Volume 116 Issue 9

News

The Price Point Vol. 116 Issue 9

The Price Point is a series written by News Editor Brendan Tan, covering recent economic events and providing Stuyvesant students with an easy understanding of critical economics concepts that affect our day-to-day lives.

News

A Record 17 Stuyvesant Seniors Match Through QuestBridge

On December 1, dozens of Stuyvesant seniors anxiously awaited their QuestBridge Match Day results, which determined the college that they would receive a full ride to attend. For the first time in the school’s history, a record 17 seniors successfully matched with a school and were each awarded a scholarship worth over $90,000 per year.

News

Stuyvesant Chess Club Wins 2025 National K-12 Grade Championships

The annual national championship featured 13 grade divisions, with students playing seven three-hour rounds against opponents with similar win-loss records in the tournament thus far. Throughout the weekend-long competition, players were tested on their endurance, preparation, and focus.

Humor

The Top Five Places to Use Your Phone in School

A guide for desperate students experiencing doomscrolling withdrawal.

News

The New Freshman Caucus Presidents: Ella Lee and Richard Lin

Ella Lee and Richard Lin, the newly elected freshman caucus co-presidents, discuss their goals for the school year.

Features

The Introvert-Extrovert Spectrum at Stuy

Students reflect on what being an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert means, and how it impacts their experiences at Stuyvesant.

Features

Bestselling Author Visits Stuyvesant

Qian Julie Wang, the bestselling author of the memoir Beautiful Country, visited English teacher Annie Thoms’s Freshman Composition classes. She shared about her writing process, the significance of her Chinese heritage, and more.

Arts and Entertainment

Holiday Harmony: Laufey’s Balance of Vocals and Instrumentation in A Very Laufey Holiday

Laufey’s newest additions to her holiday album demonstrate her versatility by using inventive instrumentation to complement her vocals, showcasing her musical talent in various ways.

Arts and Entertainment

Psychoanalysis: Dress as a Mirror

Dress, Dreams, & Desire merges fashion and psychoanalysis, framing clothing as a structure of desire rather than expression.

Arts and Entertainment

The Holy Trinity comes to Knives Out

A religious, emotional experience with fantastic acting and a solid murder mystery to bear, Knives Out adds a new approach to its repertoire.

Arts and Entertainment

Unfiltered Authority: Christopher Anderson’s Vanity Fair Images of the Trump Administration

Through unsettling proximity and visual imperfection, Christopher Anderson’s Vanity Fair portraits expose how imagery affects perceived political power.

Arts and Entertainment

Friendship, Disagreements, and Wit in Yasmina Reza’s ART

The play’s revival not only made audiences laugh, but also provoked reflection on what qualifies as “art.”

Opinions

Senior Closing Comments 2026

Senior Closing Comments 2026

Sports

2025-26 Formula 1 Season Recap

The 2025-26 Formula 1 season was defined by intense championship battles, standout performances, and unexpected twists that kept fans on edge until the final race.

Sports

Sticky Fingers, Stronger Bonds: The Captains of Stuyvesant’s Ultimate Frisbee Team

This year’s captains, juniors Carter Kuo, Ryan Soon, and Max Xiao, share how they started their Ultimate Frisbee journeys, what challenges the team faces, and how Ultimate Frisbee continues to shape their high-school experiences.

Sports

The Underdog Rises: Gotham FC are Champions Once Again

A look into New York’s 2025 NWSL Championship.

Sports

The Whole Franchise is Consistent

A deep dive into the OKC Thunder’s unparalleled meteoric rise to success and how they got here, along with a glimpse into the future—we will probably have to get used to seeing the blue and orange in the playoffs.

Sports

Here Comes the Storm

What’s in store for Stuyvesant’s varsity basketball team, the Storm? Delve into how team attitudes are shaping player performance this season.

Sports

What Shohei Ohtani Still Needs to Become the Greatest

Shohei Ohtani has already cemented himself in history as one of baseball’s most unique talents.

