TO THE COMMUNITIES OF STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL, TRIBECA, AND BATTERY PARK CITY
Volume V, Issue 6
The Stuyvesant Standard
Diwali-Eid Festival Spreads Indian and Bengali Culture
BY AMY LEUNG
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
On November 10, 275 Stuy-
vesant students and faculty went
to see the 2nd Annual Diwali-Eid
Festival, hosted by the Indian and
Bengali Culture Clubs. The Stu-
dent Dining Hall was transformed
into a runway and theater, with
students walking out in Indian
clothes and performing Indian
dances. For a $4 admission ticket,
students received a plate of food,
a raffle ticket, and henna tattoos.
All proceeds from the event bene-
fited SAKHI for South Asian
Women, a self-described
“community-based organization
in the New York metropolitan
‘Teacher Man’ Revisits Stuy
BY JOSEPH KRUTOV
STAFF WRITER
Frank McCourt, a Pulitzer
Prize-winning author and a for-
mer teacher of English at Stuyve-
sant, has written a new book,
“Teacher Man,” about his life as
a teacher in the New York public
school system. He will begin a
worldwide book tour with a talk
at Stuyvesant on November 14.
TSS/Joseph Krutov
Frank McCourt discusses his new book in the interview
with Joseph Krutov of The Stuyvesant Standard.
In 1996 he released his first
memoir, “Angela’s Ashes.” He
was 66 at the time. The book
swiftly became a bestseller and
still enjoys tremendous popular-
ity. It won both the National
Book Award and the Pulitzer
Prize for Biography.
“An ge l a ’ s A s h es” and
McCourt’s second book, “‘Tis,”
describe his miserable childhood
in Ireland and his first years in
America. “Teacher Man,” avail-
able in bookstores on November
15, portrays McCourt’s experi-
ences as a high school teacher.
In “Teacher Man,” McCourt
writes that ignorance was the
only reason he had the nerve to
November 16, 2005
think that he could handle Ameri-
can teenagers. McCourt’s profes-
sor at New York University
stated regarding teaching, “You
think you’re in control? Think
again. They’re like heat-seeking
missiles. When they go after you
they’re following a primal in-
stinct. It is the function of the
young to get rid of their elders, to
make room on the planet. You
know that, don’t you?” McCourt
decided to take the risk, and that
decision eventually led to his
teaching at Stuyvesant. His was a
tortuous road, and he spent many
unhappy years at other schools
before finding a better teaching
environment at Stuyvesant. At
Continued on Page 5
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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News.....................2-7
Business................7-8
Opinions................9
Literary..................10-11
Free
area committed to ending vio-
TSS/Amy Leung
lence against women of South
Asian origin.”
The event began as students
filed into the Dining Hall for In-
dian food. The delicious assort-
ment of rice, naan, chutney, vege-
tarian food, along with sweet and
spicy sauces, was donated by five
restaurants.
The fashion show came next.
Indian and non-Indian Stuyvesant
students donned saris, salwar
kameezes, lehengas, and dupattas.
Boy-girl couples and groups of
boys or girls came out on the run-
way, greeted with yells and whis-
tles from the crowd. Junior War-
lito deLeon, a model for the
Continued on Page 3
A Chorus Line:
A Singular Sensation
BY JACOB ARLUCK to her again, to give her another
COPY CHIEF chance.
It was one of the most mov-
Cassie (senior Molly Ruben-
ing scenes in "A Chorus Line,"
Long) wanted to be part of an
Stuyvesant's exuberant Fall Musi-
ensemble, but for once she had
cal, which enlivened the Murray
the stage all to herself. There was
Kahn Theater on November 4 and
something stark and elemental to 5. The musical, first performed
the sight: a pale girl with jet-
in 1975, tells the stories of seven-
black hair in a white shirt and teen dancers auditioning for roles
black skirt, alone on a stage ut- in a Broadway production. As the
terly dark except for a single bril- director Zach (senior Ian Mur-
liant spotlight, singing and danc-
ing, imploring the world to listen
Continued on Page 13
2005 Election Results
BY JENNIFER SCHLESINGER Ferrer said, “Though of course I
STAFF WRITER ran to win, I knew I could lose.
So I ran first and foremost to
On November 8, millions of raise a voice for those without
Americans across the country cast
one.” Bloomberg acted in stride
votes in local and statewide elec-
tions. Continued on Page 4
In New York City, Michael
Bloomberg, the incumben t
mayor, easily won reelection with
a 20% margin over Democrat
Fernando Ferrer, who received
fewer votes than any Democratic
mayoral candidate since 1917.
In his concession speech,
The City of New York
Puzzles..............................11-12
Science……………….......12
Arts & Entertainment........13-14 Mayor Bloomberg was elected to a
Sports................................15-16 second term, defeating Democrat Fer-
nando Ferrer.
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Diwali-Eid Festival Spreads Indian and Bengali Culture
Continued from Page 1
event, said that “the crowd was
great. This event was more publi-
cized this year, and that’s why so
many people showed up.”
The co-president of the In-
dian Culture Club (ICC), senior
Nameeta Kamath, welcomed the
audience to the Stuyvesant’s first
combined Diwali and Eid festi-
val. Diwali is India’s most glam-
orous and important festival and
Eid is Islam’s holiest day. Partici-
pant Areeba Sadig, a junior, an-
nounced, “We are happy we can
bring our culture to Stuyvesant!”
November 16, 2005 News Page 3
After this, many Indian audience. that they had a great time. Ka-
dances were performed to Bolly- A gift bag from the Soda math said, “I am extremely happy
wood music. Senior Tina Shop, a Barnes and Noble gift at the turnout and success of the
Varghese performed an upbeat certificate, and an iPod Shuffle event. Everyone worked really
dance with quick hand and body were raffled off to lucky students. hard and it paid off in the end—
movements in colorful Indian Finally, as the show ended, some we’ve raised $700 for SAKHI.” ◙
attire. Groups of girls came out in of the danc-
black pants and glittery tanks ers contin-
over black tops and danced Bhan- ued to
gra to the Taakre song, followed dance, hav-
by other groups who belly danced ing a mini
to the Bollywood songs “Salaam a f t e r -p a r t y
Namase” and “Deebar De.” of their own.
Despite difficulties with the Many mem-
sound system, the dancing was bers of the
great and well-received by the audience left
commenting
All photos taken by Amy Leung.
Page 4
Subway Searches on Trial
BY YULIYA FELDMAN
STAFF WRITER
The New York Civil Liber-
ties Union (NYCLU) filed a law-
suit against the New York City
Police Department (NYPD). NY-
CLU insisted that the policy of
random searches on the subways
was unconstitutional, and ineffec-
tive in combating terrorism.
“We have no objection to
reasonable searches,” said Chris-
topher Dunn, lead counsel for the
Agence France-Presse
The city’s right to conduct random bag searches on The group hired testers,
subways is being challenged in a new court case.
NYCLU. “But we cannot and
will not stand by… a program
that subjects millions of people to
suspicion-less searches that serve
virtually no public-safety pur-
pose.” The NYCLU also argues
that these searches violate the
Fourth Amendment, which guar-
antees protection against illegal
searches and seizures.
Random bag searches were
introduced in New York City
after a series of deadly bombings
in the London transport system in
July. Michael A. Sheehan, who
is the deputy commissioner for
counterterrorism, stated that the
searches were put into place
when, “Our level of concern
about a possible copycat attack,
in this subway system, was at a
peak.” Sheehan believes that the
New York subway system is a
prime target for members of Al
Qaeda. “Make no mistake,” he
said. “They want to come back to
this city, desperately.”
The NYPD stresses that the
random bag searches are essential
2005 Election Results
Continued from Page 1
in his acceptance speech, saying
“tomorrow, we go back to work.
We go back to fighting for a New
York where families can live
safely…children can learn, with
good jobs and housing, and health
care for all.”
New York City voters chose
the five borough presidents. In-
cumbents won in the Bronx,
Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten
Island, while in Manhattan, As-
semblyman Scott Stringer won an
open race. He replaced C. Vir-
ginia Fields, who ran for mayor
November 16, 2005 News THE STUYVESANT STANDARD
City Teachers Ratify New Contract
BY YULIYA FELDMAN battle between the union and the
to the deterrence of terrorism. STAFF WRITER city.
They stated that the unpredictable Teachers have been without a
nature of random bag searches The members of the United
contract since May 2003. At one
Federation of Teachers, the or-
was the element that would pre- point, union leaders threatened a
ganization representing all New
vent further attacks. David strike in violation of the Taylor
York City public school teachers,
Cohen, the deputy commission Law, which prohibits strikes by
have ratified a new contract with
for intelligence stated that, public employees. A tentative
the city. The contract guarantees
“Unpredictability is the enemy of deal was struck in October and
a 15% pay raise over four years,
the terrorist and the ally of those the union delegates moved to get
as well as an increase in the start-
who are trying to prevent or deter it approved.
ing pay of teachers from $39,000
another terrorist attack.” UFT president Randi Wein-
to $42,000 and an increase in the
NYCLU responded to the garten said, “It is my hope that
maximum regular salary from
claims made by the Police De- with this agreement, we can put
$81,000 to $92,000.
partment by stating that, the bitterness of the last few
“As common sense would years behind us and work to-
suggest, the program is gether to provide the highest
virtually certain neither to quality education for our stu-
catch any person trying to dents.”
carry explosives into the Teachers at Stuyvesant are
subway system nor to happy to finally receive a con-
United Federation of Teachers
deter such an effort.” tract, but many have mixed
The civil liberties group feelings about the contract
stresses that because the itself. “I think it is a deceptive
amount of searches in the contract in that the money
subways are ineffective Votes for the ratification of the new contract looks good, but other features
in deterrence of terrorism, were counted on November 3. particularly the extra time
they are unnecessary. have been sold to the public
