Volume 110 Issue 5

Sports

College Athletes: They're Not Part of the Business, They Are the Business

With the growing controversy over the NCAA suppressing top college recruits in addition to showing signs of vulnerability by succumbing to the recent rule change,...

Humor

Liberal Nonsense: Eric Trump Isn't a Cy Young Award Finalist Just Because He Isn't a Baseball Player

Why hasn’t Eric Trump been shortlisted for the Cy Young award?

Humor

Stuyvesant No Longer Legally Considered A School

Stuy Is No Longer A (Legal) School.

Humor

What I Really Mean During Open House Tours

The sheet they give you with all the tour information is close to useless.

Arts and Entertainment

The Comeback of ‘90s Fashion

The comeback of ‘90s fashion has resulted in several old trends becoming popular again.

Sports

Toronto FC vs. Seattle Sounders: Chapter Three

The Seattle Sounders completed their tumultuous road to the MLS Cup Final, coming out on top of Toronto FC in the finals for the second time in four years.

Sports

Nationals Win Back-and-Forth World Series to Claim Franchise’s First Championship

Arts and Entertainment

Confederate Generals and Culture Wars: Rumors of Wars Displays a New American Hero

Javed Jokhai spends a dreary day in New York marveling at Kehinde Wiley’s first public art installation, a statue serving up commentary on our current...

Opinions

Going the Distance

Sports

Mimbas Ousted Out of Playoffs After a Great Season

The Mimbas had been preparing all season for their moment.

Humor

What Your MP1 Grades Say About You

Imagine doing unnecessary math just because some random article in a school newspaper told you to.

Sports

Why the Yankees Can’t Make The Fall Classic

The Yankees simply weren’t able to capitalize on an abundance of opportunities, and they paid the price.

Arts and Entertainment

Paul Rudd x 2 = “Living With Yourself”

Jacqueline Thom reviews “Living With Yourself,” a new Netflix show starring Paul Rudd that takes on the doppelganger trope.

Sports

The New Kids in the League

A check-up on how the rookies drafted in the 2019 NFL Draft have fared so far. Outquote: But when Foles broke his collarbone in Week...

Sports

What Makes These Relay Fast Swimmers Flow, An Interview with Natasha Moeslinger and Samantha Zheng

Natasha MoeslingerGrade: Senior Height: 5’4Eye color: BrownHair color: BrownDOB: August 18, 2002Samantha ZhengGrade: SeniorHeight: 5’4’1/2Eye color: BrownHair color: Black-BrownDOB: May 28, 20021. When did you...

Sports

The Start of a New Chapter for the Peglegs

For the first time in six years, the Stuyvesant Peglegs, the boys’ varsity soccer team, claimed their spot in the second round of the playoffs....

Arts and Entertainment

Beware the Lighthouse

Unconventional films call for unconventional reviews. Jacqueline Thom discusses “The Lighthouse,” with spoilers, and delves into the film’s experimental examination of identity and human psychology.

Sports

The Battle of the Hudson Quagmire

The start to the 2019-20 season couldn’t get any nastier for the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils.

Sports

Spartans Spear through Regular Season

They have proved that last season’s 6-4 record was a fluke by winning the Manhattan AI Division with an 11-1 record.

Sports

Peglegs Drop Homecoming Game in an Offensive Shootout

Homecoming: a bittersweet game for seniors who stepped into Pier 40 wearing the grey, red and blue Pegleg jerseys for the final time

Sports

Toronto FC vs. Seattle Sounders: the Trilogy

After a tumultuous road to the MLS Cup Final, Toronto FC and the Seattle Sounders face off in the finals for the third time in...

Opinions

Philosophy Will Always Be Relevant

Philosophy not only goes well beyond the scope of science—it underlies it, too.

News

An Interview with Rodda John

“It’s important to remember the systems that came before, or rather the lack therein, and how much more control this gives the students than the...

News

Pronoun Identification to be Added to Talos

Talos’ latest update allows students to pick their pronoun identification, marking a step towards making Stuyvesant a more LGBTQ+ friendly community for students.

News

Escalators Undergo Full Construction

The city recently approved a request to construct new escalators, advocated by the administration, parents, and students of Stuyvesant.

Features

Talking With Stuyvesant’s “Fancy Dropout”

A profile of junior Theadora Williams who will be graduating this spring.

Features

Binge-Worthy TV Shows

Discover Stuyvesant’s favorite TV shows to binge-watch!

Features

Teacher’s Take on Talos

Various members of Stuyvesant’s faculty give their opinions on Talos.

Features

Making Spanish Sweeter

Following the journey of Spanish teacher Frida Ambía from her childhood in Peru to her career in New York City.

