Some go to Las Vegas. Some go to Atlantic City. But the truly seasoned players know the only place to gamble is the IHS cafeteria.…
Posts published in “Byline: EMMA KARNES”
she sips an ice cube
she sips an ice cube the sky crackles and condenses onto her lips like she is kissing a stormcloud into rain I think I could…
Bernard Malamud, Judaism, and God’s Grace
Considered one of the most important Jewish writers of the twentieth century, Bernard Malamud published eight novels and countless short stories during his career. Most…
Women March for Rights and Respect
Down every side street, women and men clad in pink “pussyhats” shuffled forward to join the already overflowing mass of people marching down Pennsylvania Avenue.…
Ithaca Has Latin Roots: Ixcanul
Last Saturday, my friend Amalia Walker ’17 and I trekked across Cornell’s campus to Cornell Cinema, located in Willard Straight Hall. We were there to…
The Olympians that Bob Costas Didn’t Mention
This summer saw one of the most exciting Olympic Games to date. Americans fell in love with Simone Biles as she became the most decorated…
Most Every Sunday
Most every Sunday the man is here, sipping from a ceramic coffee mug and playing himself in rock paper scissors. He has hair like an…
Announcing the Literary Section!
Welcome to the brand-new, state-of-the-art literary section of the IHS Tattler! This section will feature students’ creative writing: everything and anything from poetry, short fiction,…
Chain Works District to Succeed Emerson Power Plant
An ambitious plan to wake a “sleeping giant” is well underway on the 95-acre site once occupied by the Emerson Power Transmission Plant. The plant,…
Lyric Visions: When Artists Piggyback
On Valentine’s Day, the national day of love, I attended a joint poetry reading/art show at the State of the Art Gallery in downtown Ithaca.…
Percussion, Puppies, and Carly Rae Jepsen
I maintain that Carly Rae Jepsen concert-goers don’t go to hear artful live performances of quality songs, but to feel the same brightly-lit, rhythmic thrill that be found in any closely-packed venue with loud dance music playing from an iPod.
NaNoWriMo
This article is 475 words. NaNoWriMo, an abbreviation for “National Novel Writing Month,” is an international project that challenges participants to write an average of…
Ithaca Youths’ Colorful Start-Up: We Are Neon
“We are neon; we are bright and unafraid of our own brightness; we are unignorable; we are pointedly piercing to the senses; we will grab…
ICSD Adopts New Science Standards Early
Not all districts have adopted the NGSS as it is still pending for approval by New York State. ICSD has not officially put NGSS into effect, but teachers are making swift moves to begin its implementation.
IHS Art Department’s Brave Undertaking
With its base in the arts, the project utilizes the sincerity of artwork to strengthen the voices of the students.