COOL Teens advocating for gun control Springtime is soon Shamrock Shakes March Madness Snowstorms/snow days in March Ithaca’s unpredictable weather Spring break being so early…
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Horoscopes: The Signs and Their Doable New Year’s Resolutions
Aquarius (Jan 20 – Feb 18): Get outside more! Go on more walks; take a hike, even if it’s cold. Bundle up and get out…
The Coolness Spectrum
COOL February break Days you don’t have midterms Candy sales after Valentine’s Day Winter formal Year halfway done Still half a year left Winter formal…
Horoscopes: The Signs as the Things You Wear in Winter
Sagittarius (Nov 22 – Dec 21): Hats. Hats of all sorts. Hats with pom-poms, with ear flaps, with sequins. A beret, a beanie, a raccoon…
The Coolness Spectrum
COOL Igloos Ugly Christmas sweaters Cookie decorating Snow days! Snow (love it or hate it) Varying room temperature throughout the school Black ice It gets…
Horoscopes
The Signs as Things Ithacans Start Doing as It Gets Cold Scorpio (Oct 23 – Nov 21): Break out the Carhartts. Everything! Hats, pants, jackets;…
The Coolness Spectrum
COOL Thanksgiving break Soup season!! Finally knowing how to dress for the weather Pumpkin pie Scorpios (goes both ways) noshavenovember Cold ears Rotten pumpkins after…
October Horoscopes
Libra (Sep 23 – Oct 22): Your balance is too good to “fall” into the new season; you’ll just glide. Scorpio (Oct 23 – Nov…
The Coolness Spectrum
COOL Halloween The smell of fall Apple Festival Pie!! 80-90 weather in fall (debatable) Finishing Common App in time for early decision (and other college…
Your School Year’s Fortune Telling
Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22): Just because you think you understand it doesn’t mean you really do. Libra (Sep 23 – Oct 22): Scales…
The Coolness Spectrum
COOL Crisp fall air (literally) Seeing friends after summer break People who write for The Tattler! New kids at school Back to school (?!) Freshies…
“The centerpiece of the additions, of course, will be the conversion of H-Courtyard into a ball pit,” said Mr. Trumble. “All this comes as a…
Horoscopes
Horoscopes as most annoying cliches Aries (Mar. 21 – Apr. 19): Yeah, I guess this film is okay. The books were way better than…
The Coolness Spectrum
COOL (Only) one more Monday Fans Graduation Ithaca Festival Field Day Socks and Sandals Hair removal Geminis Junior prom pics UNCOOL
Tristan’s Angst: Student Council to Take Revolutionary Action to Improve IHS, Situation Unresolved
Following years of grandiose statements about being part of student democracy and allowing for leadership, the IHS Student Council voted to “become more important.” According…
The Coolness Spectrum
COOL Symmetry New Tattler Editors Science March AP classes after AP tests Cinco de Mayo Cardboard that tastes like school pizza PROM!!! (Senior, Junior) Sunburns School…
Horoscopes: Pick-Up Lines at a Baseball Game
Aries (Mar. 21–Apr. 19): I’ve been striking out all night but I think I’m about to make some solid connection with you; hey the name’s…
IHS 2017
Tristan’s Angst: IT Staff Travel to China to Get Tips on Censorship, Make Tentative Deal to Buy Variant of Chinese Great Firewall
Recently, several members of ICSD’s IT staff returned from a week-long trip to the People’s Republic of China to get tips on censorship. “We were…
Horoscopes
Aries (Mar. 21–Apr. 19): Someone who wears as much makeup as you do is hiding something more than your face. Secrets are best when kept—truths…
Tristan’s Angst: America’s Leadership in 2020
Horoscopes
Aries (Mar. 21–Apr. 19): Take yourself on a date and get to know YOU better. Dinner for one? No, dinner for three: you, yourself, and…
The Coolness Spectrum
COOL Morocco New exoplanets Gucci Mane is coming Asghar Farhadi The Knee Defender La-Moonlight Suppression of the press The Long March UNCOOL
Horoscopes
Aries (Mar. 21–Apr. 19): Someone running in place isn’t moving any faster than someone standing still. Taurus (Apr. 20–May 20): Silver bullets don’t exist. You’re…
The Coolness Spectrum
Cool Espionage Snow day Women’s march byo lunch boxes The metric system Egg salad Petty library rules Betsy DeVos Uncool
Tristan’s Angst: College Board Attempting World Domination
In an act of intrepid investigative journalism, a team of Tattler ninja-journalists mounted a daring raid of the College Board’s headquarters in New York City,…


