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The Stuyvesant Standard
Volume V, Issue 1
Stuyvesant Welcomes Largest
Freshman Class in Years
BY JENNIFER SCHLESINGER
OUT OF SCHOOL NEWS EDITOR
Today Stuyvesant High
School welcomes hundreds of
new freshmen and sophomores.
The entering freshman class, the
class of 2009, consists of ap-
proximately 900 students, well
above the typical class size of
700-800 students. The 60 enter-
ing sophomores, who will gradu-
ate in 2008, have two official
homerooms, 3JA and 3JB, instead
of the usual one.
The disparity is an attempt at
balancing last year’s atypically
small class size. Stanley Teitel,
the principal of Stuyvesant,
wanted to lower class size to re-
duce overcrowding. Accordingly,
fewer students were admitted to
the class of 2008 than to previous
classes. The New York Times and
The Daily News criticized the
reduction, arguing that it was
selfish for a highly selective
school to cut class size at a time
A Summer Taste of Columbia
BY KAREN LIU
WEBMASTER
Come summer vacation,
many students scramble for op-
portunities to work or study. Tak-
ing a summer course at a college
is becoming an increasingly
popular option.
Columbia University, one of
the most prestigious universities
in the country, offers a popular
summer program. Students
should keep in mind that the
courses at Columbia provide no
college credit, and that while the
college does supply a written
evaluation, the tuition alone can
exceed $2,500.
This is not to say that the
courses offered at Columbia are
without their merits. Program
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had increased. In
Incoming freshmen and Big Sibs gather at Camp Stuy. response to the
criticism, the De-
partment of Edu-
cation ordered
Stuy to admit
more students to
the class of 2009
to make up for the
smaller class of
2008.
Reactions to the
DOE’s decision
are mixed. Advo-
cates of smaller
grades decry
overcrowding and
high student-to-
teacher ratios,
which they feel
could hurt the
quality of a Stuy
education. Others
feel that since so
many want to
TSS/Deep Parikh come to Stuy, as
when almost all city schools were that the number of students ap- many as possible should be ac-
overcrowded, especially given plying to specialized high schools cepted. ◙
and my personal thoughts about
the lectures as well."
Courses are enriched by
speakers with specialized knowl-
edge. Ronald Breslow, Colum-
coordinator Mark Blacher ex- nitely approachable,” says Sejal bia’s S. L. Mitchill Professor of
plains, "We want our students to Jain, a student in the Conserva- Chemistry and
be able to seriously study a sub- holder of the title
ject they are genuinely interested of Universit y
in but also to have an enjoyable Professor, Co-
summer in which they make lumbia’s highest
friends, enjoy Columbia's beauti- academic honor,
ful campus, and get a taste of spoke at the In-
college life." Classes are more tensive Seminars
than just lectures; students have in Modern Chem-
gone on trips to an abandoned istry course.
mine, the Brookhaven National Sunny Chun, a
Laboratory and the History Chan- student in the
nel headquarters. Classes in the High school students working in
course, says: “He
sciences immerse students in labs at Columbia University.
was talking about
laboratory work. The instructors what there is left
have degrees or extensive work Columbia University
to do for our gen-
experience in their fields of tion Biology class. "I talked to eration of chemists . . . and boy
study. "The teachers were defi- mine about assignments, projects there is a lot to do."
Columbia University's high
INSIDE THIS ISSUE school program is much less se-
lective than the undergraduate
-------------- college; an estimated 1,400 were
News.....................2-5 Science..............................8 accepted in 2005 from 1,600 ap-
Business................6 Puzzles……………….......8-9 plicants. However, students who
Opinions................6-7 Arts & Entertainment........10 apply must submit a personal
Literary.................7-8 Sports................................11-12
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THE STUYVESANT Staten Island Tech New

STANDARD Specialized High School
BY JENNIFER SCHLESINGER same test taken by Stuy appli-
OUT OF SCHOOL NEWS EDITOR cants. Previously, the school con-
sidered middle school grades and
Executive Leadership Team This year Staten Island Tech-
performance on the 8th grade di-
nical High School joins the roster
DR. JOHN NIKOL FACULTY ADVISER agnostic test. The change in ad-
of the city’s specialized high
WINNIE LEE EDITOR IN CHIEF mission policy is controversial.
schools. There are now eight; the
SHO UEMURA M ANAGING EDITOR Many Staten Islanders feel that
other seven being LaGuardia;
JESSICA THAM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER the change will increase the num-
Bronx Science; Brooklyn Tech;
WINNIE DU LAYOUT EDITOR ber of students from other bor-
the high schools at City College,
JACOB ARLUCK COPY CHIEF oughs, disrupting the school’s
Lehman College and York Col-
LAURA HAN IN SCHOOL NEWS EDITOR close-knit community. Others,
lege; and Stuyvesant.
JENNIFER SCHLESINGER OUT-OF-SCHOOL NEWS EDITOR however, feel that the change is
Admissions at Staten Island
JENNIFER WONG ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR for the better, for it will diversify
Tech are now determined by per-
OSMAN NEMLI SPORTS EDITOR the high school. ◙
formance on the SHSAT, the
WINNIE LEE ACTING SPORTS EDITOR
LADA KUKUY LITERARY EDITOR
YANJ IE HOU OPINIONS EDITOR

Faculty Changes
DEEP PARIKH SCIENCE EDITOR
MELISSA CHAN BUSINESS EDITOR
KAREN LIU WEBMASTER
KATIE BANKS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOJOURNALISM
DANIEL EGERS (‘03) FOUNDER
ERNEST BASKIN (‘04) EDITOR EMERITUS BY JENNIFER SCHLESINGER
OUT OF SCHOOL NEWS EDITOR
Publication Department Teacher Change
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Columbia University. But to
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in experiencing an area of study
or pursuing a potential major,
Columbia University's summer
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Roberts Nominated for Chief Justice