The school year will be ex-
deceptively,” said Ms. Brown, an
who visited the subway tended by two days and teachers English teacher.
stations 3,288 times. will be required to work an extra Students at Stuyvesant also
Ho wever, they were onl y 50 minutes each week. The con- have mixed feeling about the con-
searched a total of 34 times. Ac- tract also includes measures de- tract. “It can be seen as adding
cording to The New York Times, signed to help maintain safety one minute to each period, which
riders selected for a search are and discipline in schools and isn’t a lot,” said Michael Chu, a
permitted to refuse it and leave gives principals more power to Stuyvesant student. Sophomore
the subway station without inter- fire and discipline teachers. Jane Yang disagreed, calling the
ference, but they can simply enter Mayor Michael Bloomberg contract “a weak compromise.”
through another station entrance said he was “pleased that the UFT Sophomore Eileen Change
that is left unguarded. has ratified a new contract; it is opposed the increase in class time
Judge Richard M. Berman, good for teachers, the city, and “It’s bad - very, very bad because
who is presiding over the case, most importantly, our school chil- it is adding to the school day.
has scheduled the closing argu- dren.” Plus, it is giving us more work on
ment for December 2. He stated About 63% of the 86,000 top of the huge Stuyvesant load
that he would issue his verdict voting teachers approved the con- that we already have.” ◙
soon after. ◙ tract, which ended a year-long
Race Winner Party
NYC Mayor
Michael R.
Bloomberg Republican
and lost in the primaries. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Democratic
The New York State ballot Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Democratic
also contained several referen- Manhattan Borough Presi-
dums for public approval. Voters dent Scott Stringer Democratic
approved a bond issue to fund
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall Democratic
transportation but rejected a
change in the state constitution Staten Island Borough Presi-
that would have given the legisla- dent James Molinaro Republican
ture more power in deciding on a Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine Democratic
budget. Governor of Virginia Tim Kaine Democratic
In Virginia, another guberna-
torial race ended in a victory for real winner may have been the in getting another Democrat to
current governor, Mark Warner, a succeed him, Warner has been the
the Democratic Party. Lieutenant
Governor Timothy M. Kaine won Democrat who enjoys a 75% ap- subject of increasing speculation
51 percent of the vote against proval rating in his generally Re- about a 2008 presidential cam-
Republican Jerry W. Kilgore. The publican state. With his success paign. ◙
THE STUYVESANT STANDARD
Continued from Page 1
Stuyvesant High School, Frank
McCourt taught the Creative
Writing class and was faculty
advisor to the Caliper literary
magazine.
Below is an excerpt from the
exclusive interview with Frank
McCourt, in which he speaks
about his new book, Stuyvesant,
and life in general.
The Stuyvesant Standard: It
has been many years since you
retired from Stuyvesant –
Frank McCourt: 1987.
TSS: – and I think it is possible
that you are better known there
now than in the days when you
were a teacher there.
FM: Well, I was known within
the school, but teachers are rarely
known outside of school. Teach-
ers don’t get no respect in the
society.
TSS: Do you know that your
book “Angela’s Ashes” is now
required reading in the Freshman
Composition class?
FM: No. Freshmen – What
about the seniors?
TSS: The seniors – They already
read it. They had three years to
think about it.
FM: Oh, yes. That’s fine, except
I wouldn’t want anybody to give
a test on it.
TSS: No, we just look for the
deeper meaning.
FM: Yes, that’s another thing. If
you find it, let me know. If any-
body finds it. I would never want
to have it used as a torture
weapon.
TSS: It is not torture. I am one
of the few people who have read
your new book “Teacher Man”
before its official release –
FM: Oh, yeah?
TSS: – and I just want to say that
it is as fascinating and as moving
as your previous books.
FM: I am glad to hear you say
that. It is good to hear it from the
mouths of the young.
TSS: How do you feel about
“Teacher Man”?
FM: I did not like it.
TSS: You don’t like it?
FM: No, I didn’t like it. And
when I handed it in I – I sort of –
You know, it is like having a kid,
a disobedient kid, a wayward kid,
a kid that doesn’t do what you
want him to do. I just – I found it
hard to control, but then – then I
finished it, and my editor, Nan,
worked on it with me, and then I
saw approval in the eyes of other
people. So I said, “Oh, it must be
okay,” so I am happy with it.
TSS: Did you plan on writing
this third book when you were
finishing “‘Tis”?
FM: I did, yeah, as I felt I hadn’t
done enough about teaching in
“‘Tis”. I wanted to do what is
really a whole book on teaching.
And I still didn’t say everything I
wanted to say.
TSS: Did you think that readers
of your books would relate to all
November 16, 2005 News
‘Teacher Man’ Revisits Stuy
your experiences? After all, you
had a miserable childhood in Ire-
land –
FM: A miserable childhood.
TSS: – and American readers
really can’t relate to
that, and all your life is
affected by it –
FM: Well, if they
couldn’t really relate to
it themselves, they had
parents and grandpar-
ents who could. I He went to England, he
talked about that in
“‘Tis,” in “Teacher
Man,” where all the
Jewish kids, whose
grandparents had gone
through camps in Ger-
many, that kind of
thing – it opened up a
lot of family stories.
So, anybody can iden-
tify with anything, I
can tell you that. Have
you ever read Tom
Wolfe’s “Bonfire of the
Vanities”? That book
is the – different ele-
ments of New York
life. It’s a novel. He
deals with kids up in Pulitzer Prize winner and former
Harlem, and he deals Stuyvesant teacher Frank McCourt.
with people on Park
Avenue. So we see it
on television, we see it TSS/Joseph Krutov
in the movies, even though we
might not have experienced it.
I’ve never – for instance, I have
never experienced homosexuality,
The Gaga Club
BY TIMOTHY QUINTO
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Gaga is an Israeli form of
dodgeball. The Gaga Club at
Stuyvesant promotes the sport
and organizes informal games
held in classrooms.
Unlike the team sport famil-
iar to viewers of
Club Spotlight
“Dodgeba ll:
True Underdog
Story,” Gaga is a
free-for-fall. Play-
ers are eliminated
when hit below the
knee. The ball can
not be touched by
the same person
c o n s e c u t i v e l y , Gaga is best described as that the game
unless it comes an Israeli form of dodge- has been played
into contact with ball.
the wall. When
there are only two par-
ticipants left, the game
goes into “infinite,” in
which players are allowed to
dribble the ball. The last man
standing wins.
With the ball ricocheting off
walls and bodies, and dozens of
people doing their best to avoid
it, games can become pretty cha-
otic, although injuries are rare.
Gaga Club President Nathan
but I can identify with the strug-
gle of gay people. We can all
identify. You see television sto-
ries about people starving in Af-
rica. Well, if you’ve never been
hungry before, you don’t know
the intensity of that, and I have
been hungry, so I can identify
with that –
Buch, a senior, encourages
people to go to games “to
see why Gaga will soon be
more popular than basket-
ball.” There is also free soda at
the end of every meeting. The
club is growing in popularity,
with over 80 active members.
The club has faced trouble
getting official sanction. After
members broke a flagpole and
annoyed two janitors, the club
was banned from classrooms. A
A
Classic Toys
meeting with
Assistant Prin-
cipal of Organi-
zation Randi
Damesek re-
vealed that the
administration
was not aware
in classrooms
for over two years. Club officials
are considering holding games in
the dining hall, although some
members are reluctant due to the
lack of enclosed space, without
which Gaga would be less ki-
netic. ◙
If you would like to have your
club or publication featured in
The Standard, send an e-mail to
inschoolnews@stuystandard.org.
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TSS: You wrote about your en-
tire life in such detail. How did
you remember it all? And was it
difficult to describe some of the
extremely personal events?
FM: It was difficult, especially
the part about my father leaving
us. He was an alcoholic. They
say it a disease, but can-
cer is a disease. You
can’t walk away from
cancer, but you can
walk away from the
bottle. People have
done that. He did not.
did not send us any
money, so we were on
the verge of starvation.
TSS: Many people find
it difficult to understand
this – it‘s hard to open
up like that, to write
with such honesty, to
tell everything.
FM: Stuyvesant High
School helped me. I
taught the kids there for
eighteen years – and
you never open up com-
pletely, there is always
something you hold
back. You never tell
the entire story. Start-
ing to tell – It’s like
training for the mara-
thon. You start telling
these stories, and as you
are telling one anecdote
or a story, there is always another
one forming in the back of your
head, which might be too private
to discuss. And that’s the one
you keep for yourself. It’s a very
complicated process.
TSS: While “Teacher Man”, as
well as “Angela’s Ashes” and
“‘Tis”, are autobiographical, I
have always wondered whether
there is some element of fiction
in it. Is there?
FM: No. There is no need to. I
tried to write a novel. I began
with a novel about teaching. Did-
n’t work. It did not work because
the reality of teaching is more
significant, more vivid than –
Look at the movies you have seen
about school, teaching. Look at
the books you have read about it.
They don’t come near the reality.
And that’s what I chose to do.
Because, you know, if you see a
movie about school, you will see
one teacher, one class – in any
movie, for dramatic purposes.
They never show you how the
teacher walks from class to class
to class to class to class, and what
its like to be at the end of the day.
TSS: Stuyvesant it is known a
“science school,” so there are
many students there who do not
see the importance, or as much
importance, in the humanities and
literature as in mathematics and
science. What do you have to tell
them?
FM: I think they did when I was
there, maybe they don’t… But
we used to enter all the poetry
Continued on Page 6
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MTA Finally Going Your Way! ‘Teacher Man’ Revisits Stuy