Opinions

Lost in Translation: Hinduism’s Fragile Diaspora

Hinduism is quickly losing its message with second-generation Hindus.

Opinions

May the Odds be Ever in Their Favor

President Trump’s “Patriot Games” is an attempt to distract us from America’s systematic failures—from school shootings and crumbling classrooms to global apathy—to project its youth and accomplishments, echoing the manipulative pageantry of The Hunger Games.

Science

Reshaping Vision at Night

Orthokeratology involves wearing custom-fitted and specialized contact lenses to temporarily resolve vision issues by modifying the shape of imperfections on the eye’s surface layer.

Science

Decoding the Digital Athlete: How Sports Watches Measure Human Performance

Sports watches have evolved from simple timekeepers to sophisticated devices that track heart rate, sleep, and activity, giving users a detailed understanding of their performance and health.

Opinions

How Medical Research Failed Your Mother

90,000 women died preventable deaths because a flawed study convinced them their life-saving medication would kill them, and because the medical establishment has never prioritized getting women’s health right.

Opinions

The Lord of the Corporations

Companies named after LOTR components use its mythology to project themselves as heroic, even as their real-world actions undermine the same ideals they claim to represent.

Features

Activism and Access: Toby Mamis and Stuyvesant’s Shift to Coeducation

A profile on the life of Toby Mamis, man who advocated to make Stuyvesant co-ed and later continued pursuing his goals in life, no matter the consequences.

News

The Price Point Vol. 116 Issue 9

The Price Point is a series written by News Editor Brendan Tan, covering recent economic events and providing Stuyvesant students with an easy understanding of critical economics concepts that affect our day-to-day lives.

News

A Record 17 Stuyvesant Seniors Match Through QuestBridge

On December 1, dozens of Stuyvesant seniors anxiously awaited their QuestBridge Match Day results, which determined the college that they would receive a full ride to attend. For the first time in the school’s history, a record 17 seniors successfully matched with a school and were each awarded a scholarship worth over $90,000 per year.

News

Stuyvesant Chess Club Wins 2025 National K-12 Grade Championships

The annual national championship featured 13 grade divisions, with students playing seven three-hour rounds against opponents with similar win-loss records in the tournament thus far. Throughout the weekend-long competition, players were tested on their endurance, preparation, and focus.

Humor

New Year’s Resolutions for You, Your Friends, and Everyone Else

A selection of New Year’s resolutions based on traditional Stuy stereotypes

Humor

The Holy Grail to a Sane 2026

Tired of unattainable resolutions as a stress-loaded student? We got you!

Humor

The Top Five Places to Use Your Phone in School

A guide for desperate students experiencing doomscrolling withdrawal.

Humor

Supply Debates

Teachers have a debate on which school supplies are the best ones for their classes.

Features

Turning Pages, Shaping Voices: Ms. Manning

In an e-mail interview, Stuyvesant English teacher Kim Manning reflects on her experiences in the classroom and the moments that make teaching meaningful.

News

The New Freshman Caucus Presidents: Ella Lee and Richard Lin

Ella Lee and Richard Lin, the newly elected freshman caucus co-presidents, discuss their goals for the school year.

Features

The Introvert-Extrovert Spectrum at Stuy

Students reflect on what being an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert means, and how it impacts their experiences at Stuyvesant.

Features

Where I Left My Bookmark and Where I Hope to Pick It Up

Growing up with a childhood filled with reading books has made me feel guilty for not being able to continue my level of reading as I got older, but now I’ve grown to realize that as long as I still have a love for reading, the amount I read at home is not what’s important.

Features

Bestselling Author Visits Stuyvesant

Qian Julie Wang, the bestselling author of the memoir Beautiful Country, visited English teacher Annie Thoms’s Freshman Composition classes. She shared about her writing process, the significance of her Chinese heritage, and more.