BY YANJIE HOU no prior experience on the Su- ideologies, their views falling on strong executive, and a believer
OPINIONS EDITOR preme Court, unlike Chief Justice the conservative right. Often in judicial restraint.
Rehnquist who first served 14 hailed as one of the major leaders But while the president may
On September 5, President years as an of the conser- have secured the power of the
Bush nominated Judge John G. associate jus-
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
vative ascen-
Roberts Jr., a judge of the United tice before be- dancy on the
States Court of Appeals for the ing appointed S u p r e m e ‘It is in the interest of
District of Columbia Circuit and as chief justice Court, Chief the court and the coun-
a former clerk for Chief Justice by President J u s t i c e
William H. Rehnquist, as his Reagan in Rehnquist try to have a chief jus-
choice for the chief justice of the 1986. How- pulled back on
United States.
tice on the bench on the
ever, the criminal proce-
Already nominated for the United States dural rights and first full day of the fall
seat left by the retiring Justice Court of Ap- limited federal
Sandra Day O’Connor, Judge term.’ -President Bush
peals for the court involve-
Roberts was expected to be con- District of Co- ment with ap-
firmed by a comfortable margin lumbia Circuit, peals of death chief justice in another conserva-
in his open hearing before the on which Judge penalties. Chief tive’s hand, the nominee for the
Senate Judiciary Committee on Roberts serves, J u s t i c e seat of Justice O’Connor, who is
September 6. However, due to the is generally Rehnquist was far more ambiguous in her ideol-
unexpected death of Chief Justice considered the also one of few ogy and has provided the swing
Rehnquist on September 3, Presi- second most lone dissenters vote on many controversial is-
dent Bush has now chosen to important court in Roe v. Wade sues, remains uncertain. ◙
nominate Roberts for the seat of in the nation, and several
chief justice instead, saying, “It is after the Su- On September 5th, President Bush nomi- decisions sup-
in the interest of the court and the nated John G. Roberts Jr. to be the chief
preme Court. justice of the United States. p or t i n g a f- CORRECTION
country to have a chief justice on H o we v e r , firmative ac- • The “Ancient Grudges and
the bench on the first full day of experiences on different courts tion. The published opinions of Present Obstinacy” should
the fall term.” aside, Chief Justice Rehnquist Judge Roberts reveal him to be a have been credited to YanJie
At age 50, Judge Roberts has and Judge Roberts had similar strict textualist, a supporter of a Hou.

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The MITE2S Program

BY AMY LEUNG
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
This summer, many students
attended the MITE2S (Minority
Introduction to Engineering, En-
trepreneurship, and Science) Pro-
gram, an academic enrichment
program for high school students.
69 rising seniors from the United
States and Germany took part in
the intense six-week program at
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. They took rigorous
classes in calculus, biology,
chemistry, biochemistry, humani-
ties, engineering, internet pro-
gramming and genomics. All stu-
dents received scholarships, col-
lectively funded by various indus-
tries, foundations, individuals,
and MIT itself. This scholarships
covered all living and educational
expenses, so the students only
had to pay for transportation. The
2 Jefferson. Students were even
MITE S program “is rooted in
MIT’s belief in the importance to
our nation that
minorities and Students acted as
other underrep-
resented seg- “investigators,” determin- and mag-
ments of the ing whether the descen-
population
dants of Sally Hemings,
pursue higher
education and slave owned by Thomas
careers in
Jefferson, were also de-
[science and
scendants of Jefferson.
engineering],”
according to
the program’s website. Students
not only took challenging
courses, but also developed confi-
dence in their academic abilities,
sampled college life, and built
diverse friendships.
Classes started at 9 AM every
weekday. Calculus was divided
into two levels for students of
differing math background. Phys-
ics was likewise divided into
three sections, depending on the
scores students received on a di-
agnostic exam.
In biology, students learned
about biochemistry, DNA typing,
metabolism, recombinant DNA
methods, DNA replication, tran-
scription, translation, and gene
regulation, with an emphasis on
biotechnology. Lectures took up
most class time, but for variety
students sung biology songs and
made presentations based on their
researches outside of class. They
used Case It! software, a suite of
programs for analyzing DNA
sequences and generating images
based on the results. Students
acted as “investigators,” finding
criminals in mock murder cases,
determining whether the off-
spring of two parents carried a
genetic disease, and whether the
descendants of Sally Hemings, a
slave owned by Thomas Jeffer-
son, were also descendants of
able to sequence their own DNA.
Physics III
covered
electricit y
netism. It
was an
a intense
course that
applied
calculus to
problem-
solving.
In Calculus
I, students learned about limits,
epsilon-delta proofs, derivatives,
integrals, the Fundamental Theo-
rem of Calculus, work, and opti-
mization.
Students took a humanities
class so they would have the
skills necessary to communicate
their ideas. The course and the
reading texts focused on both
"Race, Ethnicity, and American
Identity" and "Science and Eth-
MITE2S students, including Stuy senior Amy Leung, second from left, built
robots for a competition.
TSS/Amy Leung
ics, a course held at the MIT
ics." Students watched the movies
Broad Institute Center for Ge-
“Smoke Signals” and “Gattaca”
nome Research where approxi-
and read many short stories and
mately 1/3 of the human genome
science texts, such as the “The
was sequenced. Students worked
Double Helix” by James D. Wat-
in groups to sequence a human
son, co-discoverer of the helical
gene associated with a disease
structure of DNA.
and gave poster presentations in
At the heart of the MITE2S
the end.
program were the teaching assis-
The third elective was Inter-
tants. These were college students
net programming, where students
who lived with the students, went
learned about programming and
to classes with them, and tutored
designed interactive websites
them in particular subject areas. using Flash.
The TAs went over material at
In addition to classes, work-
recitations and held review ses-
shops and career seminars were
sions at night. They spend late
held weekly.
nights helping students with prob-
Students learnt how to im-
lem sets and projects. prove their study skills, and heard
Many people considered the
success stories from prominent
elective courses in MITE2S the
engineers and scientists.
most exciting part of the program.
The MITE2S program was
In Engineering Design, students
not all work and no play. Barbe-
built their own robots in the
ques, dance cruises, trips to Bos-
classrooms and machine shops in
ton, Martha’s Vineyard and the
MIT’s Edgerton Center. They
MIT Museum all livened up
also built a separate autonomous
weekend. Students also explored
Lego Mindstorms robot. They
Boston on their own time, yet
learned the fundamentals of ro-
also learned to manage their time.
botics and mechanical engineer-
This work was both challenging
ing. At the end of the course, the
and rewarding.
robots took part in an Engineer-
More information about the
ing Design competition.
MITE2S Program can be found at
Another elective was Genom-
http://web.mit.edu/mites/www. ◙

