has Arrived

In a post apocalyptic wasteland, only one thing remains certain: Mariah will return.

Sports

Free Agent Madness

The free agent market continues to keep fans at the edge of their seats in the middle of the NFL season.

Sports

Records, Miracles, and Redemption: Previewing the 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs

A preview of the MLS Cup Playoffs.

Sports

King Canelo; What’s Next?

Canelo Álvarez is the undisputed super-middleweight champion of the world. What’s next for him?

Sports

The Penguins’ Season In Review

The Penguins, Stuyvesant’s girls’ swimming and diving team, have officially ended a successful season, having won every regular season meet and advancing to the league finals.

Humor

Something Rotten: It’s Eggs!

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

Arts and Entertainment

Where Did the Warrior Cats Go?

“Warriors” is a long-running YA fantasy series with an active community that was designed by HarperCollins

Arts and Entertainment

Memorabilia of the English Curriculum

Many Stuyvesant students may think of their nightly English reading assignments as more burdens to overcome, but Arts and Entertainment writers argue that these books have made a profound impact on our journeys throughout high school.

Sports

A Night of Champions

In the same venue where George Saint-Pierre defeated Michael Bisping to become a two-division champion, where Andy Ruiz Jr. pulled off a dramatic upset by knocking out Anthony Joshua, and where Joe Frazier and Muhammed Ali had the fight of the century, Kamaru Usman took on Colby Covington to headline UFC 268.

Arts and Entertainment

Teachers’ Jams

Arts and Entertainment

Playlist in Verse

Sports

Title: Henry Ruggs’s Fatal Car Crash

Henry Ruggs III has thrown away his future after speeding and killing 23-year-old Tina Tintor and her dog in a car crash.

Opinions

Thank You, and You, and You!

In honor of the festivities, here are a few things that The Spectator’s Editorial Board is thankful for:

Features

Mayoral Election: Students Elect to Comment

Features

The Reality of Club Trips

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected club trips?

Features

Leaving Behind a Legacy

Mixing personal life with school life, students explain what it’s like to have members of their home family be a part of the Stuyvesant family.

Science

A Graveyard Forest

The idea of green burial has popped up as a cleaner, possibly even more natural way of assessing death itself.

Science

War: An Unexpected Front Field of Science

The pursuit of creating the most efficient medical care in the military has led to significant advancements in the field of medicine and science itself, with revolutionary discoveries regarding deadly diseases to the incorporation of rapid technology in lab testing.

News

Robotics Team Places First at NYC RoboRama

Stuyvesant’s FIRST Robotics Challenge team, StuyPulse 694, won first place at the RoboRama competition last week, despite COVID-19 postponing many matches and other challenges.

Science

Your Nervous System May Have Evolved from Sponges

New findings suggest sponges may be the evolutionary precursor for the modern nervous system in humans and animals.

Opinions

Not Another Cancel Culture Article

Despite the best efforts of Republicans to delegitimize it, cancel culture remains a massive problem.

Science

Is Blockchain Gaming the Future?

The future of NFT gaming seems to be an exciting one, and soon, it may assert itself as a core part of major games.

Science

Bugs for Food?

Eating insects is surprisingly beneficial to human health and can serve as a solution to some of our problems.

Opinions

Letter to the Editor

A letter to an editor in response to “Ditch the A.P.’s” by Kerry Garfinkel

Opinions

Not Just a Credit Requirement

It is time for Stuyvesant High School to improve its approach to language learning.

Humor

Stuyvesant Cuddle Puddle Resurfaces

In a strange collective fever dream, Stuy has developed a few interesting phenomena.

Features

The Senior (?) Bar

The tension between the grades over what the senior bar really means/ represents and what this means about the changing attitudes of the grades.

Opinions

Going Berko

Trying to unlearn my accent and usage of Australian English has distanced me from acknowledging my Strayan roots.

Opinions

The Cycle of Violence

Violence against Hindus in Bangladesh and violence against Muslims in India manifested once again this year during Durga Puja, an important religious festival for Bengali Hindus.

