On May 5, 2025, Native American and Indigenous Students at Cornell (NAISAC) hosted a vigil honoring the lives of and calling for justice for missing…
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Governor Kathy Hochul Announces Statewide Restriction on Cell Phones in Schools
By CORNELIA YE on June 2025
On Tuesday, May 6, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York will enforce statewide restrictions on smartphones in schools. The new policy, implemented as part…
Foodnet Hosts Twelfth Annual Mac ‘N Cheese Bowl
By CORNELIA YE on June 2025
On Wednesday, May 7, seventeen local restaurants, caterers, food trucks, and eateries set up at Steamboat Landing to answer the question: Who makes the best…
The student representatives to the Board of Education (BoE) are a group of four students elected each year by the IHS student body to represent…
Over three hundred Ithacans gathered downtown on Thursday, May 1, to celebrate International Workers’ Day. Hosted by the Ithaca Communist Party and Indivisible Tompkins, the…
On May 7, 2025, Ithaca’s Common Council voted twelve‑to‑zero to “recommit in full” to the Ithaca Green New Deal, despite the uncertainty created by a recent…
The student representatives to the Board of Education (BoE) are a group of four students elected each year by the IHS student body to represent…
Since late March 2025, ICSD student Chromebooks have blocked certain Google tools—including YouTube, Google Maps, Google Earth, and Google Translate—because they lack signed data privacy agreements with…
This year, the Ithaca Teachers’ Association (ITA) entered contract negotiations for the first time since 2019. The union is advocating for increasing teacher compensation, among…
Tripp, Croyle, and Yearwood Running for Reelection to Board of Education This Month
By ACE DUFRESNE on May 2025
On Tuesday, May 20, Ithaca voters will be electing community members to fill four open seats on the ICSD Board of Education (BoE). All three…
IHS Teacher Kyle Erickson to Run for Tompkins County Legislature District 13
By ZADIE WANG on May 2025
IHS Social Studies teacher Kyle Erickson is running for a four-year seat on the Tompkins County Legislature. She seeks to represent the new District 13—formerly…
Hannah Shvets ’23 to Run For Common Council Ward 5
By ACE DUFRESNE on April 2025
Hannah Shvets, an IHS alum and candidate for Common Council Ward 5. Genevieve Rand Twenty-year-old IHS alum Hannah Shvets has recently announced her campaign for…
Cornell Student Assembly Passes Climate Action Plan Resolution
By BRUNYALEXIS ELOUNDOU MVOGO on April 2025
From raging wildfires and record-breaking heat waves to devastating floods, climate change is a crisis unfolding before our eyes. Urgency for change is growing and…
The Economic Blackout: Can a Single-Day Boycott Reshape Corporate Practices?
By BENJAMIN YOU on April 2025
Laura Hedlund protests in front of a Target store. AP Photo/Craig Lassig On February 28, 2025, the People’s Union USA unveiled a sweeping “economic blackout,”…
News Bite:Casino Night and Upcoming Senior Events
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on April 2025
The annual IHS senior casino night will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on April 9. In past years, games like blackjack and poker…
Thirty-four-year Caroline resident and former Town Councilmember Irene Weiser has recently announced her intentions to seek election in the Tompkins County Legislature, representing Danby and…
The student representatives to the Board of Education (BoE) are a group of four students elected each year by the IHS student body to represent…
Trump’s Executive Orders on DEI and Gender-Affirming Care: Funding Cuts and Legal Action
By SELINA DONG on March 2025
Author’s Note: This article was written in early February and may not reflect recent developments in current affairs. Protesters march in a rally urging NYU…
Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration
By CORALLUS MEEKS on March 2025
Author’s Note: This article was written in early February and may not reflect recent developments in current affairs. Demonstrators march from a rally on Sunday,…
The Proposed 2025-2026 BOCES Budget
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on March 2025
TST BOCES is an education-support organization serving Tompkins, Seneca, and Tioga counties. On February 12, BOCES Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer Lily Talcott and Assistant…
Trump’s 500 Billion-Dollar AI Gamble
By BENJAMIN YOU on March 2025
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump announced the Stargate project, unveiling an ambitious plan to modernize and expand America’s artificial intelligence infrastructure. Four major…
FDA Approves Novel Non-Opioid Painkiller
By LILY WANG on March 2025
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 81,806 people died in 2022 due to opioid addiction. Opioid medications are often prescribed…
The Debug Project: Scratching the Itch
By SELINA DONG on February 2025
A closeup of the vicious Aedes aegypti mosquito. James Gathany The deadliest animal on Earth isn’t the vampire bat or king cobra—it’s the female mosquito,…
The Syrian Civil War: Local Insights
By MILES HALL on February 2025
From March 15, 2011 to the COVID-19 lockdown, the pro-democracy movements of the First Arab Spring swept through Assad-led Syria violently, causing a long, excruciating…
Student Representatives to the Board of Education Update
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on February 2025
The student representatives to the Board of Education (BoE) are a group of four students elected each year by the IHS student body to represent…
High School Robotics Team Kicks Off Build Season
By CARLY HARE on February 2025
Code Red Robotics, IHS’s FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics team has begun its twenty-fifth season! On Saturday, January 4, the…
The Results of the 2023 CLYDE Survey
By CORNELIA YE on February 2025
Every other year, students throughout the ICSD participate in Catalyst Insight’s Community-Level Youth Development Evaluation (CLYDE) Survey. The CLYDE Survey is anonymous and collects self-reported…