Julian Stanley Dead at 87, Pioneer

BY ANNA GINZBURG
JUNIOR STAFF WRITER
Dr. Julian Cecil Stanley,

creator of the Center for Talented
Youth, died on August 12th, 2005.
Founded in 1979, the Johns Hop-
kins University-based CTY offers
thousands of gifted students the
opportunity to take advanced
courses over the summer.
Dr. Stanley was born in East
Point, Georgia in 1918. He stud-
in Gifted Education
ied at West Georgia Junior Col-
lege (now the State University of
West Georgia) and at Georgia
Southern University. In World
War II, he served in the Army Air
Corps Chemical Warfare Service.
He then achieved many a Stuyve-
sant student’s dream by going to
Harvard, where he received a
doctorate in education in 1950.
In the 1960’s and early 70’s
he became interested in mathe-
matics education for gifted chil-
dren, and with the task of talent
identification and development.
He gave a few of his most preco-
cious middle-school students ad-
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THE STUYVESANT STANDARD September 8, 2005 News Page 5

Teens Sweep Up the Streets of Chinatown

BY YINLERTHAI CHAN
STAFF WRITER
It was 10 A.M. on Sunday,
August 4th 2005. Passerby on
Mott Street saw a mass of teenage
volunteers in front of the Chinese
Consolidated Benevolent Asso-
ciation building. It was the begin-
ning of the 3rd Annual Chinatown
Beautification Day, a program
sponsored by the Chinatown
Youth Initiative. Braving 90-
degree heat, youth from all over
New York waited in lines and
crowds under the hot sun, ready
to register and to begin. Some
few lucky early volunteers re-
ceived free orange T-shirts bear-
ing the event logo.
Past CBDs brought over 150
students to clean the Chinatown
streets, mostly high school and
college students. But now there
were over 300 students, the larg-
est amount ever. Middle-school
students joined their older fel-
lows. Though the majority were
Asian-American, students of al-
most every race and nationality
worked together. Several schools’
Key Clubs, including Stuyve-
sant’s and Bronx Science’s, sent
volunteers.
An hour after registering, the
volunteers finally hit the streets
armed with tools provided by the
NYC Department of Transporta-
tion and the CCBA: trash bags,
dust bins, tongs, gloves, and lots
and lots of brooms. Everyone was
Volunteers work together to clean up Chinatown.
TSS/Yinlerthai Chan
assigned into one of 15 groups.
Each group was assigned a par-
ticular patch of Chinatown. Cer-
tain groups were given water for
washing, but most volunteers
patrolled the streets removing
whatever garbage they could find.
Candy wrappers, soggy old news-
papers, tissues, fruit skins, paper
cups, and even chopsticks littered
the streets and sidewalks. Mys-
tery liquids in a rainbow of colors
rested in the sides of the roads,
covering even more trash. The
few trees and shrubs were smoth-
ered by garbage.
As the beautification of Chi-
natown continued, tourists and
residents alike watched the volun-
teers go about their Augean task.
Some helped by picking up cer-
tain pieces of waste, or by dump-
ing their own garbage into the
trash bags. It was certainly an
impressive sight to see New York
City teenagers picking up garbage
on the streets. Observers were
Mystery liquids in a
rainbow of colors...
motivated not to litter.
The volunteers were allowed
a rest period to eat, drink and
recover. Free water, sandwiches,
and cakes arrived during the
lunch break. After the break,
work continued onwards until all
the sections were complete. It
was not surprising to see many
trash bags filled from sweeping
up only a small part of Manhat-
tan.
Naturally, the volunteers got
certain rewards from their works.
Apart from the free T-shirts, stu-
dents received service credits to
fufill requirements and impress
colleges – and beyond such petty
concerns, they got the satisfaction
of walking through a clean New
York. “It was a great day”, said
Richard Mui, the project director
of the CYI, “we had a huge turn-
out of volunteers and everyone
had a great time.” Perhaps the
next CBD will be even better. ◙