Arts and Entertainment

Holiday Harmony: Laufey’s Balance of Vocals and Instrumentation in A Very Laufey Holiday

Laufey’s newest additions to her holiday album demonstrate her versatility by using inventive instrumentation to complement her vocals, showcasing her musical talent in various ways.

Arts and Entertainment

Psychoanalysis: Dress as a Mirror

Dress, Dreams, & Desire merges fashion and psychoanalysis, framing clothing as a structure of desire rather than expression.

Arts and Entertainment

The Holy Trinity comes to Knives Out

A religious, emotional experience with fantastic acting and a solid murder mystery to bear, Knives Out adds a new approach to its repertoire.

Arts and Entertainment

Unfiltered Authority: Christopher Anderson’s Vanity Fair Images of the Trump Administration

Through unsettling proximity and visual imperfection, Christopher Anderson’s Vanity Fair portraits expose how imagery affects perceived political power.

Arts and Entertainment

Friendship, Disagreements, and Wit in Yasmina Reza’s ART

The play’s revival not only made audiences laugh, but also provoked reflection on what qualifies as “art.”

Opinions

Senior Closing Comments 2026

Senior Closing Comments 2026

Media

Hanukkah Celebration Photo Spread

Stuyvesant High School's Hanukkah Celebration, 2025

Media

Downtown Mathematics Invitational Photo Spread

Downtown Mathematics Invitational Photo Spread

Sports

2025-26 Formula 1 Season Recap

The 2025-26 Formula 1 season was defined by intense championship battles, standout performances, and unexpected twists that kept fans on edge until the final race.

Sports

Sticky Fingers, Stronger Bonds: The Captains of Stuyvesant’s Ultimate Frisbee Team

This year’s captains, juniors Carter Kuo, Ryan Soon, and Max Xiao, share how they started their Ultimate Frisbee journeys, what challenges the team faces, and how Ultimate Frisbee continues to shape their high-school experiences.

Sports

The Underdog Rises: Gotham FC are Champions Once Again

A look into New York’s 2025 NWSL Championship.

Sports

The Whole Franchise is Consistent

A deep dive into the OKC Thunder’s unparalleled meteoric rise to success and how they got here, along with a glimpse into the future—we will probably have to get used to seeing the blue and orange in the playoffs.

Sports

Here Comes the Storm

What’s in store for Stuyvesant’s varsity basketball team, the Storm? Delve into how team attitudes are shaping player performance this season.

Sports

What Shohei Ohtani Still Needs to Become the Greatest

Shohei Ohtani has already cemented himself in history as one of baseball’s most unique talents.

Media

Winter Choral Concert Photo Spread

The Winter Choral Concert, 2025

Science

Humans: The Bears’ Next Meal?

Due to food scarcity, bears in Japan have started to turn to humans for their next meal, and if this issue is not properly recognized and emphasized, behavioral changes and ecosystem disturbances may become a habitual occurrence.

Science

Reshaping Vision at Night

Orthokeratology involves wearing custom-fitted and specialized contact lenses to temporarily resolve vision issues by modifying the shape of imperfections on the eye’s surface layer.

Science

Decoding the Digital Athlete: How Sports Watches Measure Human Performance

Sports watches have evolved from simple timekeepers to sophisticated devices that track heart rate, sleep, and activity, giving users a detailed understanding of their performance and health.

Opinions

How Medical Research Failed Your Mother

90,000 women died preventable deaths because a flawed study convinced them their life-saving medication would kill them, and because the medical establishment has never prioritized getting women’s health right.

Opinions

Lost in Translation: Hinduism’s Fragile Diaspora

Hinduism is quickly losing its message with second-generation Hindus.

Opinions

May the Odds be Ever in Their Favor

President Trump’s “Patriot Games” is an attempt to distract us from America’s systematic failures—from school shootings and crumbling classrooms to global apathy—to project its youth and accomplishments, echoing the manipulative pageantry of The Hunger Games.

Opinions

The Lord of the Corporations

Companies named after LOTR components use its mythology to project themselves as heroic, even as their real-world actions undermine the same ideals they claim to represent.