Erica Chen (erica-chen)

echen40 [ at ] stuy [ dot ] edu

Erica Chen ('24) is a Humor Editor. She loves sending specsy emails + editing articles at 3 a.m. In her free time, she enjoys responding to Ryan Peng’s (‘24) frantic 2 a.m. extension requests and writing rizzy articles with Ravindra Mangar (‘23).

Help! I’m Trapped in the Junior SING! Exhibit, and Now I’m Forced to Watch PDA!

Erica Chen, Ryan Peng

How unhinged can a night at the museum really be? Junior SING! shows you that… and then some!

Issue 12, Volume 114

New Virus is Taking the World by Storm—Beware of “Feelings”!

A new virus known as “Feelings” has spread throughout Stuyvesant faster than any other virus known to man. Here’s a brief rundown of what you need to know!

Issue 4, Volume 114

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New Virus is Taking the World by Storm—Beware of “Feelings”!

A new virus known as “Feelings” has spread throughout Stuyvesant faster than any other virus known to man. Here’s a brief rundown of what you need to know!

Issue 4, Volume 114

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How to Treat Your Vertically Challenged Peers: The Official Guide

Erica Chen, Ryan Peng

Exclusive advice on tall person etiquette, from the combined experiences of a tall person and a short person!

Issue 3, Volume 114

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You’re My Universe(ity): A College Dating Sim Introduction

Alexander Chu, Aniket Roy, Erica Chen

Figure out what College is your OTP (One True Pair!)

Issue 3, Volume 114

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Taking A Different Road: Clara Shapiro Reflects On Her Gap Year

Erica Chen, Ivy Huang

Clara Shapiro, a Stuyvesant '22 alum and current Comparative Literature major at Harvard, reflects on her unique gap year experience, combining work in hospitality, Italian language studies, and international travel, emphasizing personal growth and a diverse approach to learning that extends beyond the traditional classroom setting.

Issue 0, Volume 114

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Teacher Talk: The Indecipherable (Non-)Romance Language

Erica Chen, Lina Zheng, Ryan Peng

A dictionary for the most frequent teacher sayings, and what they really mean!

Issue 17, Volume 113

I’ll Make Sure You Never Forget

Duncan Park, Erica Chen

We’re here to help you rizz up that special person––with the help of K-dramas.

Issue 13, Volume 113

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Smoking Hot Takes on Junior SING!

Erica Chen, Oliver Hollmann, Ravindra Mangar

Ever wanted to sign up for Stuyvesant’s very own Bible Camp…?

Issue 11, Volume 113

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Senior SING! Goes Up in Hellfire

Erica Chen, Ravindra Mangar

If you wanted a rizz tutorial, or if you wanted to deal with the sins regarding your rizzlationship problems, Senior SING! is the one for you.

Issue 11, Volume 113

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Soph-Frosh SING!: Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss!

Alexander Chu, Erica Chen, Ravindra Mangar

Soph-Frosh SING! girlbossed so hard they somehow won SING! and solved national debt.

Issue 11, Volume 113

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The Art of COVID Announcement (Teacher E-mails Edition)

Erica Chen, Ryan Peng

A comprehensive guide on how to draft e-mails to your teachers, in the unfortunate event that you catch COVID.

Issue 7, Volume 113

Diary of a Cafeteria Fork

Erica Chen, Ryan Peng

A traumatized fork confides in its diary about Stuy kids dismembering all of its friends.

Issue 5, Volume 113

The Lost and Found Family

Erica Chen, Ryan Peng

A traumatized fork confides in its diary about Stuy kids dismembering all of its friends.

Issue 5, Volume 113

Halloween Nightmare: Stuy Edition

Erica Chen, Karen Chen, Ryan Peng

A student explores a horror-themed version of Stuy. What nightmares await them?

Issue 4, Volume 113

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Diary of a Cafeteria Fork

Erica Chen, Ryan Peng

A traumatized fork confides in its diary about Stuy kids dismembering all of its friends.

Issue 1, Volume 113

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Stuy Moment #5: Oopsies

Issue 15, Volume 112

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Students Call For Financial Literacy

Afra Mahmud, Anisha Singhal, Ava Quarles, Erica Chen, Maya Nelson, Raymond Yang, Samantha Hua, Vivian Teo

The Spectator conducted a survey to gauge the level of financial literacy at Stuyvesant. Here are the findings.