Julian Stanley Dead at

87, Pioneer
in Gifted Education
Continued from Page 4 mastered basic calculus.
For the most profoundly tal-
vanced exams like the SAT to test ented students, Dr. Stanley
their abilities. After much initial founded the Study of Mathemati-
success, he realized that it would cally Precocious Youth, now the
be better to expand this testing Study of Exceptional Talent. SET
into a regular program rather than is open to students who earn
to just work with the few students scores of 700 or higher
that came to him. on the math or verbal
Throughout the portion of the SAT at
1970s he held regular the while younger than
talent searches. He 14. The program pro-
also founded a variety vides counseling, men-
of advanced courses to toring, and other sup-
better serve the high port for these gifted
scorers on the exams, students.
culminating in the During his career, Dr.
creation of CTY in Stanley wrote and ed-
1979. CTY grew rap- ited 19 books, and
idly, and cognate pro- published more than
grams now exist at Dr. Stanley in his later 500 articles in profes-
Duke, Northwestern, years. sional journals. He
the University of Den- The JHU Gazette
was also president of
ver, and at universities in Ireland the American Educational Re-
and Spain. Today more than search Association, the National
200,000 students a year attend Council on Measurement in Edu-
CTY or similar programs. cation, and two different divi-
In the popular summer math sions of the American Psycho-
classes, mathematically gifted logical Association, and was a
children can learn a year’s worth member of Phi Beta Kappa and
of mathematics in three weeks. the National Academy of Educa-
One talented 12 year old even tion. ◙
Page 6
London Gets the
Olympics
BY MICHELE LEE
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
London has won the rights to
host one of the biggest sporting
London's Greenwich Park, which will be renovated to
host equestrian events.
BBC
events of 2012, the Summer
Olympics. The games will affect
Britain economically for many
years and will bring about ex-
traordinary changes, especially in
London's eastern boroughs. Strat-
ford, currently a shabby, gloomy
part of London 's East End, will
become the site of the Olympic
Village and of a new 80,000-seat
stadium.
About ₤5 billion ($9 billion)
will be invested for the Games.
Most of this money will be used
to improve the East End. Power
lines will be installed to prevent
future blackouts, new buildings
will be built, waterways will be
enhanced, and transportation up-
Prison Tales of Horror
BY WAI LING CHEUNG
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
In the criminal justice system
of America, wrongdoers are sent
to jail, where they are supposed
to repent their past crimes and
reform their present selves. Most
of society continues on with daily
life, oblivious to the way some
inmates are being abused.
In the last few years, the
number of sexual abuse and rape
cases in American prisons has
risen at an alarming rate. Accord-
ing to the Justice Department,
there are at least 8,000 prison sex
crimes every year. Some might
say, "So what? These criminals
wrought havoc in society and
endangered the welfare of others.
Now they are just getting what
they deserve by harming each
other." But this narrow-sighted
view shows an ignorance of the
extent of this serious problem and
its potential detriments to society.
The grouping of criminals in
prisons is completely arbitrary. A
teenage drug user or a minor
September 8, 2005 Business/Opinion
grades will help accommodate
London's mass of commuters.
Stratford City will soon be full of
offices, hotels, homes, and gar-
dens. About
11,000 new jobs
will be created.
An expected in-
crease in tourism
should bring more
revenue into the
area.
About 78 percent
of Britons sup-
ported the bid for
the Ol ympics,
though some op-
posed it. The op-
position group
NoLondon2012
has raised con-
cerns about the
potential effects of tributors
the Olympics on small busi-
nesses, and about the total cost of
the Games. They believe that
about 300 companies will go out
of business because of the Olym-
pics, and that the thousands of
tourists could cause chaos. The
London Development Agency,
however, says that it will make
sure the businesses that are nega-
tively affected by the Olympics
will be well compensated and that
the increase in tourism is benefi-
cial for the city. Officials say that
although the cost will be great,
they believe Britain will be one
of the few countries to make a
profit on the Olympics. ◙
first-time offender may be placed
in the same cell as a serial rapist
or multiple murderer. Thousands
like T. J. Parsell, who recently
testified to a Congressional com-
mission investigating prison sex-
Rodney Hulin, a victim of prison rape who has
spoken out against abuse.
Human Right’s Watch
ual abuse, commit illegal but not
unforgivable acts that land them
in jail next to hardened criminals.
Parsell, originally a mischievous
teenager who robbed a store with
a toy gun, was transformed by
five years of prison into an emo-
A Love as Deep as the Sea: One
Student's Experiences at the
Museum of Natural History
BY CAROLINE HUGH
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
"Is it real?"
"Is it alive?"
These were the top two ques-
tions visitors
asked me at
the Museum of
Natural His-
tory's Hall of
Ocean Life. I
was there three
times a week,
three hours at
a time, work-
ing as a Saltz
intern. (Mr.
Saltz is one of
the main con-
to Students learned how to present exhibits to the public.
this internship American Museum of Natural History
program.) My
job was to stand behind an inter-
active cart with one or two part-
Other than the great
amount of knowledge
we had to learn, the
hardest part of the job
was the actual interac-
tion between visitor
and intern.
ners and greet all the visitors,
from a child truly intrigued by the
wonders of the vast ocean to a
tionally tortured drug addict as a
result of the mental, physical and
sexual abuse he suffered in jail.
Do we really want a prison
system that spits out former of-
fenders who are more mentally
troubled than before? If not for
our flawed, illogical, and unjust
punishment system, some victim-
ized offenders might have re-
formed. If their self-
esteem and ability to trust
hadn't been destroyed by
rape and torture, some
could have returned to
society as productive citi-
zens.
The Eighth Amendment
bans cruel and unusual
punishment. T. J. Parsell
may have deserved five
years in prison but he did
not deserve to be raped
and stripped of his dig-
nity. As Americans, we
have a responsibility to support
human rights for everyone, even
criminals who have violated our
laws and endangered our society.
If we ignore abuse, we are hypo-
crites. We truly become the hypo-
crites that many nations accuse us
of being. ◙
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skeptical adult who gave a cur-
sory glance at the exhibits. Any-
one who approached us was en-
couraged to ask questions and to
touch specimens on the cart.
My job wasn't as easy as it
sounded.. In our three days of
training we chose marine displays
and taught each other about them,
but that wasn't enough. Other
than the great amount of knowl-
edge we had to learn, the hardest
part of the job was the actual in-
teraction between visitor and in-
tern. We presumed that the visi-
tors were as attentive and coop-
erative as we were. But children
had short attention spans, eager to
touch and tangle anything within
their reach. Teenagers walked by
briefly, mostly nonchalant and
unresponsive. Adults asked eso-
teric questions or acted as if they
knew everything. Most of all,
people asked the two most pre-
dictable yet unimportant ques-
tions, and walked away when the
answers didn't suit their fancy.
Despite the incompliant visi-
tors who peeved me sometimes,
there were things that inspired me
not only to learn and teach,
but also to be excited about my
job. To get the internship, I pre-
sented a short yet compelling
essay, a solid résumé, and a per-
sonable interview. But I also had
something I didn't need to em-
bellish: my passion for the ocean.
The magnitude and intricacy
of the ocean continue to astound
me. The largest animals consume
the slightest creatures. The ocean
recycles and cleans itself as its
children help each other out and
live by means beyond our com-
prehension. From the tangible
shoreline to the murkiest abyss,
there is little I understand and
much I want to know about the
ocean. That is why I devoted my
time and energy at the museum,
in the hope of inflaming the
hearts of others who share the
same passion I do. ◙
THE STUYVESANT STANDARD
Brampton: Ontario’s
Picturesque Flower Town
BY NOORULAIN SIDDIQUI
JUNIOR STAFF WRITER
In the greater Toronto area
lies the tranquil and scenic city of
Brampton. Brampton has a popu-
lation of about 350,000 people,
expected to grow to around
600,000 by 2021. In the early
1800s Brampton, named after a
city in England, was uninhabited.
It was first settled in
1843 and incorpo-
rated as a village in
OnLocation
1853. For a long
time Brampton has
been known as the
“Flower Town of
Canada,” for its
acres upon acres of
flowery greenery.
While Brampton is
not a very large city,
it does have its
share of tourist at-
tractions. In For-
mula Kartwa ys,
people can safely
dr ive NASCAR
style cars around a
controlled indoor
track. The Great
War Flying Museum
has life-size replicas
of World War I
fighter planes. Volunteers create
and maintain the replicas, and
make demonstrations for visitors.
Other tourist attractions in-
clude Bramalea City Centre, a
mall with more than 250 stores
and almost anything one could
St. Elias Church
ever ask for, and Wild Water
Kingdom, the largest water-only
theme park in Canada. Historic
Boviard House, a Victorian farm-
house built in 1850, contains fur-
nishings dating from 1850 to
1920. Brampton also has many
treasures for history lovers, in-
cluding the Peel Heritage Com-
plex, which includes a museum, a
county courthouse, a former
county jail, and an art gallery.
The gallery allows the tourists to
September 8, 2005 Opinion/Literary
experience the history and the
artistic talents of the first settlers.
The Korea Veterans’ National
Wall of Remembrance and On-
tario Field of Honor Monument
provide visitors with a detailed
list of all Canadian units that
served in the Korean War and
hold 516 bronze plaques in re-
membrance of the Canadian sol-
diers who lost their lives in the
war.
If visitors want to enjoy the
beauty and glory of nature,
Brampton is not lacking. Bramp-
In Formula Kart-
ways, people can
safely drive NASCAR
style cars
ton has three nature trails. Etobi-
coke Creek Trail, at approxi-
mately 14.5 km (9 miles), allows
its visitors to see the canopies of
tall trees. Chinguacousy Trail, 8
km (5 miles) long, leads to the
Chinguacousy Park, a great fam-
ily-gathering place for summer
and winter activities. The Profes-
sor Lake Trail, goes around the
Professor’s Lake and is a great
place for quiet reflection. The
Professor’s Lake also happens to
be Brampton’s only beach, where
one can canoe, play in the sand,
or take part in many water activi-
ties. Along with Heart Lake Con-
servation Area and Eldorado Park
it is a major fishing spot. Animal
lovers can take advantage of three
The outskirts of Brampton.
stables for horseback riding or
visit the Humber Nurseries But-
terfly Conservatory, which con-
tains over 30 species of native
butterflies in their natural envi-
ronment.
Whether you want to relax in
a calm atmosphere or experience
nature in all its glory, revisit his-
tory and the arts or shop until you
drop, Brampton has something
for you. ◙
Page 7
BY INNOKENTY PYETRANKER
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
And now we come back once more
Rejuvenated by summer's pleasures galore
Classes are starting, people are meeting
Books we are buying, lunches we are eating
The new year is here
So prepare to get smart
It's not scary so don't fear
We are only at the very start
BY LEI ZENG
STAFF WRITER
Mounting a hill, you and I
Expected to catch the sight
Of a tranquil lake
Glittering gracefully under the sun
Where soothing breeze would embrace us
And with dragonflies
Dipping the mirror-like surface of the water
Spreading gentle rings and waves
We would take off our shoes and indulge
In the cool waters, submerging our feet
Our thoughts basking in the serenity of it all
Carefree and blithesome
Our minds in perfect harmony with the world
But atop the hill we stood aghast
To find naught but the remains of the lake we sought –
A dried-up lake
With dried-up weeds a foot tall
Oh, the yellow barrenness
It was as if we set out to find heaven
But only arrived at the threshold of hell
I stood immobile, stunned
But your firm grasp of my hand calmed me
Your strong gait
As you treaded ‘round the lake with me reassured me
Things won’t always be as we expect them
But you showed me the courage needed
To face what perils may lie ahead
Confidence
Believing in myself that I can take the challenge of the
future
Yet moreover
I trust in you
Knowing that you will guard me against every harm
I’m willing to travel the world over
With one in whom my deepest trust is placed
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New Study Links Brain