Features

“You Have 10 New Facebook Notifications”: An Investigation Into How Stuyvesant Students Use Facebook

A student body view on how Facebook impacts their social and academic life.

Features

How Much Does It Take?: The Financial Cost of Being a Stuyvesant Student

How much does it cost to be a student at Stuyvesant?

Science

The Dyson Swarm: Humanity’s Future?

With humanity getting closer to conquering the limits of technology and survival on Earth, the Dyson swarm provides us with a potential future in which...

News

Agnihotri and Bhattacharyya Elected Freshman Caucus President and Vice President

Freshmen Satvik Agnihotri and Iravan Bhattacharyya have been elected Freshman Caucus President and Vice President, respectively, for the 2019-2020 school year.

Science

A 3D-Printed Antidote

Researchers combine modern technology with biology fundamentals to grapple with the pandemic.

Opinions

America’s Pharmaceutical Dilemma

Declining competitiveness in the pharmaceutical Industry has resulted in unprecedented high costs. Restoring competitiveness to our drug markets is crucial to lowering prices, which can...

Science

Milasen: The First Custom Drug

The possibility of custom drugs creates a greater disparity between the rich and the poor, where the rich would have access to these drugs while the poor would be shut out completely.

Science

The Neurological Basis Driving the Two-Party System

Studies have exposed the many neurological differences between conservatives and liberals, suggesting that the creation of parties in America is an innate creation.

Opinions

The Growing Role of Women in Jihadi Terrorism

It is important to address the growing role of women in attacks by Islamic extremists in order to be able to solve the problem.

Science

Are We Treating Cancer Wrong?

Cancer researchers hoping to one day cure all cancers have an arduous journey ahead of them, requiring the collaboration of both brilliance and open-mindedness, but...

Opinions

A New Approach to Diversity Training

On the futility of diversity training and what we can do to fix it.

Opinions

Give Black Trans Women Their Lives and Voices!

Black trans women are at higher risks of violence every day because of the intersection of their identity.

Opinions

Philosophy: An Antiquated Method of Explanation

Philosophy is dangerously close to undermining scientific progress and modern values; as much as a pursuit of knowledge is important, recognize that philosophy is bound...

Opinions

Rikers: For the Prisoners or for the Public?

Rikers Island, off the coast of Queens and infamous for inhumane treatment of its inmates, now calls into question a controversial plan of setting up...

Arts and Entertainment

Ending the Experiment: “The Good Place” Final Season

Morris Raskin gives his take on what the directors of “The Good Place” need to do in order to give the show a satisfying conclusion.

Sports

College Athletes: They're Not Part of the Business, They Are the Business

With the growing controversy over the NCAA suppressing top college recruits in addition to showing signs of vulnerability by succumbing to the recent rule change,...

Humor

Liberal Nonsense: Eric Trump Isn't a Cy Young Award Finalist Just Because He Isn't a Baseball Player

Why hasn’t Eric Trump been shortlisted for the Cy Young award?

Humor

Stuyvesant No Longer Legally Considered A School

Stuy Is No Longer A (Legal) School.

Humor

What I Really Mean During Open House Tours

The sheet they give you with all the tour information is close to useless.

Arts and Entertainment

The Comeback of ‘90s Fashion

The comeback of ‘90s fashion has resulted in several old trends becoming popular again.

Sports

Toronto FC vs. Seattle Sounders: Chapter Three

The Seattle Sounders completed their tumultuous road to the MLS Cup Final, coming out on top of Toronto FC in the finals for the second time in four years.

Sports

Nationals Win Back-and-Forth World Series to Claim Franchise’s First Championship

Arts and Entertainment

Confederate Generals and Culture Wars: Rumors of Wars Displays a New American Hero

Javed Jokhai spends a dreary day in New York marveling at Kehinde Wiley’s first public art installation, a statue serving up commentary on our current...

Opinions

Going the Distance

Sports

Mimbas Ousted Out of Playoffs After a Great Season

The Mimbas had been preparing all season for their moment.

Humor

What Your MP1 Grades Say About You

Imagine doing unnecessary math just because some random article in a school newspaper told you to.

Sports

Why the Yankees Can’t Make The Fall Classic

The Yankees simply weren’t able to capitalize on an abundance of opportunities, and they paid the price.

Arts and Entertainment

Paul Rudd x 2 = “Living With Yourself”

Jacqueline Thom reviews “Living With Yourself,” a new Netflix show starring Paul Rudd that takes on the doppelganger trope.

Sports

The New Kids in the League

A check-up on how the rookies drafted in the 2019 NFL Draft have fared so far. Outquote: But when Foles broke his collarbone in Week...

