Opinions
Where is the Republican Party Headed?
By Lukas Yao
Trump has amassed a generational coalition of supporters, but irreconcilable factional differences within leave the future of the Republican Party up for grabs.
Arts and Entertainment
Food is my one true love
By The Arts & Entertainment Department
The A&E department shares their best bites of the issue. The food that melted in their mouths, the one that satiated their insatiable desires, the one where every bite told a story, teasing their taste buds, leaving them craving the next mouthful long after the plate was empty.
Opinions
Stuyvesant’s Financial Literacy Failure
Despite overwhelming student demand and Stuyvesant’s unique reputation for its rigor, Stuyvesant has failed to expand its personal finance curriculum.
Opinions
The Hidden Costs Behind “Taxing the Rich”
The effects of increasing income taxes on the richest in America disrupt the future of American wealth.
News
Stuyvesant Students are Delegates Representing NYC Internationally
By Brian Lin, Thehan Abeyweera, Wyatt Weiss
Ellis Thompson and Omer Karelic are representing New York City at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.
Humor
How to Know if You’re Choosing the Right APs and Electives (for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Half of a Junior)
By Fiona Chen 2
A personality test to help choose your APs/Electives, based on unrealistic theoretical events/questions.
Sports
Golden Tempo and the Gendered Structure of Sports Leadership
By Nina Benson
What Cherie DeVaux’s Kentucky Derby win as the first female trainer reveals about the lack of female power in sports.
Features
Dealt a New Hand: How Students Filled the Phone Ban Gap
By Mary Kamela
As Stuyvesant’s phone ban comes to the end of its first year, students are increasingly using card games as a primary form of social interaction during free periods, reshaping the atmosphere of lunchrooms and hallways and sparking broader debate.
Arts and Entertainment
The Cost of Craze: How Trends Exploit Cultural Ingredients
Viral food trends like matcha, ube, and Dubai chocolate may capture global attention, but their rapid rise comes at the expense of cultural authenticity, shortages, and strain on the supply chains that sustain the communities behind these ingredients.

Opinions
Ring of Ruin: The Growing Space Debris Crisis and Lack of Regulation
While space poses incredible opportunities for scientific research, increased effort needs to be directed towards ensuring space debris levels are mitigated through strengthened legislation.

Features
Substituting: Substantive or Sub-optimal?
When students discover their teacher is absent for the day, high expectations and excitement often follow, but the reality of effectiveness in substitute teaching unravels a far more complex story.

Opinions
The Hidden Costs of Our Donation Bags
The clothing donations we send to Africa as a seemingly harmless display of charity are destroying African industrial capabilities and crushing the environment under the weight of our unwanted clothes.
Arts and Entertainment
The Devil Still Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada 2 debuts as an unnecessary, narratively confusing legacy sequel, with acting that did not stand the test of time.
Arts and Entertainment
Art? Science? History? What is Art Conservation?
Stuyvesant alumna Sara Levin, objects conservator for the African and Oceanic art department at the Met shares insights into the art conservation profession.
Arts and Entertainment
Aesthetic Authoritarianism bores me: The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent is authoritarianism on a slow, slow summer’s day.
Arts and Entertainment
The Sound of Spring: How Popular Music Reimagines the Season Across Decades
By Mira Anant
A playlist-like analysis of how popular music across decades has redefined the idea of the “spring song,” transforming spring from a symbol of simple renewal into a more complex emotional and cultural metaphor.
Sports
Sawe Makes Marathon History
By Ashley Mui
Sebastian Sawe made marathon history by breaking the two-hour barrier at the 2026 London Marathon.

Humor
How to Know That You’re in a Toxic Relationship… With J
This guide helps you identify the warning signs of a toxic relationship in an unexpected place.