Activity in Youth
BY LADA KUKUY
LITERARY EDITOR and Alzheimer’s
Fate sometimes works in strangest ways BY DEEP PARIKH default state. In people with Alz-
and one meets whom she loves, SCIENCE EDITOR heimer’s, plaques develop in the
but cannot make herself decide region of the brain responsible for
with whom to spend her days. After studying the brain ac- the default state. These clumps in
tivity of 784 people, some healthy the brain in people with Alz-
One is the sweet knight of her dreams, and some afflicted with Alz- heimer’s are responsible for the
her long-awaited love. heimer’s disease, researchers severe loss of memory suffered
They fit each other perfectly, have observed that the areas of by patients.
better than hand and glove. the brain used for daydreaming Researchers have found that
and simple musing are the same when an adolescent is asked to
An ocean vast tore them apart, regions affected by the disease. concentrate on something, he or
and most important, age. Alzheimer’s disease is the she is able to block out the de-
Without him, bleeds her lonely heart most com- fault state
in its eternal cage. mon form of and concen-
dementia, trate on the
The other One is not a star; affecting task. How-
his life lacks brilliant light, around 4.5 ever, in peo-
but from her he is never far m i l l i o n ple with
and loves with all his might. Americans. Alzheimer’s
People with disease, the
Through imperfections and mistakes, Alzheimer’s default state
his good soul sends its gleam, tend to have starts work-
and being near him sets her free, trouble think- ing more
her face- a happy beam. ing, commu- when asked
nicating or A PET scan of the brain of an Alzheimer's pa- to concen-
Which one to choose and love for life: remembering. tient, showing decay. trate, thus
the one who has no clue The disease F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. preventing
about her passion and the strife, usually oc- effective thinking.
which turns her bright hopes blue? curs after the age of 60 but with This strong link between the
the new research scientists are adolescent mind and the Alz-
hypothesizing that the disease heimer’s patient’s mind seems to
Or the one who’s give all for her, might start developing at a much imply, according to lead re-
his “all” not being much, earlier age. searcher Dr. Randy Buckner of
but being “real”, like no other, The state the brain is in when Howard Hughes Medical Insti-
returning tender touch? people think about random tute, that Alzheimer’s may just be
things, daydream, or think of old the result of everyday activities of
memories, and aren’t concentrat- the brain. ◙
ing on anything is known as the

