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On March 5, seniors weren’t surprised to see that H-Courtyard had been closed off yet again. A yellowish crumpled piece of paper taped haphazardly to…
ICSD held its annual Spring Commendation ceremony on March 13, 2018 in Kulp Auditorium. Among recipients of certificates and awards were the maintenance workers of…
Community Reacts to ICE Arrests
By CHLOE MOORE on March 2018
Last May, an undocumented immigrant named José Guzman-Lopez was arrested by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in Ithaca. Although it was the first such…
From Casting Controversy to Call for Anti-Racist Curriculum
By FRANCESCA CHU on March 2018
By 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 27, ICSD’s Board Room was overflowing with community members waiting to speak during the public commentary section of the…
Production of New Spring Musical to Begin Following Casting Controversy
By JULIAN PERRY on March 2018
In January, following criticism from students and community members of casting choices, ICSD canceled IHS’s spring musical, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Earlier in the…
Tompkins County Democrats Gather as Candidates Vie for Congressional Nomination
By JULIAN PERRY on March 2018
On Monday, February 12, an estimated 700 people gathered at the State Theater to attend a round table among candidates competing for the Democratic nomination…
Divided Responses to State of the Union
By KARUNA PRASAD on March 2018
The State of the Union Address (SOTU) was given by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, January 30, and its format stuck to tradition. Past presidents…
Mixed Community Reactions to Proposed New Roots Middle School
By JULIAN PERRY on February 2018
New Roots Charter School, since its opening in 2009, has been a source of controversy within the Ithaca community. In December, the school announced a…
Students, Community Members Voice Opinions to Board on Controversial Musical Casting
By JULIAN PERRY on February 2018
On Tuesday, January 23, attendance at the Board of Education’s routine meeting far surpassed the usual amount. Every chair was filled, people sat on the…
The Board of Education’s Response to Vaccination Controversy
By ASHA DUHAN, MEERA BAI SINGH on February 2018
Families with unvaccinated children received letters of notice from ICSD stating that they had thirty days to provide adequate explanations of vaccination exemption, and that…
Making Life Multi-Planetary: An Update
By FIONA BOTZ on December 2017
Founder and CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk continues to develop and invest in his many projects around the globe, including Tesla and SolarCity. However, he…
Republicans’ Tax Plan May Cost US $2.2 Trillion
By MAGDALENA SMITH on December 2017
On November 16, the House of Representatives passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, set to enact $1.5 trillion in tax cuts. The bill was…
Update from Reps to the Board: Music to Become Part of GPA
By ASHA DUHAN, MEERA BAI SINGH on December 2017
Over the past year, the students of IHS, led by the Student Council, have been working tirelessly to incorporate music classes into GPA. After considering…
Dr. Brown Uses Twitter to Give Voice to IHS Students
By SVETA REDDY on December 2017
On October 18, 2017, ICSD Superintendent Luvelle Brown announced that every Friday, he will be turning his Twitter account over to one student in the…
GrammaTech Awarded $9 Million Cybersecurity Grant by US Government
By MAGDALENA SMITH on November 2017
In October, Ithaca company GrammaTech received a $9 million grant from the U.S. Government’s Office of Naval Research for research and development (R&D) on cybersecurity…
Tom Reed Holds Town Hall at Romulus Central School
By AURORA WULFF (Staff Writer) on November 2017
On Saturday, October 14, Congressman Tom Reed held a town hall meeting in Romulus, part of a three-day bus tour to meet with constituents in…
Representatives to the Board of Education
By LEO SONG on November 2017
Student government at IHS can sometimes be very confusing. Students might ask: “I want better quality toilet paper. Who do I talk to?” or “The…
Local Elections on November 7
By VAYNU KADIYALI on November 2017
On November 7, New York State voters will head to the polls to make important decisions about local and state politics. All seats in the…
Fresh Food Comes to IHS
By THEA CLARKBERG on October 2017
School lunches are notorious for providing students with foods high in carbs and sugar, but a person cannot survive on Uncrustables and Pop-Tarts. The issue…
Club Funding at IHS
By FRANCESCA CHU on October 2017
With approximately 50 different clubs for everything from K-pop to magic to tiddlywinks, IHS offers one of the most comprehensive student activities programs in the…
Decarcerate Tompkins County Stops Local Jail Expansion
By MAGDALENA SMITH on October 2017
Decarcerate Tompkins won a major victory in Ithaca when the Center for Governmental Research (CGR) decided this past July that it did not need to…
The Status of Chromebook Privacy
By RYAN CUNNINGHAM on October 2017
The world has entered the digital age, an era in which technology is everything. Representative of this paradigm shift is IHS’s transition to Chromebook usage.…
An Overview of the 2017–18 ICSD Budget
By VAYNU KADIYALI on September 2017
On May 17, 2017, all residents of Tompkins County had the chance to vote in the elections for their respective school districts. Candidates for the…
TSA Succeeds at National Conference
By FRANCESCA CHU on September 2017
On June 20, seventeen members of IHS’s Technology Student Association (TSA) traveled to Orlando, Florida to compete at the national conference. This conference—which involved almost…
Democratic Congressional Primary Race Gets an Early Start
By JULIAN PERRY on September 2017
Tom Reed, the US Representative for New York’s 23rd Congressional District which encompasses Ithaca, has won by comfortable margins in multiple elections in a row.…
Cornell Receives $2.5 Million for Cybersecurity
By FIONA BOTZ on September 2017
Even when the primary means of digital communication was email, parents warned, “Don’t click on any emails that look suspicious,” fearing the harm that could…