Each year, fresh cranberries start to pop up in grocery stores around Thanksgiving, but they can be used for more than just cranberry sauce. In…
Posts published in “Features”
School Lunch Review
As someone who had never before bought school lunch, I decided that it would be embarrassing to graduate high school without having a little taste…
That Sounds Like a You Problem: How to Make the Most of a Rough Start to the School Year
Q: Hi Abby. I’m in 10th grade, and I’m worried that I’m getting off on the wrong foot with my English teacher this year. I’ve…
Becoming a Social Butterfly
This summer, I, a shy 16-year-old, went alone to Germany to live with strangers. As I waited to meet my first German hosts, I realized…
Restaurant Review: Mitsuba
To celebrate my dad’s birthday last month, my family and I made our way to Mitsuba Japanese Cuisine for dinner. At first glance, Mitsuba might…
Orange Pistachio Layer Cake Recipe
Chocolate creations, cakes especially, have always had a special place in my heart and in my gut. If I could eat chocolate cake for breakfast…
Club Feature: Cycling Club
If you’ve ever noticed a group of kids on bikes at the bottom of Renwick Road or heading out of IHS onto Cayuga Street, chances…
Teacher Feature: Richard Horan
I and most other AP Lit students were surprised, to say the least, when our schedules abruptly switched from “Amodeo” to “Horan” right before school…
Rosh Hashanah: A New Year Shofar So Good
There are many different cultures across the globe that have their own New Year celebrations: for example, the Chinese have their New Year, the Ethiopians…
What Steve and Ms. Gray Learned in Georgia
This summer, math teacher Steve Weissburg and science teacher Carlan Gray traveled to Georgia, a small country bordering the Black Sea and Russia. They were…
Hall Monitor
What are you grateful for?
Tips for the College Application Process
Q: Hi Abby. I’m a senior, and I’m starting to get really stressed about the whole college application process. I’ve barely looked at the Common…
A Day at a Farm
I found myself in the rustic fields of Brooktondale, 10 miles or so out from Ithaca, on a clear and sweltering Tuesday morning. A single…
Restaurant Review: Texas Roadhouse
Having lived in Texas for the first half of my life, I felt that the Texas Roadhouse that opened up on South Meadow Street this…
Pretend It’s Summer Once Again
Most of your friends were jet-setting the globe, racking up numerous internships for their resume, managing to write a perfect college essay, studying for the…
Club Feature: Green Team
A strange phenomenon occurs when ICSD students make the transition from the middle schools to IHS. Suddenly, a disregard for compost grows, and the compost…
Life after College: Graduate School and Entrepreneurship
High-school students rarely spend time considering the future, not so much out of inability to do so as pragmatism. Freshmen have all the challenges of…
Hall Monitor
To the Tattler editors: What is one thing you should never do in your freshman year? Magda Kossowska ’19 (Pictured Above) – “Don’t get involved…
Teacher Feature: Richard Anderson
Richard Anderson, a long-standing English teacher at IHS, will be retiring after this year. He has a new novel coming out within the next year…
Summer Writing
Once again, we find ourselves at the brink of summer, no doubt exhausted from 40 weeks of school. Although many will certainly enjoy a few…
Student Feature: Joshua Ryan
When I first heard about a student named Joshua Ryan, who apparently hunted for his own food and used very little technology, I knew that…
Hall Monitor
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.” —…
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…




