Going to the Dogs

COLLECTED BY LADA KUKUY BY MONICA LUK
LITERARY EDITOR STAFF WRITER

The Encounter P E R R I T O B O H S A E L K Y N R A C
A man walks out of a bar totally hammered, only to be O I B O X E R R O D A R B A L S M U T L
greeted by a snobby woman. She takes one look at him.
"You, sir, are drunk!" O O A V Y O N S G T E F E A H U A N B O
"And you ma'am, are ugly. But when I wake up, I will be C W R E E N I N H C E F I T T K B O X O
sober!"
H L K R P D L Y O T W E H C R C N T S R
The Collision A U H A U H I H C S Y R A N E I U H I D
Two men: a one eyed and a cross-eyed one, collide while
walking on a sidewalk. O P S C P B E H O U N D O L P L E L R P
“You should look where you are going!” yells the cross eyed O G D K P E X D L H T P B D D E E V L M
man angrily.
“And you should go where you are looking!” the one-eyed N C K H Y G O D L L U B G O P I K C E I
man yells back. S A Y S A G R G A Y I K G D N K N I P R
N N G U T I O S R K D H O A B E E H P I
A I H K S N R M E A O G P O O D L E U S
Bark Doggy dish Leash Roll over I N O S H S V A Y U G S R H F L M N S H
Beggin’ Strips Doghouse Lick Rover
Bone Drool Mutt Run N E U K D T O P S L R B K E D A M U O S
Boxer Fetch Pant Sheepdog A B S L N R R E B E Y M E O V X N I T E
Bulldog Fido Perrito Sit
Canine Frisbee Pit bull Snoopy R X E A B I S X K P E V O L L O R D T T
Chew toy Hound Pomeranian Spike E R P W G P G C O F N A I T A M L A D T
Chihuahua Husky Pooch Stay
M S K S D S O O F R I S B E E M A L I E
Cocker spaniel Irish setter Poodle Terrier
Collar Kibble Puppy Walks O D I F M C N D D E P O M A V R N S O R
Dalmatian Labrador Retriever P H B E H S I D Y G G O D T E R R I E R
THE STUYVESANT STANDARD September 8, 2005 Puzzle Page 9

The Stuyvesant Standard Puzzle Hunt is over!

Who won the prize?
Read on for the Puzzle Hunt results and more puzzles.
Puzzle Hunt Crossword Puzzle
team could not actually enter
Stuyvesant to collect the coin, but
had to instead send the hunt or-
Recap ganizers their guesses at the
coin’s location to win the hunt.
BY JESSIE LUK
One of the organizers of the hunt,
BY SHO UEMURA SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Kevin Hwang, said, “We didn't
MANAGING EDITOR plan for the hunt to take that long.
Forty students in 14 teams Hopefully, the next one will work 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

raced to solve puzzles in The out better."

Still, everyone had fun. A 13 14 15 16
Stuyvesant Standard’s first Puz-
zle Hunt. The winning team, student, who declined to be iden-
17 18 19
(TBA), won a $100 prize. tified, said, “I loved the cross-
The contest consisted of a word. I solved it with a teammate 20 21
total of nine puzzles grouped into during the course of three train
two stages. Teams had to solve rides. It was fun to bounce ideas 22 23 24 25
all the puzzles in the first stage, off of him and have a few bril-
then use the solutions to those liant ones returned. It seemed like 26 27 28 29

puzzles in a metapuzzle, to com- the simplest thing in the world

after we got it, but it was defi- 30 31 32 33
plete a stage and move on to the
next. The second stage led in nitely fun getting to that stage.”
34 35 36
similar fashion to the location of Ted said of the hunt, “It was very
a coin hidden in the Stuyvesant clever and a lot of fun.” Becky
37 38 39 40
building, and the team that found Cooper, who with Ethan Sterling
the coin first won the hunt. was on the winning team, said, 41 42 43
The puzzles were very chal- "This puzzle hunt was the high-
lenging — Ted Kaplan, who was light of my summer!" 44 45 46

on one of the teams that came Solutions and final standings

for the Stuyvesant Standard Puz- 47
close to winning the hunt, said of
a puzzle, “Marshmallow Pie is zle Hunt are available at
48 49 50 51 52 53 54
murder.” Even with hints, it took http://www.stuystandard.org/stuy
nearly three months for (TBA) to puzzlehunt. ◙
55 56 57
complete the hunt, so that the
58 59 60