BY ALICE WU
STAFF WRITER
If there is one thing all New
Yorkers like, it is free stuff. This
time, New Yorkers are not receiv-
ing free stuff, but they are going
to get nice holiday discounts from
the MTA for their daily travel
throughout the five boroughs.
The MTA has a surplus of
around $928 million. This extra
cash comes from several sources:
revenue from last May’s tax in-
creases, savings from low interest
rates, and increased revenue from
fees from real estate.
“It’s not an easy job to decide
where the [money] should be dis-
MTA
day discount, with an astonishing
12 approving votes against 2 dis-
senting ones. As of this Novem-
ber, the following discounts will
be instituted:
• ½ fare on city local buses and
subways (including the Staten
Island railroad and Long Island
buses) on weekends from Thanks-
giving until the end of December
• ½ fare on city local buses and
subways (including the Staten
Island railroad and Long Island
buses) during the last week of
December
• 4 extra days on a $76 30-Day
“Unlimited” MetroCard bought
between Thanksgiving and the
end of December
• 1 extra day on a $24 7-Day
“Unlimited” MetroCard bought
between Thanksgiving and the
end of December
• 1 extra day on a $41 7-Day
Express Bus Pass bought be-
tween Thanksgiving and the
end of December
• LIRR and Metro North
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Continued from Page 5
competitions and win them. I had
kids send off their work to news-
papers and magazines that was
published. As a matter of fact, a
couple of months ago a there was
a book on the bestseller list of a
former student of mine, Susan
Gilman, called “Hypocrite in a
Pouffy White Dress”. I think the
girls changed the tone of the
school in 1968-1969 – and the
boys too. But there is always
another aspect to it – scientists,
great scientists, are known – of-
ten physicists – for their interest
in music. So that’s a stereotype
of people – Oh, this is science
and mathematics school, but we
also have to deal with life, and Frank McCourt’s “Teacher Man” was
that’s what literature is for. released on November 15.
TSS: Since you retired from
teaching, your life has changed in the beginning, “Names have
dramatically – been changed.” We spent hours
with the lawyer.
FM: Yeah.
TSS: Your life now is so differ-
AK: –you are a major celebrity–
ent from that of a Creative Writ-
FM: I am the big shot.
ing teacher at Stuyvesant High
TSS: – everyone knows your
name. Your first two books are School. Do you sometimes miss

