Volume 113 Issue 7

Sports

Bustin’ Ours to Kick Yours.

Meet the Mimbas’ dynamic duo, co-captains of the Stuyvesant girls’ varsity soccer team, Susie and Sophia!

Humor

Short Kings of Stuyvesant (Not Me Though, Y’all Stay Safe)

A satirical piece talking about what it is to be short at Stuyvesant.

Humor

The Plumpest Turkeys in the Land

A description of some of the wonderful items (edible and inedible) used to stuff turkeys this Thanksgiving.

Humor

Five Ways to Pass the Time Till ‘Tis the Season

A list of festive ways to pass time until the start of winter break.

Humor

Long Live the Revolution!

Join in the Revolution against our egregious school system! Vive la révolution!

Humor

‘Tis the Season to Be Cheap

As the holiday season approaches, here are the top five ways to save money on holiday shopping.

Humor

The Art of COVID Announcement (Teacher E-mails Edition)

A comprehensive guide on how to draft e-mails to your teachers, in the unfortunate event that you catch COVID.

Arts and Entertainment

Karen Lamassonne Creates Noise at the Swiss Institute

Karen Lamassonne presents a dynamic survey of her artistic career, blurring the boundaries between her reality and imagination.

Arts and Entertainment

Brockhampton Leaves On Their Own Terms With The Family

Sports

A Soccer Season to Reminisce On

Though the Peglegs failed to make a deep playoff run this season, the players have a lot to look back on in a memorable and exciting campaign.

Sports

NFL Midseason Shockers

There have been lots of shockers this season, but postseason hopes are still mostly up for grabs heading into the second half of the season.

Sports

The Best of Boys Badminton

The Stuyvesant boys’ badminton team concluded a perfect season, going undefeated in the regular season yet again and winning it all in the playoffs.

Arts and Entertainment

Wednesday: Halloween Came Late This Year

A review of Netflix’s supernatural coming of age series Wednesday, an adaption of the popular Addams family franchise

Opinions

Do Better, Stuyvesant

Addressing the lack of communication about changes recently made by the administration.

Sports

World Cup Updates

A review of the latest performances and drama in soccer’s most prestigious tournament.

Sports

The Real Cost of Stuyvesant Sports

While sports can add some pressure and stress, these ultimately do not outweigh all the upsides to competing on a team.

Sports

NFL Midseason Shockers

There have been lots of shockers this season, but postseason hopes are still mostly up for grabs heading into the second half of the season.

Arts and Entertainment

Revisiting the Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes revisits the dystopian world of Panem, exploring President Snow’s backstory and the origins of the Hunger Games.

News

Stuyvesant’s Thoughts on New York City and School Safety

Stuyvesant students express their thoughts on recent city safety incidents as well as Stuyvesant threats.

Features

Busy But Balanced: Stuyvesant’s Student Workforce

Whether they’re working for the fun, the experience, or the money, students with jobs don’t have it easy—is it all worth it?

Features

Teaching and Learning From Teacher to Student

Students’ and teachers’ perspectives on different methods of learning and teaching from various classes.

Features

Ode From My Notes App

Students and teachers share juicy tidbits from their notes app.

Features

So You Want to Be an Artist? Mr. Wrigley on Applying to Art School

Stuyvesant art teacher William Wrigley’s experience over the years teaching students, as well as working in art schools, including sitting on the admissions board, has yielded a palette of insight into the art school admissions process and what makes the killer portfolio. But just as important, he recognizes the importance of nurturing artistic creativity, even if that path does not include art school.

Opinions

Disaggregate the Asian Data

The constant use of aggregated data in the Asian community has allowed American society to continuously perpetuate monoliths that negatively affect Southeast Asians in all parts of their lives, especially education.

Science

Tis the Seasoning

Should you really grab that second plate? (or third…or fourth?)

Opinions

Will Walk-Out Activism Ever Work at Stuyvesant?

Stuyvesant has had repeatedly low involvement in various walkout activism movements across the city, calling into question how students and the administration participate in civil society.

Science

Uranus is Finally Being Revisited

That’s right—NASA is launching a mission to the backside of the solar system, which was visited only once in 1986.

News

Stuyvesant Hosts 2022 Midterm Mock Election

Social studies teacher Linda Weissman organized the Stuyvesant 2022 Midterm Mock Election that took place on November 3, 2022.