Crypto Join the Across Down

Corner Stuyvesant 1. Gem’s locale 1. Spoil

5. Helper 2. Terrible tsar
10. Tit for ___ 3. Alliance of 1949
BY SHO UEMURA
MANAGING EDITOR
Picnic 2005 13. Imperfect circle
14. Type of race
4. Meadows
5. Actor Brody
15. Less than 90 degrees 6. Modern day Persia
Sponsored by The Stuyvesant High
17. British goodbye 7. Hangs
What is a Cryptogram? School Parents’ Association
Cryptograms are writing that 18. Model of SUV 8. Chick’s predecessor
has been coded by substituting Friday, Sept. 23—6 to 9pm 20. Bobblehead’s action 9. Golfer’s goal
each letter with a different letter. Pier 25—Walk north along the river 22. Before, to a poet 10. Alphabet trio
For instance, if T=A, H=B, and to the pier just north of school. 23. Northeastern France 11. Dined
The entire Stuy community is wel- 26. Teacher’s agenda 12. Earthly
E=C, then the word "the" would
come: Parents, Guardians, Faculty, 29. German article 16. Soda pop
appear as "abc" throughout the
Stuy Students, Staff and Siblings. 30. Prefix for one 19. Received on payday
puzzle. Enjoy meeting members of the Stuy 31. Senior’s need, abbr. 21. Worker bee
community, playing Miniature Golf
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and Beach Volleyball and Music
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share with family and friends or at 45. Drill 35. Clumsy people
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KFFLHLTTZQW YZQDT. - 47. Not outs 39. One of the three R’s
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Visit stuypa.org for more information.
LGLELFDT RA TDWGL 51. Example of a celebrity 43. Alit
For Advance Ticket Sales: 52. Toast spread 45. British chap
Your answer:
Students can bring Check made out 55. Facial feature 46. Take pleasure
to the Stuyvesant PA with Reserva- 56. Person of noble birth 48. 4 p.m. refreshment
tion Forms to the PA office—Room 57. Musical composition ender 49. Music genre
271—Attn: Peggy Harvey. Drop the 58. King Kong’s cousin 50. Wrath
envelope in a box marked WEL- 59. With no end 53. Juice
COME PICNIC in the office. 60. Japanese money 54. Homo sapiens
Page 10
‘Broken
Flowers’
Disappoints
BY ANNA GINZBURG
JUNIOR STAFF WRITER
In Jim Jarmusch’s “Broken
Flowers,” Bill Murray plays the
indifferent Don Johnston, who
rediscovers himself through oth-
ers. Whereas Mr. Murray’s role in
“Lost in Translation” was eager
Don (Bill Murray) and Carmen (Jessica Lange) share a moment in n e c e s s a r y
"Broken Flowers."
Reuters
to explore, Johnston is hesitant to
venture out to seek the truth.
After his girlfriend leaves
him, Johnston finds in his mail-
box a pink envelope with no re-
turn address. The letter reveals
that Johnston has a 19-year-old
BY JENNIFER WONG
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
The New Victory Theater,
New York City’s premier theater
for children and families, begins
celebrating its 10th anniversary
The original Victory Theater, seen here, decayed during the 70's and 80's.
Museum of the City of New York
September 8, 2005 Arts & Entertainment
son who is searching for him.
However, the letter does not re-
veal the mother of the child. On
the advice of his friend Winston
(Jeffrey Wright), Johnston seeks
out his former loves in an attempt
to find the mother of his child.
His journey leads him to four of
his former girlfriends, played by
Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange,
Sharon Stone and Tilda Swinton.
Little does he know that his
search will unfold into a road of
self-discovery: while meeting his
old lovers Johnston meets him-
self.
Although the movie is
adeptly directed with amazing
scenery and
well-placed
transitions,
the overall
pace of the
movie was
rather tedi-
ous. While
the detailed
plot helps
to develop
Don’s quest
for identity,
there are
several un-
scenes that
do not con-
tribute at
all to the movie.
Despite its shortfalls, the
movie leaves you thinking as you
walk out of the theater — and
that is exactly what a great movie
should do. ◙
season on September 16. For a
decade the New Victory has rein-
vented the idea of family enter-
tainment – providing shows not
only enjoyable to children but to
the adults that accompany them.
It’s hard to believe that this same
THE STUYVESANT STANDARD
Ay Caramba!
BY JOANNA MA ings through emails the night be-
SENIOR STAFF WRITER fore the meeting or by word of
mouth and impromptu
Club Spotlight
TV’s “The Simpsons” has fliers the next day.
been treasured by millions of fans Every meeting includes
for more a viewing of sev-
than fifteen Ay Caramba! is all about the eral Simpsons
years. In the Simpsons family. episodes and a
fall of 2003, time to mix with
sophomores fellow avid Simp-
Amy Li, sons fans. Mem-
Joanna Ma, bers cherish the
Shelly Yang get-togethers as a
and Yvonne temporary escape
Fung banded from the horrid
together to assignments and
create a club exams that burden
devoted to students through-
this beloved out the school
television year. ◙
series. While 10thhussar.co.uk
Joanna Ma is the Vice
the spelling of the club’s name President of the Ay Caramba!
may be a bit off (D’oh!), you club. If you are interested in join-
can’t expect perfection from a ing the club and receiving infor-
club dedicated to the less than mation about future Ay Caramba!
perfect Simpson family. meetings, please contact Joanna
Ay Caramba! is an extremely Ma at JoJo51088@aol.com.
carefree club that never requires If you are interested in hav-
its members to raise money or to ing your club featured in Club
advertise upcoming meetings.
Spotlight” please send an email
Members often hear about meet- to arts@stuystandard.org.
New Victory Theater
Turns 10
theater was once a pornographic self. The renamed New Victory
movie house. Theater demonstrated to other
The New Victory Theater is companies that families were
on 42nd Street between 7th and 8th once again willing to bring their
Avenue. In the 80s, comedian children to 42nd St, sparking a
nd
George Carlin quipped that 42 renaissance. Disney took over the
Street got its name from the fact Amsterdam Theater (now The
that people “only want to spend New Amsterdam), now home to
40 seconds there.” From the the musical “The Lion King.”
1960s to the 1980s, business on Since opening on December
42nd St declined rapidly. The 11, 1995, the New Victory Thea-
neighborhood became infamous ter has shown 129 productions by
for drugs, prostitution and crime. 97 national and international
Most area theaters became sec- companies. The 10th anniversary
ond-run movie season features
houses. The block It is hard to believe a wide variety
was so notorious of per for m-
that commuters that the same theater ances, including
from Port Author- was once the only a Chinese circus
ity would pur- act, two dance
posely avoid it by
XXX-rated movie companies, a
walking down 41st house on its block. show by award-
or 43rd Street. No winning puppet-
sane parent would bring children eer Ping Chong, Xtreme theater,
to 42nd St, just as no sane com- and collaboration between chil-
pany would create a children’s dren’s author Maurice Sendak
theater on the block. (“Where the Wild Things Are”)
The New 42nd St. Inc, a non- and playwright Tony Kushner
profit, independent organization, (“Angels in America).
was founded in 1990 with the The New Victory Theater
mission of rejuvenating the thea- will kick off its season with,
ter district. It assumed long-term “Black Grace,” a show featuring
responsibility for seven historic an all-male ensemble from New
42nd Street theaters (including the Zealand. Students can get last-
Victory Theater, soon to become minute tickets for $10. To learn
the New Victory). When the or- more about the New Victory
ganization failed to secure corpo- Theater, you can check out their
rate interest in the theaters, it de- website at www.newvictory.org.
cided to renovate the Victory it- ◙
THE STUYVESANT STANDARD September 8, 2005 Sports
Tour de EPO
BY DEREK WENG organizes the Tour.The newspa-
JUNIOR STAFF WRITER per published the results of a lab
report that identified traces of
Lance Armstrong, the EPO in six urine
world’s most famous cyclist and samples given by
the only seven-time Tour de Armstrong during
France champion, who once val- the 1999 Tour. Al-
iantly conquered cancer and en- though the samples
couraged millions of others to were anonymous,
“Live Strong,” now faces another identified only by a
battle - against charges that he six-digit number,
used a banned performance- L’Equipe claimed
enhancing substance. that the positive test
The daily French sports results bore the same
newspaper L’Equipe published a sample number that
four-page article headlined “The matched Arm-
Armstrong Lie,” alleging that the strong’s medical
perennial cycling winner secretly record.
used the banned red-blood-cell- The report was
producing hormone erythropoi- only based on B
etin (EPO) to boost his endurance samples, the second Armstrong responding to the when scientists
during his first Tour de France set of urine samples doping allegations on CNN.
win in 1999. “The extraordinary used in drug tests.
champion, the escapee from can- The A samples no
AFP/HO-CNN
cer, has become a legend by longer exist, and without two
means of a lie,” stated the article, samples confirming the results,
which was unsigned. L’Equipe is the directors of the Tour cannot
owned by Philippe Amaury Pub- take any legal action against
lications, the same company that Armstrong.Jean-Marie LeBlanc,
Fall Sports Preview
Continued from Page 12
New York Jets
Chad Pennington Ty Law
Adding last year’s Super Bowl MVP, Ty Law, will only improve the Jets team as they
will be getting their star quarterback Chad Pennington back. Pennington missed last
season with a shoulder injury he suffered against the Giants. He is back and ready to
lead the Jets into the new season, and Law will add to the secondary of the Jets.
The Mets, like their cross-town rivals,
have also made their way into playoff
contention, although it is looking less
likely for them. They are 4th in the divi-
sion, but with pitching phenomenon Pedro
Martinez and rookie sensations Jose Reyes
and David Wright, the Mets still have a
chance at making the playoffs.
Eli Manning
With Eli Manning slated as the starter, will he be able to
MLN Sports Group LLC
step up and face the pressure that his brother, Peyton Man-
ning, has already overcome?
David Wright
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director of the Tour de France, years, ever since he recovered
referred to the newspaper’s report from testicular cancer, made a
as “very complete, very profes- spectacular comeback and be-
sional, [and] very meticulous. came arguably the greatest cyclist
[…] We are very shocked, very in history.
troubled by the revelations we’ve The 33-year old Texan cy-
read this morning.” LeBlanc de- clist, who retired last month after
manded an expla- his seventh Tour victory, de-
nation from fended his reputation and strongly
Lance Arm- denied the accusations, insisting
strong.No test for he had never taken performance-
EPO had been enhancing drugs during his ca-
approved in reer. In statement released on his
1999, when the LanceArmstrong.com website, he
urine samples called the attacks a “witch hunt,”
were taken. The saying “the article is nothing
test used was short of tabloid journalism.”
approved by the Armstrong also criticized the
International Cy- validity of testing samples frozen
cling Union in six years ago, questioning the
2001. Tests on soundness of a sample being
the 1999 samples opened with nobody there to ob-
were first con- serve it. “Protocol wasn’t fol-
ducted last year, lowed and there is no back-up
sample to confirm what they say
at the French is a positive test,” he said.
National Anti- Nonetheless, the French lab
Doping Labora- said it will hand its findings to
tory opened up the old samples the World Anti-Doping Agency
while researching new ways to for further testing. “It’s important
fine-tune EPO detection. that the truth must always be
Doping suspicions concern- made clear,” said the Agency’s
ing Armstrong have existed for chairman, Richard Pound. ◙
United States Sports Academy
Lance Armstrong
MSNBC
Lance Armstrong has won a record
of 7 (yes count them, 7) Tour-de-
France cycling Championships.
The Winner of last year’s United
States Sports Academy’s Male Ath-
lete of the Year, Armstrong was a
survivor of testicular cancer, and
founded Live Strong, his campaign
slogan being “Wear Yellow.” How-
ever this is being clouded by an
announcement made by a French
newspaper, claiming that Arm-
strong tested positive six times for
drug use during his first race (See
article above). Whether or not this
NFL
proves he did use performance
enhancing substances or not, he
has still been an extraordinary
person and athlete.
 Page 12 September 8, 2005 Sports THE STUYVESANT STANDARD