customers purchasing monthly bestsellers. Maybe your next teaching?

Monthly “Unlimited” MetroCards bought December passes will receive a
between Thanksgiving and the end of Decem-
ber can be used for an extra four days.
tributed,” MTA chairman Peter
Kalikow stated. Governor
George Pataki suggested that
$250 million of the surplus go to
the city’s transportation system in
Lower Manhattan, which includes
the rail link to JFK and Long Is-
land. He felt that these down-
town projects were critical and
that the surplus should be used to
stabilize the transit system rather
than give city riders temporary
happiness. The other suggestion
was to give the city riders a holi-
day discount for the days from
Thanksgiving until the end of
December.
On Wednesday, October 26,
the MTA Board voted on how to
spend the money. An over-
whelming majority ratified a holi-
book will also be a memoir about FM: Yes, I do, because some-
free 10-trip pass valid during your life – life as a famous times it is so hard to stop talking.
off-peak hours (good through writer? You spend 30 years talking yap
February 2006) FM: No. I want to write a novel. yap yap yap. And I find myself
• LIRR and Metro North cus- Someday I could write about my sometimes I have to say to my-
tomers purchasing a weekly pass life as a famous writer. I am a self, ‘Shut up!’ because I some-
in December will receive 1 late bloomer, I’m a newcomer. times talk too much. I miss that.
round-trip valid during off-peak TSS: Newcomer? But you have Being able to go up and stand in
hours so much attention already – front of the class, and work out
Even after using $50 million FM: Yeah. I’d like to write a my ideas before them.
on the holiday discounts, the novel because then you can write TSS: Doesn’t writing give you
MTA still has $878 million to about things that you can’t write that opportunity?
spend. They have a general idea about in memoirs. I could have FM: Yes, but you don’t get the
of what they want to do with the written a lot more about Stuyve- immediate response like you get
rest of the money. Service en- sant High School. But you can’t from the class. That’s the good
hancements, security improve- – they could sue you for libel. I thing about teaching in a high
ments, and MTA pension plans would be in jail for five years. school – you get this response
are among the ideas being dis- And then, of course, people more than from a theater audi-
cussed. would be looking for references ence. They paid ninety-one dol-
If all goes well, this holiday to themselves, and they would lars to see you and they’ll give
discount will continue for at least say – well, obviously, you were you a standing ovation. High
2 years. New Yorkers may not writing about me. A novelist school kids are much more criti-
always agree with the MTA, but does not have to deal with it. cal and honest, and that’s the hard
the MTA is finally deciding to go That’s why when you write a part of teaching.
their way! ◙ book like “Teacher Man”, it says
Continued on Page 7
THE STUYVESANT STANDARD November 16, 2005 News/Business Page 7
TSS: Do you still keep in touch TSS: As a last question, do you
‘Teacher Man’ Revisits Stuy with any of your students?
FM: Yes, I run into them all the
have any advice for Stuyvesant
students, or for students in gen-
Continued from Page 6 capital “F,” and an arrow, and time. They call me, email me. eral?
TSS: Now so many people are then another “F.” And I write, Some of them send me their nov- FM: Yes. I suppose, I could
saying that there is more of a “Fear to Freedom.” Not that you els. Dozens of novels. quote this poet Alexander Pope.
sense of competition – ever achieve it completely, but TSS: How does it makes you “Know then thyself, presume not
FM: Yes, that’s a problem. that’s the journey. feel? Proud? God to scan / The proper study of
Competition is unfortunate, be- TSS: Did you learn anything FM: Yes. Yes. Of course, I mankind is Man.” All right, learn
cause I think there should be from your experiences at Stuyve- give myself full credit for their yourself. That’s all. Find out
more a sense of fellowship, and sant? success. But to see who you are, and that’s it.
unity – FM: Yeah, I “Find out who them, see that you There’s nothing more important
TSS: What do you think about learned to be you are, and that’s have had – to see than that. For instance, let me
the No Child Left Behind Act? honest. they are getting give you an example. I had a
FM: Ah, it’s the politicians. It’s TSS: To the it. There’s nothing satisfaction out of student at one time who seriously
all bullshit. It has nothing to do students or to more important their life by writ- wanted to study jazz guitar in
with it. It’s testing, testing, test- yourself? ing… Boston in a – what do you call it
FM: Yes, both.
than that.” TS: Do you have a –
ing. There is all this testing go-
ing on in this country. They You try to put -McCourt favorite writer? TSS: A conservatory.
don’t have that kind of testing on an act in the FM: Yes. A num- FM: A conservatory. He was
going on in Europe – beginning. You know – you are ber of them. Mark Twain. James serious, this boy. His father said,
TSS: What was your goal in there – you say to yourself, You Joyce… William Trevor. Shake- “No, I am not sending you to
teaching at Stuyvesant? know you are teaching bullshit. speare… The big boys. And study no goddamn guitar.” His
FM: Freedom! You know it, and all the kids then there is an English writer father said, “You are going to be
TSS: Were you able to connect know. And the teacher very soon that you don’t hear about – he is a a goddamn accountant.” He
with students? drops the mask – it’s not about marvelous one, David Lodge, and asked me what he should do. All
FM: Yes. Most of us live in a honesty, it’s not because it is the he is very wonderful satirical I could say to him was, according
fog – we have blinkers on, we best policy, but because it is the writer. But a very good question to Joseph Campbell, “Follow
can’t move to the left or right. So best practical thing for yourself. is what do I keep by my bed? your bliss.” You have to take
my idea, and it is for myself – a “Mr. McCourt, that’s not what And if I am feeling tired, P.G. your chances. Because the kids
lot of it was for me – to get out of you said last Wednesday…” Wodehouse, the novels about are bullied, like the No Child Left
this, I used to write on the board They will catch you. Jeeves. Behind, they’re bullied into
thinking in a certain way and be-
ing afraid and worried about tests
Interested in a CFO career? all the time. It’s hard in high
school, but eventually you get
through high school, get through
Behind the newspaper. college, and then go on the road
— Hit the road, Jack! ◙
Behind the articles.
E-mail CFO@stuystandard.org