Science

The Mythical Macdonald Triad

The lack of empirical support for the phenomenon has proved futile in lessening its omnipresence in the media and even in academic settings.

Opinions

E) None of the Above

Multiple choice questions may be a student favorite, but they are impractical.

Opinions

The Cries by Mothers With Their Babies

Parenthood is glorified.

Opinions

An Era of Impatience

The life-altering mistakes and unhappiness caused by impatience outweigh its value as a method to achieve tasks faster.

Science

The Pomodoro Technique

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management technique that is beneficial to those who wish to reduce their procrastination and increase productivity.

Opinions

Un-glamorize Greek Life

Fraternities and sororities are a staple of American college education, but to continue the practices of these Greek life institutions, several safety concerns need to be addressed.

Opinions

living in lowercase

the ups and downs of lowercase writing.

Opinions

The Cries by Mothers With Their Babies

Parenthood is glorified.

Arts and Entertainment

Give Me the Streets of Manhattan: Meet Me in the Bathroom

A review of Meet Me in the Bathroom, a documentary capturing New York City’s early-2000s underground music scene.

Arts and Entertainment

Death by Black Hole

Arts and Entertainment

Taylor Swift’s End of Eras Leads to Bad Blood

14 million eager “Swifties” were left heartbroken after Ticketmaster, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, crumbled upon them at the fans’ most dire time.

Humor

Seung Yu 2024

The perfect candidate for presidency has been right beneath our noses all along.

Sports

Bustin’ Ours to Kick Yours.

Meet the Mimbas’ dynamic duo, co-captains of the Stuyvesant girls’ varsity soccer team, Susie and Sophia!

Humor

Short Kings of Stuyvesant (Not Me Though, Y’all Stay Safe)

A satirical piece talking about what it is to be short at Stuyvesant.

Humor

The Plumpest Turkeys in the Land

A description of some of the wonderful items (edible and inedible) used to stuff turkeys this Thanksgiving.

Humor

Five Ways to Pass the Time Till ‘Tis the Season

A list of festive ways to pass time until the start of winter break.

Humor

Long Live the Revolution!

Join in the Revolution against our egregious school system! Vive la révolution!

Humor

The Truth Behind the Gas App

The Gas app is the newest craze, but is it really all it seems to be?

Humor

‘Tis the Season to Be Cheap

As the holiday season approaches, here are the top five ways to save money on holiday shopping.

Humor

The Stuyvesant Spectator Gets an Angry E-mail

Freshmen Caucus candidates aren’t too happy with the press The Stuyvesant Spectator gives them, and take it up with the editors.

Humor

The Art of COVID Announcement (Teacher E-mails Edition)

A comprehensive guide on how to draft e-mails to your teachers, in the unfortunate event that you catch COVID.

Arts and Entertainment

The Rise and Fall of The Walking Dead

What led to the fall of The Walking Dead?

Arts and Entertainment

Karen Lamassonne Creates Noise at the Swiss Institute

Karen Lamassonne presents a dynamic survey of her artistic career, blurring the boundaries between her reality and imagination.

Arts and Entertainment

40 Years of Red Leather Jackets and Dancing Zombies

Green face paint has never looked better!

Arts and Entertainment

Brockhampton Leaves On Their Own Terms With The Family

Sports

2022 Qatar World Cup Controversies, Explained

Having an underprepared country like Qatar host the World Cup was a human rights disgrace that should have been foreseen by FIFA.

Sports

The Greyducks Take Flight Again

This season, the girls’ cross country team won the PSAL City Championship, but not without overcoming hardships and training restlessly for their competitions.

Sports

A Year of Dethroned Champions

UFC fans around the world were shocked with title changes not once, not twice, but eight times this year.

Sports

A Soccer Season to Reminisce On

Though the Peglegs failed to make a deep playoff run this season, the players have a lot to look back on in a memorable and exciting campaign.

Sports

NFL Midseason Shockers

There have been lots of shockers this season, but postseason hopes are still mostly up for grabs heading into the second half of the season.

Sports

The Best of Boys Badminton

The Stuyvesant boys’ badminton team concluded a perfect season, going undefeated in the regular season yet again and winning it all in the playoffs.

Arts and Entertainment

Wednesday: Halloween Came Late This Year

A review of Netflix’s supernatural coming of age series Wednesday, an adaption of the popular Addams family franchise

Opinions

Do Better, Stuyvesant

Addressing the lack of communication about changes recently made by the administration.

