Volume 113 Issue 6
News
LGBTQ+ Influence On American Politics: Book Talk on James Kirchick’s Secret City
By Prapti Biswas, Elaine Huang
The author of Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington was invited by Mr. Hanna to speak about his book.
Features
Overheard at the Thanksgiving Table
Wackiest, out of pocket things heard over the Thanksgiving dinner table.
Features
Taking Note of Technology
Some Stuyvesant students have opted to take notes digitally in place of the traditional pencil-on-paper method, and teachers’ perspectives on this phenomenon vary.
Opinions
The Masquerade of Foreign Aid
American foreign aid programs have caused irreversible damage to recipient countries’ economies and societies.
Opinions
Should Self-Driving Cars Make Life or Death Situations for Us?
With the increase of self-driving cars, autonomous vehicles are expected to make moral tradeoffs for us.
Opinions
The Bias of Google Translate
Google Translate has an inherent gender bias that causes words to be translated into either masculine or feminine forms, depending on which gender Google Translate believes to be more fit.
Opinions
Are You Reading This?
A self-aware article on article writing itself, exploring and questioning the readership of The Spectator and the Opinions Department.
Science
Resilience in Flood-Prone Lower Manhattan
By Seth Fenton
Lower Manhattan is in imminent danger of being uninhabitable due to flooding.
Humor
Laundry Is for Losers
The Stuyvesant Environmental club ditches laundry and showers in order to help the environment, ravaging the entire school with their stench.
Arts and Entertainment
Blurring the Lines Between Real and Surreal: Review of Atlanta Season Four
By Simone Raleigh, Lucien Clough
Atlanta is fearless, but not reckless, keeping itself grounded in realistic characters and commentary while reveling in the surreal.
Arts and Entertainment
Whose Loss
By Manlio Singh
Drake takes the foreground throughout an inconsistent collaboration album.
Arts and Entertainment
Comedic Destruction in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
The Banshees of Inisherin truly succeeds on all fronts, creating a world out of a handful of characters and locations and unleashing a conflict both comedic in its original insignificance and tragic in its unfortunate poignance.
Arts and Entertainment
Quadeca Tells A Modern Ghost Story
Quadeca creates an incredible sonic experience in his newest project, “I Didn’t Mean To Haunt You,” telling the story of a ghost watching his past life slip out of view.
Sports
The Knicks: Big Hopes on the Biggest Stage
While it is still early to worry about the state of the team, the Knicks will still need to fix several key issues to improve their record.
Sports
Taking Down Tanking
Tanking undoubtedly has its benefits, and many teams have benefited from the strategy in the past, but the financial and competitive risks for fans and teams alike undercut the benefits by a substantial margin.
News
Stricter Compliance with DOE Fundraising Guidelines Enforced
By Kara Yip, Maggie Sansone, Sakura Yamanaka, Sarah Huynh
There is stricter adherence to DOE fundraising guidelines that may affect many clubs and student organizations.
News
Streaming Service Now Available for Select Stuyvesant Sports
By Ruiwen Tang, Matthew Huang, David Lin
Stuyvesant launches a live-streaming service for athletic games. Art/Photo Request: Still from the sports streaming channel or photo of games being live streamed if possible
News
Stuyvesant Students Reach Semifinals in Yale Latin Certamen
By Prapti Biswas, Sharon Zhou, Olivia Haven
Stuyvesant Latin students participated in Yale Latin Certamen for the first time in almost a decade, with one group making it to the semifinals.
News
Stuyvesant Alters After-School Rule Due to Safety Concerns
By Allison Zhao, Mary Lee, Bill Chan, Fiona Shi, Evan Lin
Stuyvesant weighs in on the necessity and limitations of the recent security addition.
Features
Sweet and Sour: The Sophomore Bar
With the Sophomore Bar’s reputation of noise and chaotic disruption comes a myriad of varying opinions on this iconic Stuyvesant hotspot.
Opinions
To All the Boys I’ve Consoled Before: It’s Okay to Not Be Okay
By Ashley Lin
Toxic masculinity is creating a crisis among young boys, teenage guys, and adult men. We need a culture shift.
Science
Musical Notes in Cognition
By Subaah Syed
Listening to music can either be a distraction or a tool for concentration when studying. The contrast between these two responses to music is due to factors such as individual preferences and environmental conditions.
Opinions
Elon Musk Is Hopelessly Incompetent
Elon Musk’s recent acquisition of Twitter sheds light on his inability to run a successful company.
Science
Singing and Health
By Alex Zheng
Singing is an underrated form of expression that is easily accessible and beneficial to us physically, mentally, and socially.
Arts and Entertainment
Is Heroin Chic Back?