Opinions
Ring of Ruin: The Growing Space Debris Crisis and Lack of Regulation
While space poses incredible opportunities for scientific research, increased effort needs to be directed towards ensuring space debris levels are mitigated through strengthened legislation.
Opinions
Where is the Republican Party Headed?
By Lukas Yao
Trump has amassed a generational coalition of supporters, but irreconcilable factional differences within leave the future of the Republican Party up for grabs.
Arts and Entertainment
Food is my one true love
By The Arts & Entertainment Department
The A&E department shares their best bites of the issue. The food that melted in their mouths, the one that satiated their insatiable desires, the one where every bite told a story, teasing their taste buds, leaving them craving the next mouthful long after the plate was empty.

Features
Substituting: Substantive or Sub-optimal?
When students discover their teacher is absent for the day, high expectations and excitement often follow, but the reality of effectiveness in substitute teaching unravels a far more complex story.
Opinions
Stuyvesant’s Financial Literacy Failure
Despite overwhelming student demand and Stuyvesant’s unique reputation for its rigor, Stuyvesant has failed to expand its personal finance curriculum.

Opinions
The Hidden Costs of Our Donation Bags
The clothing donations we send to Africa as a seemingly harmless display of charity are destroying African industrial capabilities and crushing the environment under the weight of our unwanted clothes.
Opinions
The Hidden Costs Behind “Taxing the Rich”
The effects of increasing income taxes on the richest in America disrupt the future of American wealth.

News
Stuyvesant’s Sophomore Bar Closes
By Amy Mitchneck, Bryan Boo, Keya Warikoo, Noah Choi
Before AP exams were administered, the Sophomore Bar was announced closed for students.
News
Stuyvesant Students are Delegates Representing NYC Internationally
By Brian Lin, Thehan Abeyweera, Wyatt Weiss
Ellis Thompson and Omer Karelic are representing New York City at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.
Humor
How to Know if You’re Choosing the Right APs and Electives (for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Half of a Junior)
By Fiona Chen 2
A personality test to help choose your APs/Electives, based on unrealistic theoretical events/questions.
Sports
Golden Tempo and the Gendered Structure of Sports Leadership
By Nina Benson
What Cherie DeVaux’s Kentucky Derby win as the first female trainer reveals about the lack of female power in sports.
Features
Dealt a New Hand: How Students Filled the Phone Ban Gap
By Mary Kamela
As Stuyvesant’s phone ban comes to the end of its first year, students are increasingly using card games as a primary form of social interaction during free periods, reshaping the atmosphere of lunchrooms and hallways and sparking broader debate.

Features
Proofs, Patterns, Circles, and Sines: Mrs. Sterr
A profile on mathematics teacher May Sterr and the experiences that shaped her journey to teaching Geometry and AP Precalculus at Stuyvesant.
Arts and Entertainment
The Cost of Craze: How Trends Exploit Cultural Ingredients
Viral food trends like matcha, ube, and Dubai chocolate may capture global attention, but their rapid rise comes at the expense of cultural authenticity, shortages, and strain on the supply chains that sustain the communities behind these ingredients.
Arts and Entertainment
The Devil Still Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada 2 debuts as an unnecessary, narratively confusing legacy sequel, with acting that did not stand the test of time.
Arts and Entertainment
Art? Science? History? What is Art Conservation?
Stuyvesant alumna Sara Levin, objects conservator for the African and Oceanic art department at the Met shares insights into the art conservation profession.
Arts and Entertainment
Aesthetic Authoritarianism bores me: The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent is authoritarianism on a slow, slow summer’s day.
Arts and Entertainment
The Sound of Spring: How Popular Music Reimagines the Season Across Decades
By Mira Anant
A playlist-like analysis of how popular music across decades has redefined the idea of the “spring song,” transforming spring from a symbol of simple renewal into a more complex emotional and cultural metaphor.
Sports
Sawe Makes Marathon History
By Ashley Mui
Sebastian Sawe made marathon history by breaking the two-hour barrier at the 2026 London Marathon.