Issue 14, Volume 112

How to Treat Your Spectator Editor

Erica Chen, Ryan Peng

A comprehensive guide on how to torture your editors into promoting you!

Issue 14, Volume 112

Stuyvesant Students’ Concerns on Financial Literacy

Afra Mahmud, Anisha Singhal, Ava Quarles, Erica Chen, Maya Nelson, Raymond Yang, Samantha Hua, Vivian Teo

Issue 14, Volume 112

Clowning on Junior SING!

Erica Chen, Oliver Hollmann

They got shafted! At least, that’s what the juniors told us.

Issue 12, Volume 112

Senior SING! Steals the Show!

Erica Chen, Oliver Hollmann

And an hour of our time.

Issue 12, Volume 112

Principal Yu: The Man Who Broke My Heart

Alexander Chu, Aniket Roy, Erica Chen

Principal Yu bans all public displays of affection in Stuyvesant, but what’s the real reason behind this decision?

Issue 9, Volume 112

Humor Commandeers Atom Splitter and Holds Stuy for Ransom

Alexander Chu, Erica Chen

Spectator’s very own Humor Department uses the school’s 1940s atom smasher to hold the school for ransom.

Issue 7, Volume 112

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What Your Favorite Music Genre Says About You!

Erica Chen, Eshaal Ubaid

From incoherent screaming to the pretentious world of Mozart, your playlist says a lot about how un-okay you are!

Issue 5, Volume 112

The Forgotten Legend: Jerry Lobotomizes Two Windows

Aniket Roy, Erica Chen

Jerry attempts to get vengeance for a pizza slice but ends up breaking multiple windows.

Issue 4, Volume 112

1-800-HowToNotBeLikeOdysseus

I get teleported into the Odyssey and see the story unfold for myself.

Issue 4, Volume 112

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Secret Story of the K-Pop Revolution

Cyrus Cursetjee, Erica Chen

K-pop’s elaborate, frightening plan to take over Stuyvesant, all revealed in Stuy Confessions.

Issue 3, Volume 112

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Photographer’s New Slogan: All Humans Are Naturally Ugly

Everyone's student ID picture always looks horrible, and it’s definitely not an accident.

Issue 2, Volume 112

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Oh God, Where’s the Exit?

Erica Chen, Eshaal Ubaid

Apparently, 10th graders (and literally everyone else) are just as lost as the freshly graduated sticky iPad kids.

Issue 1, Volume 112

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Exploring $pending Habits at $tuyvesant

Eman Sadiq, Erica Chen, Samantha Hua

A look into the multifaceted spending habits of Stuyvesant students varying in purchasing categories, sources of income, and feelings toward their individual finances. Art/Photo Request: Person surrounded by thought bubbles of things they can buy (food, clothes, drinks,etc.) while holding money and looking confused

Issue 0, Volume 112

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Excerpts From the Blog of Hades

Aniket Roy, Erica Chen

Hades writes a blog about Gods using Tinder.

Issue 17, Volume 111

Stuyvesant’s (Kinda) Got Talent!

Erica Chen, Eshaal Ubaid

To an evening of unmatched talent! The Freshman Caucus has a few words on the performances at this year’s virtual talent show.

Issue 15, Volume 111

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The Curse of Creative Block

When an extreme case of creative block zooms through Stuyvesant students, The Spectator finds their latest issue empty of good articles, and teachers find themselves looking at rows of missing homework and classwork assignments from students.

Issue 13, Volume 111

Autocorect, Your Not Being Helpful

Erica Chen, Gabriel Huang

Autocorrect isn’t very helpful because it messes up our sentences, and even when it’s working properly, it just makes us dumber.

Issue 12, Volume 111

Teachers Are Secretly Thrilled With the End of the Semester

As the end of the semester nears, teachers tell their students that they will miss them, but it’s discovered that they actually mean the opposite of what they say.

Issue 9, Volume 111

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New Zoom Updates! (Super Fun!)

Erica Chen, Oliver Hollmann

Zoom releases a series of updates that get increasingly bonkers.

Issue 9, Volume 111

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