Volume 116 Issue 15

Humor

How to Know if You’re Choosing the Right APs and Electives (for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Half of a Junior)

A personality test to help choose your APs/Electives, based on unrealistic theoretical events/questions.

Science

A New “Pesticide”

As further developments and advancements are made in the field, RNAi pesticides may eventually reduce the agricultural industry’s dependence on traditional chemical pesticides altogether. While more research is still needed to fully understand their long-term ecological impacts and drawbacks, it is clear that RNA pesticides possess the remarkable potential to change the agriculture industry forever.

Opinions

Where is the Republican Party Headed?

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

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

Ellis Thompson and Omer Karelic are representing New York City at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.

Sports

Golden Tempo and the Gendered Structure of Sports Leadership

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

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.

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

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

Sebastian Sawe made marathon history by breaking the two-hour barrier at the 2026 London Marathon.

Sports

Sports Nutrition: What Powers Elite Athletes

The impact of proper sports nutrition on athletic performance and recovery.

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.

Sports

The Las Vegas Raiders’ Bright Future

(One sentence summary of your article): Coming off another losing season, the Las Vegas Raiders begin their shift to a new and much more promising era as we consider their coaching changes and immense talent.

Science

The Invisible Cost of AI Usage: How Our Prompts Are Destroying Communities

While artificial intelligence offers convenience in our daily lives, it’s unchecked, rapid expansion is wreaking havoc on local communities and environments through excessive water and electricity usage, and severe sound pollution.

Humor

How to Know if You’re Choosing the Right APs and Electives (for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Half of a Junior)

A personality test to help choose your APs/Electives, based on unrealistic theoretical events/questions.

Science

A New “Pesticide”

As further developments and advancements are made in the field, RNAi pesticides may eventually reduce the agricultural industry’s dependence on traditional chemical pesticides altogether. While more research is still needed to fully understand their long-term ecological impacts and drawbacks, it is clear that RNA pesticides possess the remarkable potential to change the agriculture industry forever.

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?

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

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

Before AP exams were administered, the Sophomore Bar was announced closed for students.

News

Stuyvesant Students are Delegates Representing NYC Internationally

Ellis Thompson and Omer Karelic are representing New York City at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair.

Sports

Golden Tempo and the Gendered Structure of Sports Leadership

What Cherie DeVaux’s Kentucky Derby win as the first female trainer reveals about the lack of female power in sports.

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.

Features

Dealt a New Hand: How Students Filled the Phone Ban Gap

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

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

Sebastian Sawe made marathon history by breaking the two-hour barrier at the 2026 London Marathon.

Sports

The Las Vegas Raiders’ Bright Future

(One sentence summary of your article): Coming off another losing season, the Las Vegas Raiders begin their shift to a new and much more promising era as we consider their coaching changes and immense talent.

Sports

Sports Nutrition: What Powers Elite Athletes

The impact of proper sports nutrition on athletic performance and recovery.