Volume 112, Issue 1

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The Spectator The Stuyvesant High School Newspaper

Volume 112  No. 1

September 13, 2021 SCIENCE

stuyspec.com ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

“The Second Stomach for Dessert”

“Lorde’s Sunny Return”

Ever find yourself guilty of feeling hungry for dessert despite not finishing dinner? Science writer Riona Anvekar explores the science of sensory-specific satiety, which is the driving force behind our second stomach for dessert.

After four years away, New Zealand pop star Lorde is back. With her sunny third album, the musician created a piece of music that was created by Lorde, for Lorde.

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Shivali Korgaonkar and Ryan Lee: Leaders of the 2021-2022 Student Union

NEWSBEAT Vaccinations are required for all students and staff participating in high-risk PSAL sports, which include football, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, lacrosse, stunt, and rugby. The SHSAT is delayed for the second year in a row.

Students from social studies teacher Josina Dunkel’s AP Human Geography class won the Best Stealth Gerrymander Map in the Princeton Gerrymandering Project.

eventually decided to run together as president and vice president last year,” Korgaonkar said. Korgaonkar feels optimistic about stepping into the role of president because of her experience as vice president, especially as the pandemic pushed her to learn how to accommodate and inform the student body on a new level. “Being the vice president required a lot of adaptability and communication with students. The reason I felt so confident in taking a position as president this year was because last year was one of the most difficult tests I think we would be put under,” Korgaonkar said. “Everything was kind of just a clean slate and we

ing what has always been the norm. We’re entering a new year. New circumstances. New conditions,” Korgaonkar said. “We will also be adapting and changing based on what we hear from students [...] We want to be approachable people and an approachable organization that does more than just bureaucratic work.” For example, in light of the mental health discussion during the 2020-2021 school year, the SU hopes to change the academic culture at Stuyvesant with regards to it. “Something that we’ve been work-

9/11: 20 Years Later

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This year marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11, an event that had a tremendous impact on Stuyvesant, New York City, and the world. With Stuyvesant only four blocks away from the World Trade Center, the attacks would have huge implications for years to come. From talking to current Stuyvesant teachers to interviewing Stuyvesant alumni who were students during 9/11, we reflect on the attack and its long-lasting legacy 20 years later. Content starts on page 12.

Stuyvesant Hosts In-Person Camp Stuy for Freshmen and Sophomores By RUIWEN (RAVEN) TANG, JADY CHEN, ALICE ZHU, and REBECCA BAO Stuyvesant hosted a modified and in-person Camp Stuy to accommodate for COVID-19 health guidelines. Camp Stuy ran from August 31 to September 3 for freshmen, sophomores, and parents of incoming freshman students. Traditionally, Camp Stuy is held in two sessions. The first occurs in June to administer placement tests, while the second in August provides bonding time for incoming students. The school administered Camp Stuy for the 2020-2021 school year virtually, preventing last year’s incoming freshmen from acclimating to the school building. This year, Camp Stuy was held in person over four days, with fourhour-long morning and afternoon sessions each day for freshmen and sophomores separately and with two sessions for parents of incoming students on the last day. Summer programs, including the Discovery

Program and Summer Rising, were held at Stuyvesant throughout July

enforced through masking, social distancing, and separate tour paths.

this year, postponing the in-person Camp Stuy. Due to the pandemic, COVID-19 health guidelines were

Though Camp Stuy was significantly shortened, the event allowed students to attend an information

Zifei Zhao / The Spectator

The Stuyvesant building will serve as a vaccination site to vaccinate students 12 years old or older from COVID-19 on September 13, 14, 15, and 17.

had to work from the ground up.” Overall, Korgaonkar and Lee hope to implement a different approach than that of the past administrations. To do so, they emphasized the importance of student feedback in their decisions for the school year. “We didn’t want this year to be a continuation of what previous administrations and years had done […] Ryan and I are not just continu-

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Francesca Nemati / The Spectator

In the midst of a pandemic and a year of online classes, uncontested candidates senior Shivali Korgaonkar and junior Ryan Lee were appointed President and Vice President, respectively, of the 2021-2022 Student Union (SU). As a vice president for the 2020-2021 school year, Korgaonkar elected Lee to succeed her based on his former experience and character. “I had worked with Ryan last year when he was a Soph[omore] Caucus Co-President and [...] I was really looking for someone who’s vocal and someone who can work well with people,” she said. “I felt that Ryan’s personality would be compatible with mine and that we would both be able to create [a] welcoming environment in Stuyvesant.” In conjunction, Lee chose to run as vice president because he wanted to directly help the students at Stuyvesant. “I felt as though there was a large gap between the SU and student body and realized that space was only going to get bigger. [...] Hearing students and their problems and trying to find a way to help them was a really big motivator in my work and having future endeavors in the SU,” Lee said. Prior to becoming president and vice president respectively, Korgaonkar and Lee both became involved in the SU during their sophomore years, with Lee as Sophomore Caucus Co-President, and Korgaonkar as Director of External Affairs, a department responsible for expanding and maintaining relationships between the SU and external organizations through initiatives such as newsletters and engagement courses. Korgaonkar then became Vice

President with 2020-2021 SU President Julian Giordano, whom she had collaborated with in the past. “I spent my first year in External Affairs, and Julian Giordano, who was then the SU vice president, [...] had asked me to join on this equity program that we worked on with the Department of Education, which I’m still in today, and that’s how I got to know Julian and how we

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By JADY CHEN, ELAINE HUANG, and MAGGIE SANSONE

“The Pulse of the Student Body”

session in the theater, participate in homeroom tours, meet with Big Sibs and guidance counselors, and get ID pictures taken. Unlike incoming freshmen, sophomores were exempted from the swim test. Placement processes for advanced freshmen classes were altered and exams were not administered this year during Camp Stuy. Many incoming freshmen and sophomores were glad to have an in-person Camp Stuy after a period of uncertainty. “We [had] been talking about Camp Stuy on Facebook, Discord, and Instagram. [...] We didn’t know [...] whether the current situations of the pandemic would allow us to hold this event in-person,” sophomore Mason Ng said. “However, it was then confirmed that Camp Stuy would be starting these few days and I was really excited.” Since sophomores participated in Camp Stuy virtually last year, several expressed eagerness in congrecontinued on page 2


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