Snapper, did Peter Gallagher's eyebrows go to the same school?

I knew a girl who went to Hunter. First girl I ever kissed, actually, and also probably the smartest person I've ever met. Aced the SATs, waltzed into Yale, captained their debate team, etc. #### Hunter.

I think I know this girl. If she graduated from Hunter in 1999.

Also, I support the Marlins doing a non-retro park.

Athletic Supporter and Avoid Running,

I graduated in 2001. Amazing how and where you find fellow Stuyvesant kids.

The lack of academically/politically famous alumni was sort of a joke around the Stuyvesant community in the years I was there and thereafter -- we do alright in terms of acting, etc. but the roster of alumni is remarkably light for a school with such academic chops. Bronx Science kicks our butt in terms of Nobel Prize Winners and Laureates.

IIRC, Stuyvesant was not always the premier high school in the city -- part of it coincided with the new building -- so the cohort of scientists/academics who might better represent Stuyvesant are just getting to the age now where their career accomplishments may be getting recognized (current Stuy laureates graduated between 1944-1963).

But absolutely, Paul Reiser, Tim Robbins, Lucy Liu, Eric Holder, David Axelrod, and many others make for an impressive list. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stuyvesant_High_School_people. In fact, I think we have four or five current City Council members (one of whom I interned for) which by itself is quite cool.

And Loria. Ugh.

Another Stuyvesat alum here ('92). I also remember Hendrick Hudson High School fondly (Montrose, NY, right?) as the host of an annual debate tournament there. I had a lot of fun playing volleyball in the round gym between rounds; met my first girlfriend at a tournament there as well.

Craig Counsell. I win.

I think I know this girl. If she graduated from Hunter in 1999.

She did not. It seems perhaps Hunter has graduated more than one Yale debate captain.

I still think Loria is an #######, but yeah, what's the problem with appreciating good architecture and knowing who Joan Miró is? I've always loved distinctive architecture and its probably the only career that I've been drawn to for more than a couple years at a time. I've never pursued it, other than with my own house.

This is Deadspin, so knowing about art and architecture is probably considered gay or something.

I still think Loria is an #######, but yeah, what's the problem with appreciating good architecture and knowing who Joan Miró is?

This thread has devolved into a discussion of whose high school has the most prestigious alumni/a/us/ae. Sufficed to say, this isn't the target audience Deadspin had in mind to join in on their pissing on Loria.

My older son spent 1 year at Stuyvesant and hated it (this would've been 97-98 I believe). It was the sort of school where kids would rip pages out of library books so that nobody else could research the topic they were working on. It wasn't enough to do well, you had to make sure others did worse. As we are not a hyper-competitive family, this was really a bad fit for him, and our lives improved greatly when he transferred to a less obnoxious environment.

And Snapper, Sean Maher played Simon Tam on "Firefly," the awesome Joss Whedon sci-fi western. Even if he never has another acting gig, that alone makes him an HOFer.