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“The Pulse of the Student Body” The SpectatorThe Stuyvesant High School Newspaper Volume 111 No. 16 June 1, 2021 stuyspec.com OPINIONS ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT “Remember Tulsa” “Alfie Templeman Ignites the Imagination” Marking 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, Opinions writer A&E writer Frances Schwarz reviews the brand new record from in- Isabel Ching details the history behind the event and the long-lasting die-pop artist Alfie Templeman, a genre blending project that serves impact it has on race relations today. as concrete proof of a rising star. SEE PAGE 13 SEE PAGE 21 2021 ENDORSEMENTS Sasha Socolow/ TheSasha Socolow/ Spectator Junior Caucus, Daniel Jung and Andrey Sokolov Eliza Oppenheimer/ The Spectator Sasha Socolow/ TheSasha Socolow/ Spectator Senior Caucus, Cynthia Tan and Elio Torres Sophomore Caucus, Amanda Cisse and Margaret Mikhalevsky Congratulations to the 2021-2022 Caucus Leaders. Read pages 4-5 to learn more about each. NEWSBEAT Stuyvesant Continues Weissman Hosts Students who have received NX grades on their report Discussion with cards this year will likely at- Building Renovations tend summer school. Mayoral Candidate Regents examinations this Amid Remote Instruction year are optional, with stu- By CHRISTOPHER P.E. Brian Moran said in an e-mail dents automatically opted SULLIVAN, EUGENE YOO, interview. Kathryn Garcia (‘88) out of them. JINA KOH, and NADA The replacements were HAMEED prompted after the two-to-four By JENNY LIU and NYC public schools will be Additional Reporting by escalator malfunctioned while stu- MOMOCA MAIRAJ fully reopening for in-per- Pulindu Weerasekara dents were on it, causing several son learning this Septem- injuries. Since then, the escalators Social studies teacher Linda ber with no remote option While the Stuyvesant building have gone under construction, cre- Weissman hosted a discussion for students. was nearly devoid of people for the ating an inconvenience in traveling with New York City mayoral past year, its plans for renovations through the building. “In the two candidate and Stuyvesant alumna Seniors Brian Zhang and did not come to a halt. Stuyvesant years since the accident, students Kathryn Garcia (‘88) via Zoom on Lamia Haque are recipi- has completed replacing 12 of its have been without escalators, for May 19. Senior Ann Zhang facili- ents of the 2021 New York 13 escalators and is currently work- the most part, making traveling be- tated the discussion, touching on Times College Scholar- ing on the construction of a new tween classes exponentially more topics such as Garcia’s Stuyvesant ship. robotics lab. difficult,” Moran said. background and policy reform. After hearing concerns, former During the event, Garcia talk- Seniors Arpita Saha, Mas- Escalators Principal Eric Contreras pushed to ed about how her experience as sismo Pensabene, Lisa Though the building’s escala- replace all escalators. “Mr. [Eric] commissioner for the NYC Sani- Chen, and Md Hoque are tors had previously gone through Contreras had been an advocate tation Department, which is re- all recipients of the ACE renovations pre-pandemic, the for a full replacement of the esca- sponsible for garbage collection, lack of students in the building lators for some time and was able Scholarship. recycling collection, street clean- Courtesy of Kathryn Garcia Press Team has proved advantageous to the to help get the project started,” he ing, and snow removal, inspires Some of her mayoral initia- Robotics team StuyPulse project’s completion. “The pan- said. “The project has been funded many of her climate change-relat- won the demic has actually helped with the and managed by the School Con- tives would include converting FRC 694 Design- ed policies. She also worked at the Rikers Island, NYC’s main jail er’s Award in the Game De- completion of this project, as the struction Authority and did not Department of Environmental sign Challenge and the company (Kone) has been able come from the school budget.” complex, into a renewable energy Re- Protection and launched NYC’s zone, implementing a Green New gional Chairman’s Award to continue work throughout and first electronic waste recycling in the 2021 FIRST Robot- with less interference from school program, a styrofoam ban, and ics Competition. events and activities,” Assistant continued on page 6 the nation’s largest food scraps re- continued on page 2 Principal of Security/Health and cycling program. Page 2 The Spectator• June 1, 2021 News Spanish Cinema/Great Films Elective Returns to Stuyvesant By ISABELLA JIA, MAGGIE tive that featured films. “We need “Throughout the year, the stu- SANSONE, and SAKURA to do a variety of different ap- dents worked on making their YAMANAKA proaches to teaching, and I think own original films. I particularly that film and anything in the arts enjoyed working