Volume 113 Issue 8
News
Stuyvesant Holds School Safety Workshop
By Sakura Yamanaka, Seth Fenton, Sofia Sen
The Stuyvesant administration recently held a school safety workshop and extended homeroom about safety, prompting questions about how effective these safety protocols are.
Features
Competitiveness Addressed: Is Stuy as Cut-Throat as it Seems?
By Julia Chernobelsky, Millie Bell
Discovering what Stuyvesant students really think about the competitive culture of the school.
Features
The Places Behind the Faces: Students Living in Unique Situations
By Cathleen Xi, Daniella Solomon, Cindy Han, Sophie Zhou
Students living with unique circumstances often face similarly unique difficulties, and it’s important to recognize and provide resources for them.
Opinions
The Facade of Moral Consumerism
What people see as an acceptable consumerist attitude is majorly influenced by virality and social media, rather than a genuine consideration for social issues, which leads to societal pressures that end up minimizing the actual issue at hand.
Science
How Much Sleep Do We Really Need?
By Michelle Ng
Fluctuations in normal sleep patterns—even if it means getting more sleep— can lead to grogginess and lethargy.
Opinions
The Gateway Drug to Misogyny
By Tim Goretsky
Commentators are using self help as a gateway to lure susceptible audiences into the world of anti-feminist rhetoric.
Opinions
The Hypocrisy of War Versus Education
By Elma Khan
The notion of war contrasts greatly with standard educational values and should be abolished.
Science
Starlink: A Constellation of Satellites
By Vinson Chen
Starlink is a satellite internet service with many unique features that make it the future of the satellite internet industry.
Opinions
Technoblade Never Dies
People often have impossible, rigid expectations for themselves, but they would do best if they focused on doing what they enjoy.
Humor
Four Exceptional Excuses for Being Late to Class
Four tried-and-true (okay, maybe not “tried”) excuses for being late to class.
Humor
Rudolph’s Revenge
By Mikayla Lin
Rudolph has taken over the North Pole, and he has some demands of the rest of the world.
Humor
A Battle Royale of the Christmas Traditions
By Sara Heller, Abigail Jin, Freda Dong
Each Christmas holiday tradition gives an earnest defense of itself while criticizing the others, determined to capture the hearts of celebrating families.
Humor
The Worst and Best Conversation Starters For Your Christmas Dinner
By Aahan Shah
What are some good and bad conversations to start during your holiday meal with the family?
Opinions
Specializing in a Specialized High School
The pressure to specialize in a certain field at Stuyvesant discourages students from the exploration high school is designed for.
Sports
Top 10 PSAL Athletes: Fall Season
Here are the Sports Department’s Top 10 PSAL Athletes of the fall 2022-2023 season.
Sports
World Cup Update (Part 2)
A summary of the knockout games in soccer’s most prestigious tournament.
Sports
The Next Patrick Mahomes?
By Anas Ahmed
USC quarterback Caleb Williams earned the Heisman trophy this past season, breaking college football records, with some calling him the next Patrick Mahomes.
News
Stuyvesant Hosts Annual Blood Drive
By Vincent Wang, Bill Chan, Olivia Haven, Andrew Liu, Zoey Marcus
Stuyvesant High School partnered with the New York Blood Center to host its second blood drive after the pandemic in the first floor lobby. After the three-year closing of drives, the blood drive was extremely successful, with 67 students donating.
News
Introducing Cayla Chew and Vanna Lei as Freshman Caucus Co-Presidents
By Christina Wang, Abigail Cho, Margaret Sansone, Lauren Yang
Freshman Caucus Co-Presidents Cayla Chew and Vanna Lei share their plans for the 2022-2023 school year.
News
Poet Jason Koo Returns to Stuyvesant
By Christina Wang, Jady Chen, Mozen Kalefa, Craig Chen, Ian Kim, Jasmine Yuen
News
Lin Brothers Robotics Lab Unveiled
By Rorie Taylor, Ziying Jian, Anisha Singhal, Judy Namkoong
A ribbon cutting ceremony for the Lin Brothers Robotics Lab was held on December 8 to recognize its opening.
Features
Close yet not Close Enough
By Theo Sassano, Elaine Huan, Rhea Malhotra
Stuy students describe the complexity of classroom friendships.
Science
DART, The Real Life Space Defender
By Gary Jiang
NASA’s DART mission marks a new era of space innovation and its importance has been shown in its promising results for the future of planetary defense.
Opinions
What’s In Your Wallet?