Top 10 Business Schools in the Country

BY STEPHANIE TAM 4. Massachusetts Institute of doesn’t have a formal administra- Sachs, and Morgan Stanley.
STAFF WRITER Technology - Sloan tion. Students run everything.” UCLA has the “ability to create
MIT is in Cambridge, Massa- 6. Dartmouth College leaders through teaching and ex-
As seniors are applying to
chusetts. Although it is not part of Dartmouth is located in the perimental learning.”
college, some have already
the Ivy League, it has equal pres- nice and peaceful setting of 8. University of Chicago
started looking at the next stage
tige. Interestingly, this school Hanover, New Hampshire. Stu- The University of Chicago in
of the game for aspiring million-
accepted more women than men dents say the student body is “a Illinois has “an amazing, deep
aires: business school. Here are
into its program last year, which unique group of urban sophisti- network of professionals on all
the top 10 MBA programs in the
is rare for a business school. cates in a rural setting.” There is levels, especially in finance and
United States, according to US
5. Northwestern University - a “real family feel.” general management.” The
News and World Report:
Kellogg 7. University of California - Los classes are flexible and the at-
1. Harvard University In addition to having a great mosphere is relaxed.
Angeles*
Harvard is an Ivy League
MBA program, Northwestern also UCLA is often known as the 9. Columbia University
private university in Cambridge,
prepares its students with team- school that “has the connections.” “The school is strongly ori-
Massachusetts. It has an exten-
work and communication skills. Top recruiters of this school in- ented toward Investment Banking
sive MBA program and is proba-
A student says, “Kellogg almost clude Lehman Brothers, Goldman and Management Consulting.”
bly the most prestigious school in
and “No other top business
the country. Their library is the The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsyl- school can claim to have the ac-
largest of any university’s, con- vania is among the top ten business schools in the country. cess that Columbia has to the top
taining over 12 million volumes.
professionals in Finance -- the
2. Stanford University New York City advantage.”
Stanford, located in Stanford,
10. University of Michigan -
California, is most interested in
Ann Arbor*
“a unique combination of high
The MBA program at UMich
leadership potential, academic
remains “extremely strong in cor-
excellence, and individual back-
porate strategy, entrepreneurial
ground and interests.”
studies, management accounting,
3. University of Pennsylvania - marketing, organizional behav-
Wharton ior… and entrepreneurial fi-
UPenn has the largest Ivy
nance.” There is always some-
League budget and a very diverse
thing students can get involved
University of Pennsylvania

