What is your favorite place to go/thing to do around Ithaca in the summer? (Pictured above) “During the summer I’ll make occasional trips to Purity.” —…
Posts published in “Features”
Conspiracy Theories of the 2016 Presidential Campaign
The presidential election of 2016 has been provoking some of the most interesting discussions, news articles, and controversies over the past few months as the…
Tetrisbooks
With a Chromebook in the hands of each student at IHS, you can bet that schoolwork isn’t the only thing the shiny new devices are…
A Pretentious Pondering on Fashions of the Summer
As spring and prom approach, now is the time to refresh your knowledge on the finer points of suiting and sartorial prowess. To allow those…
Restaurant Review: Mia
When I told my dad that I was going to Mia with a bunch of friends, he crinkled his nose and told me that I…
Hall Monitor
Which celebrities would you like to see in a battle to the death? (Pictured above) Spike Jonze (director) vs. Spike Jones (musician) “Because at the…
The Many Faces of Weiqing “Skippy” Zhang
The district and those who pull the strings behind our bumbling puppet do much to “educate,” “engage,” and “empower.” However, there is little going on…
7 Reasons College Mail Isn’t Worth Your Time
The college mail starts streaming in soon after taking the PSAT. Simply by filling in a few bubbles and signing your name, you’ve gotten yourself…
Considering the sheer number of politically active and impassioned students that filter through the halls of IHS every day, the lack of political organizations at…
Food Review: A Dissertation on Noodles
It’s a fact of life that different people have different tastes, and that fact makes itself clear in the literal sense when it comes to…
Hall Monitor
How do you de-stress during AP season? Jonathan Hawthorne ’16 “Sleep a lot, don’t study for my AP tests, and hope for the best!” …
The Art of Cybersleuthing
Cybersleuthing—stalking people online—is a true art. It takes a lot of different skills to do: one must have persistence, a knack for making inferences, and…
On What I Learned from Applying to College
I thought I had months or years until I really needed to buckle down. It wasn’t until the summer after my junior year that the…
Recipe: Angel Food Puffs
Angel Food Puffs: they have the light, sweet, and fluffy taste of angel food cake with the shape of a cookie and an awesome fruity…
Hall Monitor
Where’s your favorite place to eat in Ithaca? Bri Muscente ’17 and Anna Wallace ’17 “CTB and Viva.” Maddie Block ’16 “Viva.” …
Music Production Club
We listen to a lot of music. Track by track, album by album, we listen and just cannot stop. And we often catch ourselves wondering:…
Course Selection for Senior Year
Current IHS juniors will be selecting courses for their senior year soon. When selecting courses, it is always smart to think about how much work…
SpaceX Landings
On December 21, spaceflight company SpaceX successfully landed the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on land after three failed attempts at landing it…
Photo Journal: On a Service Trip to Tanzania
Our group was driving through Ngorongoro Crater, a national park in Tanzania, when our guide suddenly stopped the car and turned around to us, pointing…
Serial: Podcast Review
Last year, the country was abuzz with something new: the news. This phenomenon wasn’t your “News Snacking” where you just read a headline on your…
Hall Monitor
Who do you think will win the 2016 presidential election? Jessica Kuntz ’16 and Maddie Wissoker ’16: “Either Bernie or Hillary.” Cody Westbrook…
Breaking Bread
Lenin promised “peace, land and bread.” Marie Antoinette’s legendary “Let them eat cake” was actually “Let them eat brioche,” which is really just a fancy type of bread. Let’s also not forget that bagels have pretty much created a cult.
The IHS ChemClub is the ultimate place to explore chemistry in a collaborative setting and perform experiments you might not have been able to otherwise
Blast From the Past: The Tattler Tattles
Through The Tattler's archives, we can glimpse into how students viewed the world around them and observe the trends and changes in the newspaper over time.
The Future of Food
We may be able to feed the expected population of nine billion in 2050 if we accept GMOs, slow global climate change, and conserve the Earth’s topsoil,
Hall Monitor
Question: What’s the worst thing you did as a little kid?
Bonan Tagon: Esperanto Feature
Since I started learning Esperanto in June, I have been asking people—friends, family, even mere acquaintances—if they know what it is, and nine times out…