By Roxy Perazzo
With ‘90s nostalgia at a high, the recent rise of a “thin is in” attitude is evocative of a not-so-nostalgic aspect of the era: heroin chic.
Opinions
What The Editorial Board is Thankful For
In honor of Thanksgiving, the Editorial Board has compiled a list of all the things they’re thankful for at Stuyvesant.
Sports
The New Generation of the NBA
Enter the new generation of the NBA, where young talent has started to outplay aging superstar veterans.
Sports
Wonderkids in the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Jude Bellingham, Jamal Musiala, and Rodrygo Silva de Goes are going to flourish this year in Qatar.
Humor
It Is Not Me, It Is You
When your partner Stuyvesant High School is not the partner you thought they would be, you dump them with a breakup letter.
Humor
The Stuy Confessions Pages Are Beefing
By Virgenya Zhu
As more and more confession pages for the school pop up, only one can be on top…
Humor
How to Spice up Your “Drill” Experience
By Sara Heller, Astrid Harrington
Lately, there have been an unprecedented number of emergency protocols, and we’re here to tell you how to make the most of them.
Humor
Kentucky Jones and the Trials to Fix the 7-9 Escalator
A student undergoes a difficult journey in order to fix the 7-9 escalator and end months of agony.
Humor
A Catalog of Friends (and Other Associates)
By Isaac Ho
A comprehensive analysis of every person in every friend group at Stuy.
Arts and Entertainment
Chunky Sweaters and Birkenstocks: A&E’s Fashion Favorites
By The Arts & Entertainment Department
The Arts & Entertainment Department weighs in on their favorite trends, pieces, and eras of fashion!
Sports
The Spartans Have Captured Lightning, and the League’s Been Struck
By Ty Anant
The Spartans manage to turn an uphill battle into an undefeated season.
Arts and Entertainment
Airports Abuse Musicians and Damage Their Instruments
Despite rules and regulations being put in place, airports manage to harass musicians and injure their instruments.
Arts and Entertainment
Senior Spotlight
By Zoe Buff
A profile on the three soloists in the first Senior Spotlight orchestra concert.
Science
What is the Feynman Technique and Why Does It Work So Well?
By James Li
The Feynman Technique is a highly effective studying method that involves use of teaching a subject to further internalize the information.
News
Stricter Compliance with DOE Fundraising Guidelines Enforced
By Kara Yip, Maggie Sansone, Sakura Yamanaka, Sarah Huynh
There is stricter adherence to DOE fundraising guidelines that may affect many clubs and student organizations.
News
LGBTQ+ Influence On American Politics: Book Talk on James Kirchick’s Secret City
By Prapti Biswas, Elaine Huang
The author of Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington was invited by Mr. Hanna to speak about his book.
News
Streaming Service Now Available for Select Stuyvesant Sports
By Ruiwen Tang, Matthew Huang, David Lin
Stuyvesant launches a live-streaming service for athletic games. Art/Photo Request: Still from the sports streaming channel or photo of games being live streamed if possible
News
Stuyvesant Students Reach Semifinals in Yale Latin Certamen
By Prapti Biswas, Sharon Zhou, Olivia Haven
Stuyvesant Latin students participated in Yale Latin Certamen for the first time in almost a decade, with one group making it to the semifinals.
News
Stuyvesant Alters After-School Rule Due to Safety Concerns
By Allison Zhao, Mary Lee, Bill Chan, Fiona Shi, Evan Lin
Stuyvesant weighs in on the necessity and limitations of the recent security addition.
Features
Overheard at the Thanksgiving Table
Wackiest, out of pocket things heard over the Thanksgiving dinner table.
Features
Taking Note of Technology
Some Stuyvesant students have opted to take notes digitally in place of the traditional pencil-on-paper method, and teachers’ perspectives on this phenomenon vary.
Features
Sweet and Sour: The Sophomore Bar
With the Sophomore Bar’s reputation of noise and chaotic disruption comes a myriad of varying opinions on this iconic Stuyvesant hotspot.
Opinions
The Masquerade of Foreign Aid
American foreign aid programs have caused irreversible damage to recipient countries’ economies and societies.
Opinions
To All the Boys I’ve Consoled Before: It’s Okay to Not Be Okay
By Ashley Lin
Toxic masculinity is creating a crisis among young boys, teenage guys, and adult men. We need a culture shift.
Opinions
Should Self-Driving Cars Make Life or Death Situations for Us?
With the increase of self-driving cars, autonomous vehicles are expected to make moral tradeoffs for us.
Opinions
The Bias of Google Translate
Google Translate has an inherent gender bias that causes words to be translated into either masculine or feminine forms, depending on which gender Google Translate believes to be more fit.
Opinions
Are You Reading This?