Science

The Tragic Misadventure: Death in Space

The process of an astronaut dying in space can play out in several different scenarios with varying internal and external factors taking hold of the human corpse from time to time.

Opinions

What's Wrong With Pink?

The pink tax is sexist and expensive, and it should go.

Opinions

Appreciation or Appropriation?

A close, personal examination of appreciation, appropriation, and the difference between the two.

Science

The Trouble with Turkeys

Health ramifications for turkeys and humans are hidden behind Americans’ taste for turkey.

Opinions

The Post-Pandemic Class of 2025: Freshman Survey

The Spectator analyzes the Class of 2025 through a freshman survey.

Arts and Entertainment

Happy, Free, Confused, and Lonely with “Red (Taylor’s Version)”

Re-recorded with great detail, new insights, and warm nostalgia, Taylor Swift’s “Red (Taylor’s Version)” is a return to growing up with the roller coaster ups and downs of young love.

Humor

Alternate Timeline Movie Reviews

Bryans has visited over 400 realities to watch alternate-timeline movies, and here are his most recent reviews.

Humor

Turkey: An International Criminal At Large

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

Humor

Worst Cooks in America Has Some Competition

“Women belong in the kitchen!” Are you sure about that?

Humor

A-nya-lizing the Catboy Maid Invasion

Our experts here at the Spectator are paw-sitive that this is no cat-incidence

Humor

She Has Arrived

In a post apocalyptic wasteland, only one thing remains certain: Mariah will return.

Sports

Free Agent Madness

The free agent market continues to keep fans at the edge of their seats in the middle of the NFL season.

Sports

Records, Miracles, and Redemption: Previewing the 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs

A preview of the MLS Cup Playoffs.

Sports

King Canelo; What’s Next?

Canelo Álvarez is the undisputed super-middleweight champion of the world. What’s next for him?

Arts and Entertainment

Authentically Ed, and How “=” Was Not.

While Sheeran’s vocal and instrumental talent, along with his signature authenticity, is present in certain songs on “=,” the album as a whole felt weak, disorganized, and unfinished.

Sports

The Penguins’ Season In Review

The Penguins, Stuyvesant’s girls’ swimming and diving team, have officially ended a successful season, having won every regular season meet and advancing to the league finals.

Sports

Off the Deep End with the Girls Swim Captains

Over the course of their four years spent swimming, the Girls Swim captains have created countless unforgettable memories.

Features

Call Out My Name (And Then Specify Further)

I thought my name was pretty unique for an Asian girl. Then I met two other girls with the same name, and the rest was history.

Humor

Something Rotten: It’s Eggs!

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

Arts and Entertainment

Where Did the Warrior Cats Go?

“Warriors” is a long-running YA fantasy series with an active community that was designed by HarperCollins

Arts and Entertainment

Memorabilia of the English Curriculum

Many Stuyvesant students may think of their nightly English reading assignments as more burdens to overcome, but Arts and Entertainment writers argue that these books have made a profound impact on our journeys throughout high school.

Arts and Entertainment

The Lasting Legacy of ABBA

Remaining a presence in the industry for over 50 years, our favorite Swedish Super Troupers have proved themselves to be legends of longevity.

Sports

The Atlanta Braves Persevere in a Decisive World Series Win

Freeman caught the ball. Then, he threw both hands in the air before running into a pile of his screaming teammates, all jumping in the middle of the infield.

Arts and Entertainment

Where Did the Warrior Cats Go?

“Warriors” is a long-running YA fantasy series with an active community that was designed by HarperCollins

Sports

A Night of Champions

In the same venue where George Saint-Pierre defeated Michael Bisping to become a two-division champion, where Andy Ruiz Jr. pulled off a dramatic upset by knocking out Anthony Joshua, and where Joe Frazier and Muhammed Ali had the fight of the century, Kamaru Usman took on Colby Covington to headline UFC 268.

Arts and Entertainment

Teachers’ Jams

News

Freshman Caucus Endorsements 2021

This year saw a whopping 14 Freshman Caucus tickets throw their hat into the election ring, a number that nearly approaches last year’s 16. The Spectator has chosen to endorse three of the prospective tickets.