BY RAYMOND LEI
SENIOR STAFF WRITER

Art.com
Landon Donovan

Maria Sharapova
International Medalist

Donovan and team USA prepare
the World Cup team. The pre-
liminaries seemed pretty easy for
the team. We’ll see how they do
when the World Cup 2006 be-
gins play. On another note,
Maria Sharapova will enter the US Open as the
top rank, and will look to add a US Open Cham-
pionship to her collection. Shown above, she was
placed 6th as most outstanding female athlete of
2004. Lindsay Davenport (WTA ranked 1st),and
the Williams sisters will look to stand in her way.
The tournament began August 29, 2005.

Derek Jeter
European soccer has started,
United States Sports Academy
and the Champions League pre-
pares to start.
The Yankees are in a tight race for the wild card, competing with the
Oakland Athletics and the Cleveland Indians. The Yankees are also clos-
ing the gap on the 1st place Boston Red Sox in the American League East.
Will the Captain (Derek Jeter) and the Yankees make it back into the
postseason and possibly the World Series? We can only wait and see.

Brownsteins

Larry Brown
Lincoln Financial Field

Terrell Owens Signing the hard-working Larry Brown as head coach may be a
good start for the faltering New York Knicks. Having failed to
finish over .500 in recent years, the Knicks may be able to do it
Football season is back and so is the controversy. Many players have held out training this year. Larry Brown, who has won a championship with the
camp, one of whom is the always-controversial Terrell Owens, who openly trashed his Detroit Pistons, would like to bring his hard work, dedication, and
team, and has sometimes lacked the energy he should have. Will the team be able to over- knowledge of the game to New York.
come this star’s ego in order to win the Super Bowl? Will this big time star make or break
the team? We will find out in December, and maybe even in January. Will Big Ben
(Rothlisberger) be able to lead Pittsburgh to the playoffs again?
Will the Patriots be able to have another spectacular season without Ty Law and Mike
Vrabel? Will another team come up and surprise the nation?
Deccan Herald

With hockey back, and all the changes, Pitts-

Trading Card Central

burgh looks really strong, especially after

drafting 18-year-old teenage phenomenon
Sidney Crosby. The regional teams have
changed their rosters. The Devils, Rangers,
and Islanders have signed and released many
key players. Only time will tell if any of the
three teams will make it to the playoffs as
we brace for this new-look hockey.
Sidney Crosby
Phil Mickelson Roger Federer
Mickelson adds another PGA Championship to his Roger Federer looks to repeat his performance last year at the US Open, and is the
prestigious achievements. He stands 3rd in the World favorite in this tournament, but there will be huge opposition in front of him. Roddick,
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Golf Rankings behind the sensational Tiger Woods, who has been shaky lately and has struggled against Federer, is looking to reclaim his
and the great Vijay Singh. glory in Flushing and win the US Open.
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