body of students. It also has a

in, ranging from newspapers to
large acceptance rate of minority
parties. ◙ *Denotes a public
students.
school.
Page 8 November 16, 2005 Business
Bush Nominates Bernanke
to Replace Greenspan
BY BENNETT HONG Research. Although some bond
JUNIOR STAFF WRITER investors are expressing skepti-
cism, Bernanke is a solid, non-
On October 24, President ideological, mainstream-oriented
Bush nominated Ben Bernanke to
choice who understands the econ-
be the successor of Alan Green- omy and the effects of monetary
span, holder of one of the na- policy very well. He has been
tion’s most powerful jobs, the published in economic journals
Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
since 1981 and has served nearly
Bernanke, 51, was a former Fed three years on the Fed’s board of
governor and Princeton Univer- governors.
sity economics professor, and is Although Bernanke’s resume
currently the head of Bush’s
is impressive, the standards he is
up against are equally im-
pressive. Greenspan was
not praised by Bush to be a
“legend [who has] domi-
nated his age like no cen-
tral banker in history” for
no reason. Ever since his
nomination by President
Ronald Reagan in 1987,
Greenspan has proven
himself time after time by
bringing the country out of
economic disasters in a
series of close calls.
Reuters
These disasters include the
panic that broke out on
Wall Street in 1987 when
Ben Bernanke is a nominee for the position of the Dow Jones industrial
Reuters
Federal Reserve Chairman. average fell 23%, a bigger
percentage drop than the
Council of Economic Advisers. Great Crash of 1929; when Rus-
If confirmed by the Senate, Ber- sia defaulted on its debts in 1998,
nanke will replace Greenspan on which could have resulted in a
January 31, 2006 and may keep chain reaction that would have
his post for the next fourteen ruptured the global financial sys-
years. tem; and when the attacks of 9/11
The Federal Reserve is an came in 2001, which deeply
independent agency of the United wounded the economy.
States Government. Its main Bernanke will face an en-
roles include supervising and tirely new set of crises from
regulating banks, implementing Greenspan’s. First of all, the in-
monetary policy by open market flation he will face is from energy
operations, setting the discount and food causes, dissimilar to the
rate and the reserve ratio, main- inflation Greenspan faced nearly
taining a strong payments system, 20 years ago. Secondly, there
and controlling the amount of will be credit problems as the
currency that is made and de- housing market cools down and
stroyed on a day-to- prices weaken;
day basis. In es-
Although some global buyers will
sence, its greatest start selling mort-
control over investors are ex- gage-backed se-
America’s econ- pressing skepticism, curities. Thirdly,
omy is its ability
to raise and lower Bernanke is a solid, Bernanke will
have to deal with
interest rates. non-ideological, the rising U.S.
Because of credit debt; now,
the gravity of this mainstream-
40% of the coun-
post to the Ameri- oriented choice who try’s treasury
can economy, it is securities are
vital that Green-
understands the
held by foreign
span’s successor economy and the investors.
be highly capable. effects of monetary Although Ber-
Bernanke is well- nanke assures
policy very well.
qualified for the that his “first pri-
job, having received ority will be to
a Masters at Harvard University maintain continuity with the poli-
and a doctorate at MIT. He was cies and policy strategies estab-
also the co-author of a popular lished during the Greenspan
economics textbook, and chair- years,” there is no doubt that he is
man of the panel charged with different from Greenspan. For
dating U.S. economic expansions instance, he is not as opposed to
and recessions at the prestigious Bush’s tax cuts as Greenspan is.
National Bureau of Economic He talks clearly, and believes in
Google Expands Its
Fortified Base
BY HANFORD CHIU
STAFF WRITER
Google Inc. has recently cre-
ated a program called Google
Base that allows users to upload
information from basic descrip-
tions and personal thoughts, to
classified ads. More importantly,
this service does not require pay-
ment or transaction fees, creating
a large and free database for gen-
eral public use.
The new feature links
Google’s general search engine,
as well as Froogle and Local, to
Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and CEO,
has plans to further expand the company.
generate a large amount of traffic
from the people posting their
items to sell, as well as the people
looking to buy. With all the new
traffic, Google would be able to
generate even more revenue from
advertisements. This service
would be great competition for
Yahoo and Microsoft, both of
which have their own search en-
gines that contain advertisements.
It also adds pressure to sites such
as E-Bay and Craig’s List, which
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to remain accessible to its readers.
Please contact us at readers@stuystandard.org
inflation targeting, which means
announcing the Fed’s target over
two or three years, and having
that target govern its actions.
Although Greenspan has been
trying to keep the inflation rate
between one and two percent, he
has always opposed inflation tar-
geting in order to maintain his
freedom to move outside of the
percentage range.
In spite of these differences,
Bernanke is well-accepted. The
New York Times and the New
York Post actually agree on
something–that Bernanke is the
right man for the job. Ethan Har-
THE STUYVESANT STANDARD
currently charge their users fees
for their services, including auc-
tioning items and posting jobs.
Additionally, the demand for ad-
vertisements in newspaper publi-
cations is diminishing with the
existence of all of these internet
corporations. Since most infor-
mation can be posted online and
shown to a much larger audience,
classified ad and regular ad reve-
nue for newspapers has been
steadily declining since 2001 to
almost 1997 levels. The stock
prices for the New York Times
(NYT) have been on a large
downward trend
since 2004.
From its humble
beginnings,
Google has been
surprisingly
trumping its op-
ponents with its
popularity. For
the fourth quarter,
Google is report-
ing a 108% year-
over-year growth
in net revenue.
This immense
increase shows
that Google is
effectively managed and will
likely continue to profit from its
user-friendly services. Although
Google Base has not been offi-
cially introduced to the public
yet, insiders report that it has
many user-friendly options to
assist in uploading and searching
for information, meaning that
Google’s fortress is about to be-
come even more impenetrable
than it already is. ◙
ris, chief US economist at Leh-
man Bros, comments, “He is
trained for the job…he certainly
has the respect of many in the
institution [the Fed], so the hand-
off is pretty smooth” and even
Greenspan says, “Ben comes with
superb academic credentials and
important insights into the ways
our economy functions. I have
no doubt that he will be a credit
to the nation as a chairman of the
Federal Reserve Board.”
Is Bernanke the correct
choice? We will have to wait
(not for long) and see. ◙
THE STUYVESANT STANDARD
Miers Folds Her Hand After
Senate Calls Her Bluff
BY HANFORD CHIU
STAFF WRITER
Harriet Miers officially with-
drew from her campaign to be-
come a Supreme Court judge on
October 27. Since her nomina-
tion, conservative groups were
skeptical about her blurred record
and further repelled when she
Associated Press
showed signs of liberal leanings
towards abortion.
The final strike, however,
came when President Bush re-
fused to release confidential
documents that the Republicans
demanded, detailing a record of
Mier’s personal advice when she
was serving as Counsel to the
President. With this unacceptable
breach of confidentiality and the
Superheroes of the Hallways
BY CHETAN CHAUHAN AND
RAYMOND XU
JUNIOR STAFF WRITERS
During your time at Stuy,
you have probably been kicked
off of one of the floors by a secu-
rity guard at least once. Even
when you are quietly reading a
book, or calmly taking things out
of your locker, you never know
when a security guard will sud-
denly appear out of nowhere and
say, "You are not suppose to be
sitting here! Go to the second
floor or the library!"
In order to stop the security
guards from bothering us, a large
number of students would have to
complain. This was the case with
the sixth floor gamers.
On a seemingly auspicious
day, a pack of security guards
suddenly came up to the sixth
floor and kicked everyone off.
No one expected it; the scene was
pure chaos. By the next day, no
one was allowed to stay on the
sixth floor. A once popular loca-
tion teeming with students and
their hobbies was now a desolate
area with no signs of life whatso-
ever. A few weeks
later, someone finally
began the protest. Stu-
dents eventually printed
out hundreds of papers
petitioning for the de-
mise of this autocratic
rule. The ban was lifted
after the petition was
signed by a few hun-
dred students.
From this incident,
we can see that if we
want to end the dictato-
rial and unreasonable
orders of the security
guard, another petition
of grand proportions,
much like this one, is
November 16, 2005 Opinions Page 9
new nominee within days. Judge
I Dream
Samuel Alito, a foil to Miers, is a
well-established conservative
with strong views on abortion.
He also has fifteen years of ex-
perience serving as an appeals
court judge, nominated by George BY MOR ROSENBURG
H. W. Bush during his presi- STAFF WRITER
dency.
Although Miers collapsed A crowd of people gathered
in an open market in the small
under internal pressure, Judge
Alito has the potential to gain his town of Hadera, Israel on October
26. Many were at the falafel
entire party’s support, as well as a
Supreme Court confirmation. stand, eager to buy and consume
some delicious falafel. However,
Although his extreme stance on
abortion limitations might repulse they never got the chance to be-
moderate Republicans, his deci- cause shortly before four in the
Harriet Miers afternoon, a suicide bomber
sions on cases involving free
speech and religious tolerance killed himself, murdering 5 peo-
independence of the executive ple and injuring 55 others in the
should please some moderate
branch, Bush and Miers had no process.
Democrats. However, one must
choice but to withdraw her nomi- When I heard the news, I felt
wonder: Is it worse to have a
nation. my heart stop. My family lives in
known conservative on the court
But, as Sen. Dick Durbin (D- Hadera, and they shop in that
or an unknown judge who may
Ill.) correctly predicted, “I would small open market. Whenever I
potentially swing to the liberal
caution Democrats before they am in Israel, I would often stop at
side? ◙
applaud. We must be careful of that falafel stand to buy some of
what follows.” Bush nominated a that scrumptious falafel. Luckily,
none of my family was hurt, but
one of my aunt’s former class-
mates was killed. What had she
done to deserve her demise?
required. So as much as we, the raging snowstorm outside, this Wait on line to purchase falafel?
students, may loathe the security situation would probably have Of course, the Israeli govern-
guards, there is nothing we can been much less stressful. But ment decided to retaliate, which
really do about them. Ray was extremely angry because simply means attack by a series
of air strikes and arrests. Instead
However, despite all my now he had to go home, barely-
of actually addressing the prob-
complaints about security guards, clothed, in below freezing tem-
lem, the government only made
I believe that we do need them. I peratures. Ray learned one thing
the matter worse.
will tell you a that day: do not
The Israeli government
story about a Security guards not give to charity; it
freshman named blames the suicide bombers.
Ra y, which
only eliminate noise will make you
lose more than Meanwhile, the Palestinians ac-
in the hallways, but you gain. cuse Israel of usurping their land.
shows just how
So which came first, the chicken
important the protect our private If someone had
or the egg? Who is to blame, the
security guards been there to pro-
property as well. Israelis or Palestinians? Both
can be. tect our posses-
sides say, “They started it!” It
One day, Ray sions, the UNICEF
reminds me of a bunch of three
decided to go to his locker during box may not have been stolen and
year olds fighting on a play-
double period biology. Much to Ray may not have died of pneu-
ground, except that they do not
his surprise, Ray found his locker monia the next day. The security
have sand and wooden blocks;
opened. At that time, there were guards protect our belongings
they have guns and missiles.
several cases of theft throughout because their presence prevents
Personally, I do not care who
the school. The thieves had bro- thefts and other crimes from oc-
started it. I just want the bomb-
ken into many people's lockers on curring. Security guards not only
ing to end. I want to go to Israel
the eighth and ninth floors. Ray eliminate noise in the hallways,
in the summer and not be afraid
was afraid that he had become but protect our private property as
of my head being blown off. I
another victim of locker theft. well. Thanks to them, decorum is
want both the Israeli and the Pal-
Just as he had suspected, Ray ensured.
estinian government to step up
ended up staring at an empty Hyperbole aside, Ray did not
and solve this problem. But most
space where his jacket and UNI- really die of pneumonia. He lives
of all, I want no more bloodshed,
CEF box, which contained $30, to tell the tragic tale of his dese-
no more finger-pointing, and no
used to be. If it were not for the crated locker. ◙
more “He started it!” ◙
Page 10 November 16, 2005 Literary THE STUYVESANT STANDARD