Credit card rewards are largely paid for by low-income people who cannot afford them, revealing a system reflective of America’s cutthroat personal finance culture.
Science
IRT-TMR: The Treatment For Your Sleep’s Haunting Beast
By Erica Wong
TMR cues could help boost IRT treatment to prevent Nightmare Disorder
Science
Racial Bias in CRISPR Treatment
A recent analysis by Sean Misek highlights that CRISPR has a higher failure rate in people of African descent. This is due to many factors, such as lack of representation in the medical field and failure to account for genetic diversity.
Opinions
The Damaging Effects of Misrepresentation of Adoption in the Media
Representations of adoption falsely shape mainstream attitudes.
Science
Speaking from the Mind! Literally
It’s the first successful demonstration of a direct translation of thought into words and it’s only going further in its ability to give those who need it a chance
Opinions
The Demonization of GMOs
As consumers, we must look past the negative connotations of genetically modified food products in order to gauge how they help alleviate global hunger.
Humor
The Couple Home for Christmas The Remix The Sequel: The Holidays Strike Back: A Film Review
By Benson Chen
The movie The Couple Home for Christmas The Remix The Sequel: The Holidays Strike Back is an outstanding film about love and heartbreak in the big city.
Sports
The World Cup Is Not The Pinnacle of Football
By Kaeden Ruparel, Farzad Hoque
Perpetuating discrimination and allowing for racism and hatred to boil over, FIFA’s World Cup is an unfortunate and embarrassing portrayal of the beautiful game of football.
Sports
College Football Playoff Preview
By Leo Roses
Will 2023 usher in a new national champion, or will Georgia repeat as champion after a 41-year drought?
Sports
Reassemble the Spartans
By Daler Khudaykulov, Saradindu Ahmed
The Spartans have been enhancing their roster, technique, and spirit to overcome dark times in the first half of their horrid season.
Sports
The New Faces of New York
By Khush Wadhwa, John Jay Wang
The rotation, with the pair of Verlander and Scherzer, the masterful arm of Kodai Senga, and the comeback king José Quintana, should push these Mets further than the previous season.
Arts and Entertainment
New School, Boo School
Music teachers at The Mannes School of Music go on strike to protest new policy.
Sports
World Cup Update (Part 2)
A summary of the knockout games in soccer’s most prestigious tournament.
Arts and Entertainment
The Faces or the Voices?
By Munem Tajwar
With the increasingly large amount of incomprehensible castings of high-profile actors in voice roles, why are voice actors getting replaced?
Sports
A Stuyvesant Storm Is Sweeping Through the League
By Ty Anant
The Storm have been steadily improving since the inception of this team all the way back in 2020.
Sports
How’s the Basketball Up There?
By Yashna Patel, Frederik Schutz
Meet Sloan Ireland, a 6’10” hooper set to take over PSAL Basketball!
Arts and Entertainment
Ada, Alex, and Ascension through “Gathering”
A review of Alex Katz: Gathering, and the improvement, changes, and regressions it shows in his style.
Sports
The New Era Of Professional Tennis Has Arrived
By Kai Russell
The retirements of greats like Roger Federer and Serena Williams have left the door open in a game that has been dominated by so few for so long.
Arts and Entertainment
New York through Edward Hopper’s Eyes
A look into the Edward Hopper’s New York: his unique reflection of New York City.
Arts and Entertainment
Taylor Swift’s Influence on Rising Pop Artists
By Raaita Anwar
Taylor Swift is undeniably one of the most popular artists of our time, and with the rise of Gen-Z pop artists like Olivia Rodrigo and Conan Gray, her influence is more apparent than ever.
Arts and Entertainment
Revelations: A Celebrated Masterpiece of Modern American Dance
With “Revelations,” Ailey elevates the purpose of contemporary dance.
Arts and Entertainment
To Be Pretty When You Cry and Scream
By Vita Kirschtein, Tessa Kolovarsky
Viral makeup trends and how they attack girls’ self-image during emotional times.
Arts and Entertainment
LCD Soundsystem Has Not Lost Its Edge
By Levi Simon, Theodore Yochum
James Murphy’s LCD Soundsystem celebrates its twentieth anniversary in concert.
Arts and Entertainment
Christmas Greetings and Christmas Beatings
By Dorothy Ha
Starring David Harbour as a murderous Santa Claus, Violent Night proves to be a ho-ho-whole lot of unconventional Christmas fun.
News
Stuyvesant Hosts Annual Blood Drive
By Vincent Wang, Bill Chan, Olivia Haven, Andrew Liu, Zoey Marcus
Stuyvesant High School partnered with the New York Blood Center to host its second blood drive after the pandemic in the first floor lobby. After the three-year closing of drives, the blood drive was extremely successful, with 67 students donating.