Sports

What Makes These Relay Fast Swimmers Flow, An Interview with Natasha Moeslinger and Samantha Zheng

Natasha MoeslingerGrade: Senior Height: 5’4Eye color: BrownHair color: BrownDOB: August 18, 2002Samantha ZhengGrade: SeniorHeight: 5’4’1/2Eye color: BrownHair color: Black-BrownDOB: May 28, 20021. When did you...

Sports

The Start of a New Chapter for the Peglegs

For the first time in six years, the Stuyvesant Peglegs, the boys’ varsity soccer team, claimed their spot in the second round of the playoffs....

Arts and Entertainment

Beware the Lighthouse

Unconventional films call for unconventional reviews. Jacqueline Thom discusses “The Lighthouse,” with spoilers, and delves into the film’s experimental examination of identity and human psychology.

Sports

The Battle of the Hudson Quagmire

The start to the 2019-20 season couldn’t get any nastier for the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils.

Sports

Spartans Spear through Regular Season

They have proved that last season’s 6-4 record was a fluke by winning the Manhattan AI Division with an 11-1 record.

Sports

Peglegs Drop Homecoming Game in an Offensive Shootout

Homecoming: a bittersweet game for seniors who stepped into Pier 40 wearing the grey, red and blue Pegleg jerseys for the final time

Sports

Toronto FC vs. Seattle Sounders: the Trilogy

After a tumultuous road to the MLS Cup Final, Toronto FC and the Seattle Sounders face off in the finals for the third time in...

Opinions

Philosophy Will Always Be Relevant

Philosophy not only goes well beyond the scope of science—it underlies it, too.

News

An Interview with Rodda John

“It’s important to remember the systems that came before, or rather the lack therein, and how much more control this gives the students than the...

News

Pronoun Identification to be Added to Talos

Talos’ latest update allows students to pick their pronoun identification, marking a step towards making Stuyvesant a more LGBTQ+ friendly community for students.

News

Escalators Undergo Full Construction

The city recently approved a request to construct new escalators, advocated by the administration, parents, and students of Stuyvesant.

Features

Talking With Stuyvesant’s “Fancy Dropout”

A profile of junior Theadora Williams who will be graduating this spring.

Features

Binge-Worthy TV Shows

Discover Stuyvesant’s favorite TV shows to binge-watch!

Features

Teacher’s Take on Talos

Various members of Stuyvesant’s faculty give their opinions on Talos.

Features

Making Spanish Sweeter

Following the journey of Spanish teacher Frida Ambía from her childhood in Peru to her career in New York City.

Features

“You Have 10 New Facebook Notifications”: An Investigation Into How Stuyvesant Students Use Facebook

A student body view on how Facebook impacts their social and academic life.

Features

How Much Does It Take?: The Financial Cost of Being a Stuyvesant Student

How much does it cost to be a student at Stuyvesant?

Science

The Dyson Swarm: Humanity’s Future?

With humanity getting closer to conquering the limits of technology and survival on Earth, the Dyson swarm provides us with a potential future in which...

News

Agnihotri and Bhattacharyya Elected Freshman Caucus President and Vice President

Freshmen Satvik Agnihotri and Iravan Bhattacharyya have been elected Freshman Caucus President and Vice President, respectively, for the 2019-2020 school year.

Science

A 3D-Printed Antidote

Researchers combine modern technology with biology fundamentals to grapple with the pandemic.

Opinions

America’s Pharmaceutical Dilemma

Declining competitiveness in the pharmaceutical Industry has resulted in unprecedented high costs. Restoring competitiveness to our drug markets is crucial to lowering prices, which can...

Science

Milasen: The First Custom Drug

The possibility of custom drugs creates a greater disparity between the rich and the poor, where the rich would have access to these drugs while the poor would be shut out completely.

Science

The Neurological Basis Driving the Two-Party System

Studies have exposed the many neurological differences between conservatives and liberals, suggesting that the creation of parties in America is an innate creation.

Opinions

The Growing Role of Women in Jihadi Terrorism

It is important to address the growing role of women in attacks by Islamic extremists in order to be able to solve the problem.

Science

Are We Treating Cancer Wrong?

Cancer researchers hoping to one day cure all cancers have an arduous journey ahead of them, requiring the collaboration of both brilliance and open-mindedness, but...

Opinions

A New Approach to Diversity Training

On the futility of diversity training and what we can do to fix it.

Opinions

Give Black Trans Women Their Lives and Voices!

Black trans women are at higher risks of violence every day because of the intersection of their identity.

Opinions

Philosophy: An Antiquated Method of Explanation

Philosophy is dangerously close to undermining scientific progress and modern values; as much as a pursuit of knowledge is important, recognize that philosophy is bound...

Opinions

Rikers: For the Prisoners or for the Public?

Rikers Island, off the coast of Queens and infamous for inhumane treatment of its inmates, now calls into question a controversial plan of setting up...