A self-aware article on article writing itself, exploring and questioning the readership of The Spectator and the Opinions Department.
Science
Musical Notes in Cognition
By Subaah Syed
Listening to music can either be a distraction or a tool for concentration when studying. The contrast between these two responses to music is due to factors such as individual preferences and environmental conditions.
Opinions
Elon Musk Is Hopelessly Incompetent
Elon Musk’s recent acquisition of Twitter sheds light on his inability to run a successful company.
Science
Singing and Health
By Alex Zheng
Singing is an underrated form of expression that is easily accessible and beneficial to us physically, mentally, and socially.
Opinions
Don’t Take the Midterms for Granted
America’s election denial problem can’t be solved through elections alone.
Opinions
The Pioneering of Pinterest
Pinterest stands out among its competitors as a top social media platform that aims to increase its users’ innovation while creating connections over common interests.
Science
Resilience in Flood-Prone Lower Manhattan
By Seth Fenton
Lower Manhattan is in imminent danger of being uninhabitable due to flooding.
Humor
It Is Not Me, It Is You
When your partner Stuyvesant High School is not the partner you thought they would be, you dump them with a breakup letter.
Humor
The Stuy Confessions Pages Are Beefing
By Virgenya Zhu
As more and more confession pages for the school pop up, only one can be on top…
Humor
How to Spice up Your “Drill” Experience
By Sara Heller, Astrid Harrington
Lately, there have been an unprecedented number of emergency protocols, and we’re here to tell you how to make the most of them.
Humor
Laundry Is for Losers
The Stuyvesant Environmental club ditches laundry and showers in order to help the environment, ravaging the entire school with their stench.
Humor
Kentucky Jones and the Trials to Fix the 7-9 Escalator
A student undergoes a difficult journey in order to fix the 7-9 escalator and end months of agony.
Humor
A Catalog of Friends (and Other Associates)
By Isaac Ho
A comprehensive analysis of every person in every friend group at Stuy.
Arts and Entertainment
Blurring the Lines Between Real and Surreal: Review of Atlanta Season Four
By Simone Raleigh, Lucien Clough
Atlanta is fearless, but not reckless, keeping itself grounded in realistic characters and commentary while reveling in the surreal.
Arts and Entertainment
Whose Loss
By Manlio Singh
Drake takes the foreground throughout an inconsistent collaboration album.
Arts and Entertainment
Comedic Destruction in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
The Banshees of Inisherin truly succeeds on all fronts, creating a world out of a handful of characters and locations and unleashing a conflict both comedic in its original insignificance and tragic in its unfortunate poignance.
Arts and Entertainment
Chunky Sweaters and Birkenstocks: A&E’s Fashion Favorites
By The Arts & Entertainment Department
The Arts & Entertainment Department weighs in on their favorite trends, pieces, and eras of fashion!
Arts and Entertainment
Quadeca Tells A Modern Ghost Story
Quadeca creates an incredible sonic experience in his newest project, “I Didn’t Mean To Haunt You,” telling the story of a ghost watching his past life slip out of view.
Sports
The Spartans Have Captured Lightning, and the League’s Been Struck
By Ty Anant
The Spartans manage to turn an uphill battle into an undefeated season.
Sports
The Knicks: Big Hopes on the Biggest Stage
While it is still early to worry about the state of the team, the Knicks will still need to fix several key issues to improve their record.
Sports
Taking Down Tanking
Tanking undoubtedly has its benefits, and many teams have benefited from the strategy in the past, but the financial and competitive risks for fans and teams alike undercut the benefits by a substantial margin.
Arts and Entertainment
Is Heroin Chic Back?
By Roxy Perazzo
With ‘90s nostalgia at a high, the recent rise of a “thin is in” attitude is evocative of a not-so-nostalgic aspect of the era: heroin chic.
Arts and Entertainment
Airports Abuse Musicians and Damage Their Instruments
Despite rules and regulations being put in place, airports manage to harass musicians and injure their instruments.
Arts and Entertainment
Senior Spotlight
By Zoe Buff
A profile on the three soloists in the first Senior Spotlight orchestra concert.
Opinions
What The Editorial Board is Thankful For
In honor of Thanksgiving, the Editorial Board has compiled a list of all the things they’re thankful for at Stuyvesant.
Arts and Entertainment
Falling For Sad Girl Autumn
You are not the only one who feels down when the leaves start to fall; Sad Girl Autumn is an emerging cultural phenomenon.
Sports
The Smasher
By Yashna Patel, Frederik Schutz
Meet Stuyvesant’s badminton team co-captain and nationally ranked player Lukas Chang.
Sports
The New Generation of the NBA
Enter the new generation of the NBA, where young talent has started to outplay aging superstar veterans.