In New York City I Cried for More

BY CAROLINE HUGH
BY INNOKENTY PYETRANKER SENIOR STAFF WRITER
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
(quick
In New York City
pop
There is nothing better
hearts stop)
Than sitting on the train
he slammed the door
Sipping Tazo tea
I cried for more
Talking to friends
Who never agree
ran fingers through
his twisted hair
Than sitting in the park
his breath rasped
In the morning breeze
like pale frozen air
Watching the birds
As they play in the trees
my love doesn’t have
to have a meaning
Than watching the sunset
the Greeks confused
And the sky painted black
lovers careening
The day is ending
love for sex
the kind that wrecks

Rain Walks on Lanky Silver Feet alarms sound

but
can’t drop
BY PENNY MALAMUD too spellbound
STAFF WRITER
Rain walks on lanky silver feet tornado drills
Through halls of stone and glass. flurry of scalding licks
He patters on the concrete; waves of fleeting thrills
Pelts people as they pass.
fleeting time rewinds
Music sings of love lost, love found our fingers never entwined
Barely audible beneath the torrents he said
A soothing rhythm, that beating sound I implored…
Of people mimicking rain’s currents
he slammed the door
Sorrow, dullness grips people tight I cried for more
That sluggish trafficking of city streets
Streetlights shed their dirty light
On subway murals and treading feet Emptiness
BY STEPHANIE TAM
Rain runs inside, despite shut doors
STAFF WRITER
He makes his way in homes and schools
The leaves are falling
He tramps upon the marble floors
The wind blows strong
Through businesses and market pools
The birds fly away
The flowers are gone
Rain whistles out a merry tune
The sun shines less
He ambles with a kind of sass
The heavens grow dark
I don’t know if we will meet soon
The end draws near
But I know it will come to pass.
The world is stark
The universe is

Voices of the Forest

BY EILEEN L. CHANG
STAFF WRITER
The swallow crows a melodic sound,
The aesthetic chords decry the sun.
The crisp note ringing mellow and round.
The forest maintains composure.
Majestic roosters sing of the day,
Voices clear of musical choir.
The swallow's song eroding away
Swept off by the hollow ocean.
The forest listens void of torrent.
The rooster voice remains lyrical,
The swallow voice weak and discordant
Her song has been long forgotten.
This empty place
The planet crumbles
With
The human race
BY JENNIFER LEE
STAFF WRITER
The papered wings of pamphlets rustle and sigh in the undulating voices
of ten thousand hits on summer gold. Whereas the dusty eyelashes,
trimmed silver eloquent rest on fire heated peach. Flutters once. Twice. A
single butterfly kiss. Narcissism, one might say. And one might say just
that. The way apples are named Rome Beauties and the sudden contrast of
Macintosh, there is a way where aestheticism flirts while playing a role in
society. But are mirrors not selves? A poet that writes extraordinary life
brings life into this- "I am not cruel. Only truthful." Therefore, eyes are
pasted on backs of teenage Vogue or Seventeen. They are all seeing. They
are omniscient.
THE STUYVESANT STANDARD November 16, 2005 Literary/Puzzles Page 11

Leave Me In Peace The Incredible Edible Egg

BY MONICA LUK Hatched
BY LADA KUKUY
LITERARY EDITOR
STAFF WRITER Poached
Cracked
Why can’t you just leave me in peace Yolk
Easter
To slowly mend the pain you’ve caused, Sunny side up
Fried
To make me, step by step, wake up White
Salad
From dreams of love that never was? Scrambled
Drop soup
Omelet
Why beg for space within my life Plant
Benedict
After the death you’ve put it through? Faberge
Easy over
Why speak again such honey’d words? Nog
Chicken
They’re nothing more than sounds to you. Humpty Dumpty
Shell
Why ask to share my Aura’s glow?
Its weakness can’t sustain itself.
And from your treatment, now I know D S Y U D O O F Y T P M U D Y T P M U H
That you are not my soul’s sweet half. R E N W E H S U N N N Y S I D E U P C F
It’s best you leave. I’ll then soon heal, O N I Y O M E L E T T E B S E H I M A S
Begin my Quest for love anew. P H C R R C B S D T A T T R P G Y D A C
And surely, Stars will help me find
Someone who’ll always remain true. S U M P F A R E R G E F O U E T N L E B
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1. Concorde letters 1. Night twinkler
4. Lariat
9. ___ Perignon
2. Small amount
3. Bagel warmers Insects May Provide A
12. Besides 4. Type of paint
13. “Encore!”
14. Self-esteem
15. “I ___ Rock” (2 wds.)
5. Like Scotch
6. Mineo or Maglie
7. Roberto’s affirmative
Cure for Damaged
16. Address book abbr.
17. Bridge costs
19. Took time out
8. Great Lake
9. Farmer’s place
10. Wolf’s glance
Arteries
21. Wooden hammer 11. Greatest quantity BY DARYL VULIS terial is also durable, capable of
22. ___-Mex 18. Designer Cassini STAFF WRITER returning to its original form even
23. Front 20. Hot drink after being subject to intense
Have you ever wondered why stress millions of times.
24. Thought 21. Changed residences
a flea can jump so far or a drag- Humans have a very similar
26. Pilot a boat 23. Renowned onfly can beat its wings so fast? protein, elastin, interwoven in the
30. Subaru or Toyota 24. Apply frosting The secret of these insects’ amaz- walls of arteries. Professor Julian
31. Small film role 25. Newsman Rather ing abilities lies in a protein Vincent believes that elastin,
32. Eggy drink 26. Orange variety called resilin. Although
33. Reduced to bondage 27. South American snake the protein has been Fleas have pads of resilin on their feet which help
35. Sounded bells 28. Heavy weight known for 40 years, them jump.
36. Emulated 29. Poached item only recently have Aus-
37. Dopey’s pal 31. Hyannis’s locale (2 wds.) tralian scientists ex-
tracted the gene respon-
38. “Great Escape” route 34. Actress Turner
sible for resilin from
41. Church laws 35. Reagan’s nickname common fruit flies.
44. Jacob’s father 37. British noblewomen They then inserted
45. U.S.A.’s “uncle” 38. Neap ___ the gene into bacteria,
46. Do __ disturb 39. Utilizes which produced resilin
47. Society gal 40. Catches that was extracted and
48. Chicago airport 41. Small wagon formed into a rubbery
50. AES opponent 42. Head gestures mass. Resilin is “as
51. Snaky letter 43. “___ on it!” close to a perfect rub-
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ber as is found any-

