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Tristan’s Angst: IT Staff Travel to China to Get Tips on Censorship, Make Tentative Deal to Buy Variant of Chinese Great Firewall
By TRISTAN ENGST on April 2017
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
By ABE MESSING on April 2017
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
By TRISTAN ENGST on March 2017
Horoscopes
By ABE MESSING on March 2017
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
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on March 2017
COOL Morocco New exoplanets Gucci Mane is coming Asghar Farhadi The Knee Defender La-Moonlight Suppression of the press The Long March UNCOOL
Horoscopes
By ABE MESSING on February 2017
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
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on February 2017
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
By TRISTAN ENGST on February 2017
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,…
This Month in Pictures
By NOEL BENTLEY on December 2016
Tristan’s Angst: IHS to Increase Homework Load with New Policy and Technology
By TRISTAN ENGST on December 2016
In a recent announcement, district spokesperson Billy Bozawkowitz announced that students could expect “only five times as much” homework during the 2017–18 school year. Since…
Horoscopes
By ABE MESSING on December 2016
Aries (Mar. 21–Apr. 19): Reach for the stars, but be prepared to settle for the moon. Taurus (Apr. 20–May 20): Don’t hate yourself for what…
The Coolness Spectrum
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on December 2016
COOL The Horses Rogue One Kindergarten lunchboxes Countdown to winter break The Dallas Cowboys The Gateway Arch Leonard Cohen dying Midterms UNCOOL
Record Scratch
By JAMES PARK on November 2016
Yup that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation…
Tristan’s Angst: The Danger of the Bathrooms
By TRISTAN ENGST on November 2016
Most students are aware that school bathrooms are the least clean places in the school, fraught with foul odors, unknown liquids, clogged toilets, and the…
Horoscopes
By ABE MESSING on November 2016
Virgo (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): The same letters that spell Untied also spell United. It’s about what you’re made of, not the cards you’re dealt. Libra…
The Coolness Spectrum
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on November 2016
COOL Cubs vs. Indians Ken Bone costume Election results Surreal cereal that is so real Apathy Snow?! Kitty Kat costume Tax fraud (WOI) The Last…
“I Feel as If My Life Has No Porpoise”
By JAMES PARK on October 2016
Tristan’s Angst: PE Department Proposes Adding Fun to Curriculum
By TRISTAN ENGST on October 2016
In a recent press release, the IHS PE department announced the addition of fun to gym classes under the new PhUN (Physically United Nation) curriculum.…
Horoscopes
By ABE MESSING on October 2016
Virgo (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): Danger would not be so scary if it were obvious. Don’t ever take your eyes off your back; a close friend…
The Coolness Spectrum
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on October 2016
COOL Home football win Uggs on Timbs Brain Team’s #6 national rank Apple Fest Pumpkin spice Bigly Brain Team Gym warm-ups UNCOOL
Tristan’s Angst: Field Trip Forms
By TRISTAN ENGST on September 2016
Okay, I understand why ICSD needs students’ medical information for field trips in the incredibly unlikely event something goes wrong. What I don’t understand is…
Peanuts Cartoon
By LUCA GREENSPUN on September 2016
Horoscopes
By ABE MESSING on September 2016
Virgo (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): How can someone so smart be so dumb? It’s the eternal question that the unintelligent part of you prevents yourself from…
The Coolness Spectrum
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on September 2016
COOL Simone Pokémon Go Eating tomatoes off the vine College visits People playing Pokémon Go Drought Lit summer work Ryan Lochte UNCOOL
May in Pictures
By NOEL BENTLEY, PEARSE ANDERSON on June 2016
Abi Campbell ’17 and Emma Karnes ’17 dance together at Junior Prom at the Johnson Museum of Art on May 21, 2016. Principal Trumble and…
The Coolness Spectrum
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on June 2016
COOL Flings & Things Fortifying Boundaries: Know What’s Yours First Memorial Day Friday off Drix has seen Summer flicks Sandals Socks and sandals Weird tan lines Post-AP…