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"The Sun Never Sets on the Stuynet Empire"
by Patrick Mangan

Four Years of Stuy Politics
by Candace Nuzzo
Opinions writers become opinions writers because they want to be heard, regardless if it's interesting or not. Student Union officials join the SU because they want to affect the school, whether it's possible to do so or not. Spectator staff writers, editors and contributing writers have had a rather inconsistent attitude toward the SU over the past four years, at times praising its efforts, and at others criticizing its actions. Nevertheless, The Spectator opinions page is often where the two groups come together to impart their influence on the student body.

Interview With Steven Edward Farbstein, Biology Teacher
conducted by Benjamin Magarik

Stuy Food: Behind the Counters
by Eugene Oh and Christina Shin
The Stuyvesant lunchroom's head chef, Andreas Skouras, has been bustling through from the kitchen to the serving lines to the oversized ovens and refrigerators behind the scenes in the section of the cafeteria unknown to most of Stuyvesant's students for more almost ten years. He arrives at school everyday at 7:00 AM and checks each type of food for their proper temperatures in each respective refrigerator. At 7:30, Skouras' two assistants arrive to begin preparation for the day's cooking. The salads are tossed, the tomatoes are sliced and the sandwiches wrapped and another day of Stuyvesant lunch begins.

Interview With Steven Kramer, Assistant Principal, Technology Services
conducted by Benjamin Magarik

Nooz Through the Ages - A Look Back at Four Years
by Laura Krug

Opinions Archives: Censorship and Cheating
by Jeff Delauter
It is rare when an issue raised in The Spectator fails to elicit at least one response from some reader within the Stuyvesant community, be it a student, a teacher, a parent, or an alumnus. Some topics of concern, however, not only elicit a response, but spark written debates on the Opinions pages that last for several issues. At least two such discussions have occurred in the past four years: cheating and censorship.

Soundtrack to the Stuy Experience: Four Albums to Define Four Years
by Jane Pae
Getting in was as hard as getting out is going to be. Now the terror of navigating ten floors and finding new friends is as easy to relive as the fear of yesterday's calculus test or seeing your designated assassin waiting for you outside the classroom. The jump from Freshman Friday to Killer hints at the four distinct worlds that rest between the four walls at 345 Chambers Street. They may coexist relatively smoothly, but each is easily distinguished. The experience of each grade is embodied in a quintessential album. Although not all four recordings that chronicle our high school career were released during it, they were chosen according to content to match emotion, pecking order in the artist's discography, and of course quality. So sit back, pop them into the stereo, and let the good/bad/ok times roll--again.

Inside the Student Union Louge
by Max Willens
Every year, in the warm sunlight of September, the Student Union lounge is clean, freshly painted, and serene. Tables and couches are arranged in a way that will promote discourse and conversation. A few days before school starts, Jukay Hsu walks briskly in and out of his office, whistling with purpose. In a matter of months, the floors will be caked with something sticky, the couches that have remained intact will be full of M&Ms, dust, and in some cases, mice. The tables are being used as foot rests or card tables, and a few minutes after second period has started, as Mr. Teitel barges in, and croaks out an angry demand for program cards, a few sleepy-eyed seniors will either fumble for their wallets, or mumble something about not hearing the bell, and excuse themselves.

Interview with Kamal Preet Buttar and Manan Shirish Shah
conducted by Benjamin Magarik

Singin' to Our Generation: 2002's Top 40
by Max Willens
When arthritis has attacked our joints and gray hairs have sprung up on our heads, we may find ourselves looking back on our high school years, trying to use whatever we've kept to remind us of those years of youth and beauty. Given the near omnipresence of music in our lives these days, songs are now as nostalgia-inspiring as snapshots. The opening notes of a song or the bridge in a ballad can bring waves of memory back as quickly as an old letter or even a Polaroid of best friends on a beach. What follows is a year by year breakdown of songs to listen to when, in the dimness of a study, hunched over a dusty scrap book, you get the urge to remember what it sounded like to be young too.

Writing: Stuyvesant's "Secret Strength"
by Abby Deutsch
It is quiet in a sun-filled room on the tenth floor. Pens scratch on paper and a student looks up, squints, and sighs. Poetry teacher Emily Moore grins slightly, prepared to squirt any reluctant writer with water from her plastic fish.

Diary of a Mad Senior
by Abby Deutsch
We stopped on her corner.
"So I don't know," I said.
"Do what makes your heart sing," my friend said.
I didn't. I chose Stuyvesant.