52. Fender 45. ___ Andreas fault
where,” according to
53. Nile viper 49. Masculine pronoun researcher Chris Elvin. Scientist which has only recently been cul-
hope to use the protein to regen- tivated in labs, may be a better
erate damaged arteries and material for repairing arteries.
Like to puzzle people? spines, as well as in industrial
applications like running shoes or
“[Resilin] may have been over-
sold” said Vincent, who ques-
microcircuit switches, which need tioned why resilin “hasn’t been
Contribute to The Standard! to be in constant motion.
Resilin has several remark-
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THE STUYVESANT STANDARD
A Chorus Line: A Singular Sensation
Continued from Page 1
phy) makes his final decision and
interviews the dancers, songs and
monologues reveal their thoughts
and doubts.
The aspiring dancers warm up in the
TSS/Katie Banks
opening scene of “A Chorus Line.”
The directors made the un-
usual decision of counter-casting
almost every character against
ethnicity. "A Chorus Line" is
among other things a show about
diversity, and the results of this
jumbling were mixed but gener-
ally positive. Sometimes the in-
congruity was ridiculous – the
absurdity of the very white, very
redheaded junior Ben Wexler
playing a jive-talking African-
American drew lots of laughs.
Other actors inhabited their char-
acters so seamlessly that I nearly
didn't notice the difference. Jun-
ior Kevin Hu was utterly con-
vincing as a conceited WASP
disgusted by his provincial Buf-
falo upbringing, and senior Ra-
chel Lin ably portrayed a His-
panic girl distressed by an acting
class at her LaGuardia-like high
school.
The play juxtaposes the
glamorous fantasy world of
Broadway with the depressing
reality of the aspiring would-be-
star. Except for the stirring finale,
when the entire cast dons golden
jackets and hats for a soft-shoe
number that harkens back to the
fabled 1930's heyday of the Great
White Way, the characters stick
to leotards, and the minimal set is
a far cry from the extravagant
creations of most shows. Off-
stage, the dancers have individu-
ality; onstage, they are a happy
singing and dancing mass.
Yet this is a musical about
trying to be in a musical, and it is
well aware of its self-referential
nature. Zach spends most of the
show in the audience, perceived
by the actors as a God-like invisi-
ble authority issuing commands
through a microphone. As he sits
and judges the characters, we in
the audience cannot but feel that
we are judging the characters
ourselves.
In the show's second half, the
November 16, 2005 Arts & Entertainment
wall between Zach and the en-
semble is broken. We learn that
Cassie, one of the most gifted of
the auditioning dancers, is an old
flame of Zach's, recently returned
from Hollywood. She is fed up
with trying to live the life of the
movie starlet and wants to return
to Broadway. Zach, who first
plucked her from the chorus line
and into leading roles years ago,
Museums Set to Sell Their Treasures
BY YULIYA FELDMAN
STAFF WRITER
Museums throughout the
United States have placed some
of their most valuable pieces up
for sale, drawing the ire critics.
Paintings by artists such as Pi-
casso, Modigliani and Chagall
and photographs by Alfred
Stieglitz and Edward Weston will
all be on the auction block in
coming months.
The current round of sales
began when the New York Public
Library sold “Kindred Spirits” by
Asher B. Durand to a Wal-Mart
heiress for $35 million. At the
time, critics blamed the Library
for discarding a part of the city’s
rich culture. The library defended
itself, saying that maintaining an
art collection was secondary to its
main purpose of offering books to
the public.
Now that other institutions
have decided to follow suit, un-
tells her that she can't return, that
she is just "too good." He
emerges from the audience to talk
to her on the stage, and their con-
versation expresses beautifully
the power of the desire to per-
form, to dance, to enrapture an
audience.
The production was adeptly
choreographed by junior Hannah
Freiman, who ironically also
ease is rising in the art world.
Robert Rosenblum, an art histo-
rian and curator at the Solomon
R. Guggenheim Museum said,
“History will make a fool of these
museums. It always happens. Of-
ten the things that are sold are
based on inherited prejudices that
will be overturned in the future.”
Defenders describe the sale
of artwork as part of the natural
process of renewal. Many of the
museums selling pieces say that
their only goal is to raise money
to buy other pieces. Other cura-
tors cite limited exhibition space
and the redundancy of having
several works by the same artists.
Seymour R. Slive, the former
director of the Harvard University
Art Museums, said that museums
should be far more cautious about
selling. “Tastes change,” he said.
“Two generations ago, pre-
Raphaelite paintings were not in
vogue. Had museums gotten rid
of them, it would have been a
Page 13
played the role of Laura, Zach's
assistant and the dance instructor
for the show. Except for Carrie's
virtuosic dance, most routines
involved straightforward line and
square arrangements, unspectacu-
lar but perfectly suited for a mu-
sical that is after all titled "A
Chorus Line." The
lighting, music and
sound were generally
excellent, with one
notable exception.
Few high school ac-
tors have the sheer
vocal power to fill an
auditorium unaided,
and the sporadic mi-
crophone coverage
meant that the band
sometimes drowned
out the dialogue and
lyrics. These are
quibbles, though.
Despite the sound
problems and occa-
sionally dull acting,
the musical had a
vitality, a poignancy
and a flat-out level of enjoyment
unsurpassed by some regional
tours, let alone by other high
school productions. The directors,
seniors Liz Livingstone and Deke
Hill, put on a really good show. ◙
major error.”
John Elderfield, the chief
curator of the Museum of Modern
Art, defended his museum’s sale
of thirteen pieces. He called a
Pointillist image of a harbor on
the French Mediterranean “very
good, but that early part of our
collection we don’t wish to de-
velop.”
Edward H. Able, president
and chief executive of the Ameri-
can Association of Museums, said
that he supported the sales as
long as they went toward new
acquisitions and not operation
costs.
Other critics have accused
museums of taking advantage of
the current peak in the art market.
Replying to these accusations,
Nancy Thomas, the deputy direc-
tor of the Los Angeles Country
Museum of Art, said, “It’s more
about the collection and the op-
portunity to improve than it is
about the market.” ◙
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A Look At Julius C.
BY HANFORD CHIU
STAFF WRITER
What do you get when you
combine classic rock with ele-
ments of funk, hip-hop and pop?
You get a delectable fusion of
styles present in the band Julius
C. Like the student body of Stuy-
vesant High School, this band’s
music is so diversified in style
that it is hard not to enjoy the rich
assortment of instruments and
individualism. This approach to
music, rooted in various aspects,
caught the attention and enthusi-
asm of our staff.
The band is made up of five
members: Jay Stolar on vocals
and rhythm guitar, Mike Tuccillo
on bass, Jason Wexler on key-
boards, Dave Matthews (no
relation to the Dave Matthews
of the Dave Matthews band)
on guitar, and Isaac Teel on
drums and background vocals.
Each one comes from a unique
musical background, from
growing up to the Beatles to
learning gospel in church.
When they blend their styles
together, it makes for a large
possibility of songs. The
songs uploaded onto their
website, www.juliusc.com, are
different enough that even if
you do not like one, you can
easily find another one that
suits you. Their first song,
“Another Canvas Sold,” fea-
tures a lot of tempo swings
from the slow and dark lyrics
and guitars in the beginning to
the lighter chorus and the
faster ending. Their second
song, “The Traveler,” is defi- TSS/Hanford Chiu
nitely different in comparison. It
maintains a faster and lighter
mood throughout the entire song,
with guitars retreating from the
foreground. Their third song,
“April Rain,” is slow and light,
with thoughtful lyrics and a guitar
solo.
This band’s
music is so diver-
sified in style that
it is hard not to
enjoy the rich
assortment of
instruments and
individualism.
Julius C. was generous
enough to grant The Stuyvesant
Standard an interview with Jay
Stolar and Mike Tuccillo, reveal-
ing the inner workings of their
band as well as their personal
thoughts. Take some time to lis-
ten to their songs online, and then
check them out live with a bunch
of other underground rock bands
at CBGB on Nov. 19. You might
November 16, 2005 Arts & Entertainment
get a chance to meet them person-
ally. Also, bring $5 and you can
get their first EP (extended play
CD featuring seven songs includ-
ing the three mentioned).
Whether you are into funk, hip-
hop or rock, this band is sure to
please.
The Stuyvesant Standard:
What inspired you guys to start a
band?
Jay Stolar: It wasn’t much of a
choice I think. When I was 13, I
picked up my first guitar at a
summer camp and I got hooked.
So I started writing music and
playing songs and got into thea-
ter… I needed a way to express
myself. Then in my college
From left: Jay Stolar, Mike Tuccillo, in a live
interview with two of the members of the band.
sophomore year, I lived with a
roommate and listened to the
Beatles for an entire year [and] I
got into songwriting in rock and
pop genres.
Mike Tuccillo: For me, it’s the
excitement of seeing where music
can go. The Beatle’s last re-
corded album Abbey Road
showed, at least in my mind, just
a taste of what can be done in
these genres. We feel that not
many people have done much to
continue pushing the envelope in
the way that the Beatles were
(like extended song forms, med-
leys, etc.). On top of that, it’s
really inspiring to combine genres
that the Beatles didn’t even get a
chance to touch.
JS: After listening to so much
music where people were pushing
the envelope I feel that it’s my
job to try to push this further.
Otherwise, it’s just boring.
MT: In my mind this band is the
perfect vehicle to push the enve-
lope forward.
TSS: How did you come up with
the name, “Julius C”?
JS: My grandfather was Julius
Charles Stolar, and he died a year
before I was born, and they called
him J, and my parents didn’t want
to name me Julius so they just
named me Jay, which is a shame
because Julius is such a cool
name.
TSS: Whose music has played a
significant influence in your own
musical styles?
MT: We have a lot… I’d say the
first influence would be Bach for
a couple of members in the band,
and then Muddy Waters, then the
Beatles.
JS: From Muddy Waters to the
Beatles? You forgot Little Rich-
ard.
MT: Yeah, and Sly and the Fam-
ily Stone.
JS: The top four are The Beatles,
Led Zeppelin, Sly and the Family
Stone/Graham Central Station,
and Queen. But nothing really
from the 80’s aside from Queen
MT: You forgot James Brown!
There’s nothing in the 80’s I like.
And as far as modern music goes,
Muse is very good, as well as
Mars Volta, since they’re just
pushing lines all over the place,
which is what we strive to do
right now.
TSS: What sets you apart from
other bands?
JS: Striving to have no fear, and
no egos. We have respect for
everyone else and we put our
hearts into it.
MT: One of the ways that sets us
apart is the way we approach our
influences. I mean, there are a
ton of bands out there right now
that say they are influenced by
the Beatles. But, in my mind,
when you say the Beatles influ-
ence you, you should take the
spirit of the Beatles, not their
outfits! They were amazing song
writers that were never stagnant.
Think about how much they
evolved in less than 10 years!
They went from super pop, to
changing the face of pop. That’s
what I take from the Beatles that
drive to get to the next place. I
don’t want to see another band
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dress up in suits, and pump out
formula songs. Isn’t everyone
sick of that already?
JS: I think something else we
talk about a lot is that, lyrically
and musically, we often walk the
line between ridiculous and seri-
ous, which is a necessity in order
to couple craziness with accessi-
bility for pop culture.
When the mem-
bers of Julius C.
blend their styles
together, it makes
for a large possi-
bility of songs.
TSS: How do you feel about
your upcoming gig on Nov. 19 at
CBGB, a great spot for under-
ground bands?
MT: …I love playing at that
place. We’ve done it before,
and I hope we’ll get to do it
again after the 19th. It’s just
the history of the club, the fact
that the club was made for
music that people don’t usu-
ally hear.
JS: Yeah, like a rebellious
movement. Plus, it has a place
where people can stand, and
it’s a big thing that people can
move around and get around
and for people to get involved
physically. And hopefully,
there would be like 150 people
so everyone at Stuyvesant
should come if you’re 16 years
old and over so that you may
see the show and we will rock
your sock off and your head
might just explode, or at least
you would have seen some
great rock music.
TSS: What advice do you
offer to musicians at Stuyve-
sant?
MT: Don’t be afraid of yourself.
Actually try to find something,
that means something to you, not
something forced.
JS: Don’t think that by spiking
hair or shaking your butt would
help you in your journey to what
you are going to be and don’t
look at any of those folks. Be
fearless and love and know rock
and roll; it’s a raucous tradition.
MT: Know the spirit of that mu-
sic. Don’t just listen and regurgi-
tate the music, regurgitate the
spirit, what they are getting at. ◙
For venue dates, and other
information on the band, check
out www.juliusc.com. CBGB is a
venue for underground rock
bands located at 315 Bowery,
most accessible by taking the 6
train uptown to Bleeker Street
and walking west to the end of
Bleeker Street. Julius C’s CBGB
show is on Nov. 19 and for 16+
year old with ID unless accompa-
nied by adult.
Check www.cbgb.com for
prices, a schedule of other shows
and more details.
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The General Manager Wheel
an all-expense-paid trip to Sweden to attend the Nobel Week
Festivities in December will be awarded to three students and
Goes Round
announced the preceding June. Continued from Page 16
frontrunner to be GM of the
The essay may be no longer than 2000 words and should address Dodgers.
the following: In a publicity stunt, the
Brockton Rox, a minor league
1. Identify one Nobel prizewinner in Physics, Chemistry, or team near Boston, offered their
GM job to Epstein. Though their
Physiology/Medicine and discuss his or her scientific contribu-
entire team payroll is five times
tion, including the novelty and scientific importance of his or her
less than the 25th man on a major
work.
league roster, the Rox in a state-
ment said “It's assumed that Ep-
2. How has the application of this scientist's contribution fur- stein is looking for a greater chal-
thered scientific discourse and knowledge between the time of lenge.'' One downside to the job,
the discovery and the present? as noted by team president Jim
Lucas `We don't actually have an
office for Theo.” They do, how-
3. Explore the future challenges and/or advancements for society
ever, have a phone and computer
resulting from this scientific contribution.
for him to use.
Keeping on the New York
For more information, visit www.nyas.org/programs/ theme, one of New York’s own
education_nobel.asp will get his first chance at GM
starting next season. On October
Essays and applications are due to Ms. Daves in Room 802 on 4th, Jon Daniels was promoted to
January 16th. One essay from each category (Physics, Chemis- become general manager of the
Texas Rangers. Daniels is a
try, Biology/Medicine) will be selected to be submitted to the
Queens native and Hunter High
contest.
School graduate. He started his
career in baseball as an intern
with the Rockies, and since July
2004 he has been the assistant
GM of the Rangers. Daniels be-
comes the youngest GM ever at
the age of 28. He’ll look to im-
prove a team with a young core of
infielders, but not much pitching.
After a disappointing 71-91
season, owner Frank McCourt (no
relation to the author) gave Paul
Depodesta the boot as GM of the
Los Angeles Dodgers. Before
becoming GM of the Dodgers,
Paul was a loyal deputy of Billy
Beane of the Oakland Athletics.
Depodesta was done in by
poor signings like #55 million for
the oft-injured J.D. Drew and $36
million for the inconsistent Derek
Lowe. Combined with his failure
to re-sign star hitter Adrian Beltre
and his trades of Shawn Green
and Paul Lo Duca, he was left
with a mess. He was also criti-
cized that his “moneyball” strat-
egy did not emphasize team
chemistry. ◙
Page 16
Football Frenzy
BY OSMAN NEMLI
SPORTS EDITOR
It’s been more than a month
since the football, a.k.a. “soccer,”
season began in Europe. Though
not very popular in the United
States, football is the sport in
Europe. It is the baseball,
basketball, and grid-
iron football of the
United States all
rolled into one and
topped with Canadian
hockey. Football is to
Europe as Holly-
wood is to actors, or
as Dr. Dre is to Eminem.
Comparisons cannot do
justice to it. Its
lack of popularity
should not faze people from
watching it here in the United
States.
This year is an especially
The General Manager Wheel Goes Round
BY ERIC MAYO
STAFF WRITER
As the Major League Base-
ball offseason begins, big
changes are taking place. These
moves aren’t on the diamond, but
in the front office. Numerous
teams have instituted roster
shakeups in hope of improving
their fortunes next year.
However, one of the biggest
surprises was a manager who
stayed put. Brian Cashman, gen-
Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman.
Agence France-Presse
November 16, 2005 Sports THE STUYVESANT STANDARD
important year for football be-
cause of the World Cup, the big-
gest tournament in football, held
every four years. In 2006, Ger-
many will host the World Cup.
The hosting country automati-
cally gains entry into the World
Cup, but other countries must
compete for entrance in
regional tournaments.
This past month, the
United States quali-
fied to contend for
the World Cup. You
might be asking,
“why should I care
about football if it
only interests me every
four years?” The an-
swer is that
some of
the best football to be seen, can
Nolan celebrates after scoring the first an only
be seen every year and not at the point in the English Premier match on Nov. 7.
Continued on Page 15 4thegame
eral manager of the New York promise for more control of deci- admits to it or not, is money. The
Yankees, re-signed for three more sion making. This was a crucial Red Sox offered a 3 year deal at
years with a salary of $5 million. factor for Cashman. around $1.5 million a year, while
Cashman, who has been in the The New York Yankees’ Theo wanted closer to the $2.25
Yankee organization since he archrivals Boston million they of-
became an intern 19 years ago, Red Sox have GM Cashman, who fered Billy
seemed burned out after the Yan- problems of their Beane, the GM
kees’ game five loss to Anaheim. own. On October
had been in the of the Athletics,
Yankee organiza-
Many also felt that Cashman 31st, their general before selecting
would be blamed by team owner manager, 31 year tion since he be- Theo. The second
George Steinbrenner for not win- old whiz-kid Theo factor was a
came an inter 19
ning the World Series since 2000. Epstein, decided power struggle.
Instead, Cashman received an not to extend his years ago, seemed The o ’s boss,
increased salary and a verbal expiring contract. Larry Luccino,
Theo was instru-
burned out after the has had Theo as
mental in many of Yankees game five his assistant for
the signings that loss to Anaheim. 10 years through
lead to the Red Sox Luccino’s various
reversing the curse, including jobs. Theo reportedly was tired of
signing power hitting DH David his father figure attitude. Theo
Ortiz at the bargain rate of five may take the year off from base-
million dollars. ball, but some suggest he is the
Two factors were involved in
his decision. The first, whether he Continued on Page 15
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