Arts and Entertainment

Playlist in Verse

Sports

Title: Henry Ruggs’s Fatal Car Crash

Henry Ruggs III has thrown away his future after speeding and killing 23-year-old Tina Tintor and her dog in a car crash.

Arts and Entertainment

Rolling Loud: A Recap of NYC’s Biggest Music Festival

Opinions

Thank You, and You, and You!

In honor of the festivities, here are a few things that The Spectator’s Editorial Board is thankful for:

Opinions

A Snap Analysis of Election Day 2021

In an increasingly polarized America, the 2021 elections returned moderate results.

News

Taking a Look at Stuyvesant’s Budget

Stuyvesant budget has been supported by the Parent Association and provided additional funding from the NYCDOE as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

News

How Stuyvesant Regulates COVID-19 Cases

With a few positive COVID-19 cases at Stuyvesant, here is how the administration handles confirmed cases, close contacts, and testing.

News

New Tech Room Open to Students

The administration turned the former Big Sibs Office in the Student Union Room into a Tech Room for students to work in and ease the crowd around the printing station.

Features

The Senior (?) Bar

The tension between the grades over what the senior bar really means/ represents and what this means about the changing attitudes of the grades.

Features

Mayoral Election: Students Elect to Comment

Features

The Reality of Club Trips

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected club trips?

Features

Leaving Behind a Legacy

Mixing personal life with school life, students explain what it’s like to have members of their home family be a part of the Stuyvesant family.

Science

A Graveyard Forest

The idea of green burial has popped up as a cleaner, possibly even more natural way of assessing death itself.

Opinions

Going Berko

Trying to unlearn my accent and usage of Australian English has distanced me from acknowledging my Strayan roots.

Opinions

The Cycle of Violence

Violence against Hindus in Bangladesh and violence against Muslims in India manifested once again this year during Durga Puja, an important religious festival for Bengali Hindus.

Science

The Tragic Misadventure: Death in Space

The process of an astronaut dying in space can play out in several different scenarios with varying internal and external factors taking hold of the human corpse from time to time.

Science

War: An Unexpected Front Field of Science

The pursuit of creating the most efficient medical care in the military has led to significant advancements in the field of medicine and science itself, with revolutionary discoveries regarding deadly diseases to the incorporation of rapid technology in lab testing.

News

Robotics Team Places First at NYC RoboRama

Stuyvesant’s FIRST Robotics Challenge team, StuyPulse 694, won first place at the RoboRama competition last week, despite COVID-19 postponing many matches and other challenges.

Science

Your Nervous System May Have Evolved from Sponges

New findings suggest sponges may be the evolutionary precursor for the modern nervous system in humans and animals.

Opinions

Not Another Cancel Culture Article

Despite the best efforts of Republicans to delegitimize it, cancel culture remains a massive problem.

Opinions

What's Wrong With Pink?

The pink tax is sexist and expensive, and it should go.

Science

Is Blockchain Gaming the Future?

The future of NFT gaming seems to be an exciting one, and soon, it may assert itself as a core part of major games.

Science

Bugs for Food?

Eating insects is surprisingly beneficial to human health and can serve as a solution to some of our problems.

Opinions

Letter to the Editor

A letter to an editor in response to “Ditch the A.P.’s” by Kerry Garfinkel

Opinions

Appreciation or Appropriation?

A close, personal examination of appreciation, appropriation, and the difference between the two.

Science

The Trouble with Turkeys

Health ramifications for turkeys and humans are hidden behind Americans’ taste for turkey.

Opinions

The Post-Pandemic Class of 2025: Freshman Survey

The Spectator analyzes the Class of 2025 through a freshman survey.

Opinions

Not Just a Credit Requirement

It is time for Stuyvesant High School to improve its approach to language learning.

Humor

Stuyvesant Cuddle Puddle Resurfaces

In a strange collective fever dream, Stuy has developed a few interesting phenomena.