with my class- After being cut from the 2020- [is] very important, not only to mates, from writing the script to Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and NASA 21 school year due to budget cuts, [teach] but to [learn] too. For me, recording to editing,” he said in an the Spanish Cinema/Great Films the film doesn’t serve only as an e-mail interview. “Though it was a WORLDBEAT elective will be returning for the elective, but something more seri- challenging process, collaborating 2021-22 school year. The elec- ous,” she said. with other students in the class to The films shown in this elective put together this year-long project tive, taught by Spanish teacher Moderna will apply for FDA authorization after trials proved to Anna Montserrat, offers students cover many subjects regarding his- was incredibly rewarding.” the opportunity to watch Spanish torical events of Spanish-speaking For Zhao, taking Spanish be effective in 12 to 17-year-olds. films and immerse themselves in countries. “I divide the class into Cinema/Great Films helped him the Spanish language and culture. different topics. For example, one appreciate films more and under- The course mainly features of the topics is an introduction of stand their significance. “Because films from Spain and Latin Amer- the history of the Spaniards. An- of this elective, I can now talk President Joe Biden ordered his team to investigate the origins ica from various time periods. other topic is about social-political and write about films in a more of COVID-19 in light of the re-emergence in the lab leak the- “The course is an overview of parties and conflicts in Spain and nuanced way. I also developed an ory. some of the most important films Latin America,” Montserrat said. appreciation for film as an artistic from the Spanish-speaking cin- “We have other topics including medium, and now I often look to ema, representing both Spain and immigration, personal problems, film when I’d like to learn more Latin America. I’m going to be or personal conflicts for people about the culture or history of a Belarus intercepted a commercial plane to seize a prominent covering from the very beginning who decide to immigrate into any region,” he said. opposition journalist, sparking outrage internationally. of cinematic history to the present country.” Similarly, Tasfia Bashar (’18) day,” Montserrat said. Montserrat emphasized that noted that the class challenged her This elective was originally ideas discussed in the class can ap- to think differently about films created five years ago for stu- ply to current events. “This is go- and the process of making them. The European Union reopened its borders to fully vaccinated dents who finished the AP Span- ing to benefit them because they “For one thing, it made me reflect visitors from countries considered coronavirus safe. ish course but wanted to continue watch movies that touch on topics a lot on the ways in which history studying the language in their next including immigration, social jus- impacts the media and the depic- year. “We thought that Stuyvesant tice, politics, and social relations,” tion of culture on screen. It devel- needed a fourth year of elective she said. “Through a movie [...] ops your analytical skills by allow- An Israel-Hamas cease-fire began on May 20 after 11 days of understanding a language and how ing you to see how different parts because a lot of students finish the fighting with more than 240 deaths. Spanish AP and they want to con- a country works makes you a bet- of filmmaking are crucial to the tinue taking and studying Span- ter student, person, and scholar.” creation of the final piece,” she ish,” Montserrat said. This year, The class includes projects said in an e-mail interview. those who have taken Spanish III and discussions that align with the She also noted the relevance New York Attorney General Letitia James joined the criminal will be eligible to take the elective. films watched. Some notable films of Spanish Cinema/Great Films Montserrat decided to make watched are “La Nana,” “Chico beyond high school. “Two of fraud investigation against the Trump Organization. the elective on Spanish films due y Rita,” “Mujeres al Borde de un the movies I watched during the to her passion for movies. “I love Ataque de Nervios,” and “Los class—“Women on the Verge of Que Se Quedan.” “In class, we a Nervous Breakdown” and “Pan’s movies, and I watch a lot of them Amy Cooper, who the on a birdwatch- because it makes me understand watch the films, have group dis- Labyrinth”—have come up either called police Black man better my culture, my country, and cussions, and read literature re- in conversation or in my classes at ing, sued her former employer for being terminated. the world, along with people and lated to the topics and films. We college,” Bashar said. “Also, even relationships,” she said.

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