News
Introducing Cayla Chew and Vanna Lei as Freshman Caucus Co-Presidents
By Christina Wang, Abigail Cho, Margaret Sansone, Lauren Yang
Freshman Caucus Co-Presidents Cayla Chew and Vanna Lei share their plans for the 2022-2023 school year.
News
Stuyvesant Holds School Safety Workshop
By Sakura Yamanaka, Seth Fenton, Sofia Sen
The Stuyvesant administration recently held a school safety workshop and extended homeroom about safety, prompting questions about how effective these safety protocols are.
News
Poet Jason Koo Returns to Stuyvesant
By Christina Wang, Jady Chen, Mozen Kalefa, Craig Chen, Ian Kim, Jasmine Yuen
News
Lin Brothers Robotics Lab Unveiled
By Rorie Taylor, Ziying Jian, Anisha Singhal, Judy Namkoong
A ribbon cutting ceremony for the Lin Brothers Robotics Lab was held on December 8 to recognize its opening.
Features
Close yet not Close Enough
By Theo Sassano, Elaine Huan, Rhea Malhotra
Stuy students describe the complexity of classroom friendships.
Features
Competitiveness Addressed: Is Stuy as Cut-Throat as it Seems?
By Julia Chernobelsky, Millie Bell
Discovering what Stuyvesant students really think about the competitive culture of the school.
Features
The Places Behind the Faces: Students Living in Unique Situations
By Cathleen Xi, Daniella Solomon, Cindy Han, Sophie Zhou
Students living with unique circumstances often face similarly unique difficulties, and it’s important to recognize and provide resources for them.
Science
DART, The Real Life Space Defender
By Gary Jiang
NASA’s DART mission marks a new era of space innovation and its importance has been shown in its promising results for the future of planetary defense.
Opinions
The Facade of Moral Consumerism
What people see as an acceptable consumerist attitude is majorly influenced by virality and social media, rather than a genuine consideration for social issues, which leads to societal pressures that end up minimizing the actual issue at hand.
Opinions
What’s In Your Wallet?
Credit card rewards are largely paid for by low-income people who cannot afford them, revealing a system reflective of America’s cutthroat personal finance culture.
Science
IRT-TMR: The Treatment For Your Sleep’s Haunting Beast
By Erica Wong
TMR cues could help boost IRT treatment to prevent Nightmare Disorder
Science
How Much Sleep Do We Really Need?
By Michelle Ng
Fluctuations in normal sleep patterns—even if it means getting more sleep— can lead to grogginess and lethargy.
Opinions
The Gateway Drug to Misogyny
By Tim Goretsky
Commentators are using self help as a gateway to lure susceptible audiences into the world of anti-feminist rhetoric.
Opinions
The Hypocrisy of War Versus Education
By Elma Khan
The notion of war contrasts greatly with standard educational values and should be abolished.
Science
Starlink: A Constellation of Satellites
By Vinson Chen
Starlink is a satellite internet service with many unique features that make it the future of the satellite internet industry.
Science
Racial Bias in CRISPR Treatment
A recent analysis by Sean Misek highlights that CRISPR has a higher failure rate in people of African descent. This is due to many factors, such as lack of representation in the medical field and failure to account for genetic diversity.
Opinions
Technoblade Never Dies
People often have impossible, rigid expectations for themselves, but they would do best if they focused on doing what they enjoy.
Opinions
The Damaging Effects of Misrepresentation of Adoption in the Media
Representations of adoption falsely shape mainstream attitudes.
Science
Speaking from the Mind! Literally
It’s the first successful demonstration of a direct translation of thought into words and it’s only going further in its ability to give those who need it a chance
Opinions
The Demonization of GMOs
As consumers, we must look past the negative connotations of genetically modified food products in order to gauge how they help alleviate global hunger.
Humor
Four Exceptional Excuses for Being Late to Class
Four tried-and-true (okay, maybe not “tried”) excuses for being late to class.
Humor
Rudolph’s Revenge
By Mikayla Lin
Rudolph has taken over the North Pole, and he has some demands of the rest of the world.
Humor
A Battle Royale of the Christmas Traditions
By Sara Heller, Abigail Jin, Freda Dong
Each Christmas holiday tradition gives an earnest defense of itself while criticizing the others, determined to capture the hearts of celebrating families.