Sports

World Cup Updates

A review of the latest performances and drama in soccer’s most prestigious tournament.

Sports

The Real Cost of Stuyvesant Sports

While sports can add some pressure and stress, these ultimately do not outweigh all the upsides to competing on a team.

Sports

NFL Midseason Shockers

There have been lots of shockers this season, but postseason hopes are still mostly up for grabs heading into the second half of the season.

Arts and Entertainment

Revisiting the Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes revisits the dystopian world of Panem, exploring President Snow’s backstory and the origins of the Hunger Games.

Opinions

Invest in Martial Arts, A Sport Actually Worth Your Time

Martial arts can improve daily life by increasing calmness and self-defense skill, and they are not as violent and competitive as people believe.

News

Stuyvesant’s Thoughts on New York City and School Safety

Stuyvesant students express their thoughts on recent city safety incidents as well as Stuyvesant threats.

News

Stuyvesant Model United Nations Returns To Collegiate Tournaments

Stuyvesant Model UN (MUN) is returning to the pre-pandemic practice of attending big collegiates.

Features

Busy But Balanced: Stuyvesant’s Student Workforce

Whether they’re working for the fun, the experience, or the money, students with jobs don’t have it easy—is it all worth it?

Features

Teaching and Learning From Teacher to Student

Students’ and teachers’ perspectives on different methods of learning and teaching from various classes.

Features

Eating Our Way Through the Holidays

Stuyvesant students share food traditions and recipes they make around the holidays each year.

Features

Ode From My Notes App

Students and teachers share juicy tidbits from their notes app.

Features

So You Want to Be an Artist? Mr. Wrigley on Applying to Art School

Stuyvesant art teacher William Wrigley’s experience over the years teaching students, as well as working in art schools, including sitting on the admissions board, has yielded a palette of insight into the art school admissions process and what makes the killer portfolio. But just as important, he recognizes the importance of nurturing artistic creativity, even if that path does not include art school.

Opinions

Disaggregate the Asian Data

The constant use of aggregated data in the Asian community has allowed American society to continuously perpetuate monoliths that negatively affect Southeast Asians in all parts of their lives, especially education.

Science

Toothpaste Ingredients

Toothpaste is composed of a variety of ingredients that give it its cleaning abilities to maintain our pearly whites.

Science

Tis the Seasoning

Should you really grab that second plate? (or third…or fourth?)

Opinions

Will Walk-Out Activism Ever Work at Stuyvesant?

Stuyvesant has had repeatedly low involvement in various walkout activism movements across the city, calling into question how students and the administration participate in civil society.

Science

Uranus is Finally Being Revisited

That’s right—NASA is launching a mission to the backside of the solar system, which was visited only once in 1986.

News

Stuyvesant Hosts 2022 Midterm Mock Election

Social studies teacher Linda Weissman organized the Stuyvesant 2022 Midterm Mock Election that took place on November 3, 2022.

Science

The Mythical Macdonald Triad

The lack of empirical support for the phenomenon has proved futile in lessening its omnipresence in the media and even in academic settings.

Opinions

E) None of the Above

Multiple choice questions may be a student favorite, but they are impractical.

Opinions

The Cries by Mothers With Their Babies

Parenthood is glorified.

Opinions

An Era of Impatience

The life-altering mistakes and unhappiness caused by impatience outweigh its value as a method to achieve tasks faster.

Science

The Pomodoro Technique

The Pomodoro Technique is a time management technique that is beneficial to those who wish to reduce their procrastination and increase productivity.

Opinions

Un-glamorize Greek Life

Fraternities and sororities are a staple of American college education, but to continue the practices of these Greek life institutions, several safety concerns need to be addressed.

Opinions

living in lowercase

the ups and downs of lowercase writing.

Opinions

The Cries by Mothers With Their Babies

Parenthood is glorified.

Arts and Entertainment

Give Me the Streets of Manhattan: Meet Me in the Bathroom

A review of Meet Me in the Bathroom, a documentary capturing New York City’s early-2000s underground music scene.

Arts and Entertainment

Death by Black Hole

Arts and Entertainment

Taylor Swift’s End of Eras Leads to Bad Blood

14 million eager “Swifties” were left heartbroken after Ticketmaster, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, crumbled upon them at the fans’ most dire time.