There I was, procrastinating on my homework as usual. Feeling immense boredom and not in the mood for a YouTube session, I thought of what…
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Highway 13 Revisited: Bob Dylan at Ithaca College
When one goes to a Paul McCartney concert, the audience member usually knows what they’re getting themselves into; McCartney will play hits that the majority…
Microsoft’s Office: A Trip to Redmond Campus
In a nearby suburb of Seattle, Washington, lies a city within a town. Its name? Microsoft Headquarters, Redmond (called “the campus” by employees). This summer,…
Fly Me to the Moon
Mist from the Pale Fire The heavens pierced by tall spires The grain is acquired
New Year
It is a New Year With it comes new goals It is a New Year 2018 gives way to a brighter future It is a…
Japanese Students Visit Ithaca
Wouldn’t it be fun to go on a high school field trip to an entirely new country? In early October, a group of about 40…
Will IHS Ever Have an Esports Club?
The official IHS esports Club has many students excitedly waiting on the edge of their seats, wondering whether this conceptual gaming club will, at last,…
On Facebook and Cambridge Analytica
Let’s face it: Facebook has never been much of an altruistic company. Although it may seem like just a free service to connect with friends…
Restaurant Review: Tamarind
When we first pulled up to Tamarind, located on Meadow Street, I didn’t know what to expect. The small green cinderblock building surrounded on all…
Movie Review: In This Corner of the World
Cinemapolis is a local movie theater known to feature independent and foreign films. Although it has found a niche with foreign films, they still rarely…
The Status of Chromebook Privacy
The world has entered the digital age, an era in which technology is everything. Representative of this paradigm shift is IHS’s transition to Chromebook usage.…
Looking Beyond Europe
Learning a language is often cited as something that can change your interactions, and even your life. While the latter might be exaggerated, there is…
From The Ground Up: Building a PC
Have you ever thought of building a personal computer (PC) from scratch? Picture yourself devoting an entire weekend to assembling your ideal computer: bit…
I.T. Phone Home
WikiLeaks has done it yet again. On Tuesday, March 3, WikiLeaks published a ground-breaking trove of classified CIA documents drawn from a sub-organization called the…
On Net Neutrality
Nowadays, it is hard to imagine a world without Facebook, YouTube, Google, and their many counterparts and offshoots. The widespread reliance on and usage of…
The Case for Linux
Computer operating systems such as Windows and Mac are familiar to most computer users, dominating the market. Over the course of time, they have become…
Stock Market Information
Not long ago I saw the film The Big Short, which tells the story of some of the people behind the infamous housing-market crash of…
It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… No, Wait, It’s Shenzhou!
“Sān … èr… yī … diǎn huǒ!” crackles the voice of ground control as two space-bound men salute in preparation for liftoff. Their rocket then…
Jill Stein: America’s Best Bet?
“Voting for the lesser of two evils doesn’t only help elect an evil, it also perpetuates a choice limited to two evils.” —the Green Party…