Humor
The Couple Home for Christmas The Remix The Sequel: The Holidays Strike Back: A Film Review
By Benson Chen
The movie The Couple Home for Christmas The Remix The Sequel: The Holidays Strike Back is an outstanding film about love and heartbreak in the big city.
Humor
Average Gifts
Breaking News: Santa Claus is now giving out average gifts based on your school averages.
Humor
What Lies Within Room 250
By Isaac Ho
Surprising discovery of innovation in the Irwin Zahn Innovation Lab
Humor
The Worst and Best Conversation Starters For Your Christmas Dinner
By Aahan Shah
What are some good and bad conversations to start during your holiday meal with the family?
Opinions
Specializing in a Specialized High School
The pressure to specialize in a certain field at Stuyvesant discourages students from the exploration high school is designed for.
Sports
Top 10 PSAL Athletes: Fall Season
Here are the Sports Department’s Top 10 PSAL Athletes of the fall 2022-2023 season.
Sports
World Cup Update (Part 2)
A summary of the knockout games in soccer’s most prestigious tournament.
Sports
The Next Patrick Mahomes?
By Anas Ahmed
USC quarterback Caleb Williams earned the Heisman trophy this past season, breaking college football records, with some calling him the next Patrick Mahomes.
Sports
It’s Called Soccer and Football
The term that defines the sport doesn’t matter, since the most important aspect is enjoying it together.
Arts and Entertainment
The Faces or the Voices?
By Munem Tajwar
With the increasingly large amount of incomprehensible castings of high-profile actors in voice roles, why are voice actors getting replaced?
Sports
A Stuyvesant Storm Is Sweeping Through the League
By Ty Anant
The Storm have been steadily improving since the inception of this team all the way back in 2020.
Sports
Way-Too-Early NBA Predictions
By Ty Anant
Though the NBA is just a third of the way through its season, here are some predictions for the end-of-year awards come June.
Sports
How’s the Basketball Up There?
By Yashna Patel, Frederik Schutz
Meet Sloan Ireland, a 6’10” hooper set to take over PSAL Basketball!
Arts and Entertainment
Ada, Alex, and Ascension through “Gathering”
A review of Alex Katz: Gathering, and the improvement, changes, and regressions it shows in his style.
Sports
The New Era Of Professional Tennis Has Arrived
By Kai Russell
The retirements of greats like Roger Federer and Serena Williams have left the door open in a game that has been dominated by so few for so long.
Arts and Entertainment
New York through Edward Hopper’s Eyes
A look into the Edward Hopper’s New York: his unique reflection of New York City.
Sports
The World Cup Is Not The Pinnacle of Football
By Kaeden Ruparel, Farzad Hoque
Perpetuating discrimination and allowing for racism and hatred to boil over, FIFA’s World Cup is an unfortunate and embarrassing portrayal of the beautiful game of football.
Sports
College Football Playoff Preview
By Leo Roses
Will 2023 usher in a new national champion, or will Georgia repeat as champion after a 41-year drought?
Sports
Reassemble the Spartans
By Daler Khudaykulov, Saradindu Ahmed
The Spartans have been enhancing their roster, technique, and spirit to overcome dark times in the first half of their horrid season.
Sports
The New Faces of New York
By Khush Wadhwa, John Jay Wang
The rotation, with the pair of Verlander and Scherzer, the masterful arm of Kodai Senga, and the comeback king José Quintana, should push these Mets further than the previous season.
Arts and Entertainment
Taylor Swift’s Influence on Rising Pop Artists
By Raaita Anwar
Taylor Swift is undeniably one of the most popular artists of our time, and with the rise of Gen-Z pop artists like Olivia Rodrigo and Conan Gray, her influence is more apparent than ever.
Arts and Entertainment
Revelations: A Celebrated Masterpiece of Modern American Dance
With “Revelations,” Ailey elevates the purpose of contemporary dance.
Arts and Entertainment
To Be Pretty When You Cry and Scream
By Vita Kirschtein, Tessa Kolovarsky
Viral makeup trends and how they attack girls’ self-image during emotional times.
Arts and Entertainment
LCD Soundsystem Has Not Lost Its Edge
By Levi Simon, Theodore Yochum
James Murphy’s LCD Soundsystem celebrates its twentieth anniversary in concert.
Arts and Entertainment
New School, Boo School
Music teachers at The Mannes School of Music go on strike to protest new policy.
Arts and Entertainment
Christmas Greetings and Christmas Beatings
By Dorothy Ha
Starring David Harbour as a murderous Santa Claus, Violent Night proves to be a ho-ho-whole lot of unconventional Christmas fun.
