Administration Creates “No Dap Zones”

This past weekend, a new policy banning “daps” in select areas of Stuyvesant has been put in place. The policy, effective immediately, will be strictly enforced through the use of a special student-led task force assembled by the Student Leadership Team (SLT) at this past month's meeting. Any violators will be put in the new pillory in front of the senior bar, subject to the taunting daps of passersby.

The ban, which applies to the half floor, library, and anywhere within four feet of senior and Spectator editor Shameek Rakshit, seeks to decrease the toxic behavior within the confines of the building. “I cannot condone the excessive amounts of friendliness going around in Stuyvesant’s halls,” nurse Danielle Karunadasa said.

According to Wikipedia, a dap “is a friendly gesture of greeting, agreement, or solidarity between two people,” with origins in the 1960s as a part of the Black Power movement. It has since turned into a barricade for students who run along the left side of escalators.

The new policy has some people worried about the direction the school is headed, including senior Datian Zhang, who regularly daps every teacher in the Physics department and has started a petition to reverse the change.

However, others have gladly showed their support for the decision. “I’m glad the school is letting us take action against this,” said senior and leader of the new SLT task force Anish Shenoy. “Just yesterday, I was talking to someone and they tried to dap me after I said something funny, and I was like ‘didn’t we just do this five minutes ago?’”