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An Ode to What Isn’t
By THEODORE DUFRESNE on March 2025
Oh sing for what isn’t, the always unknown. When the pen brings peace to a bleeding warzone, And each soldier shrugs off a cracked collarbone.…
You think my women are oppressed
By RUKIA ABED on March 2025
You think my women are oppressed— because they walk with their heads covered, because their hands are rough from labor, because their voices do not…
Strip Search
By ACE DUFRESNE on March 2025
The guards whisper to each other, voices low and oily. As they turn to me, their hands drift to their weapons. Scanning my undressed body,…
How Sports Gambling Overtook America
By OWEN KINNEY on March 2025
Odds board at a Las Vegas sportsbook. Wikimedia Commons In May of 2018, the 1992 law banning sports betting was overturned in the Supreme Court…
Striking Gold: Ithaca’s Unified Bowling Team Rolls as One
By ZADIE WANG on March 2025
Sports teams at IHS are known for their competitiveness. The environment can feel restrictive and stressful, from tryouts to cuts to the hypercompetitive nature of…
Recapping Super Bowl LIX
By JONAH JACOBSTEIN on March 2025
The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl LIX. Sports Pulse On February 9, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City…
2025 MLB Preview and Predictions
By JONAH GILLIS on March 2025
Disclaimer: This article was written prior to the end of the MLB offseason and thus may not cover some key trades and signings made after…
Spring Playlist
By JACK BONASSAR on March 2025
In Ithaca, New York, spring can be a fickle thing. It might come in February, May, or seemingly never happen. To get yourself in the…
2,500-Year-Old Artifacts Stolen in a Dutch Museum Heist
By ZADIE WANG on March 2025
In the early hours of Saturday, January 25, three men broke into the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands, using explosives to bypass a locked…
Freakonomics Book Review
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on March 2025
Freakonomics. It’s one of those books with a cult following and nine pages of cover quotes from A-list academics and celebrities. I’d been hearing about…
Artwork from Le Petit Prince Wordsworth Editions Have you ever wondered what life looks like through the innocent lens of a child? Make peace with…
Children’s Games featured in the Hit Netflix Show, Squid Game: Jegi Chagi
By ASHLEY PARK on March 2025
Think you have fast reflexes? Good balance? The ability to keep a small object in the air using just your feet? Then you might have…
Diving Beneath the Surface: Climate Change’s Hidden Impact on the Ocean Floor
By ZACHARY LINDENBERG on March 2025
Miles below the ocean surface, in the darkest depths of the sea, life is changing in a way that scientists are just beginning to understand.…
Are you looking for something to celebrate in the last gray month of winter? You’re in luck! In addition to a variety of religious celebrations,…
STEM Feature of the Month: Women in STEM
By LILY WANG on March 2025
March is Women’s History Month. What better way to celebrate this than by featuring a few of the remarkable women who have helped shape science…
Nothing will tell you more about the past of IHS than the archives of The Tattler. Nestled into the back of E wing, in a…
IHS Hosts the 2025 Southern Tier Regionals Science Olympiad Competition
By ASHLEY PARK on March 2025
On Saturday, February 1, the New York State Science Olympiad (NYSSO) Regional Competition for the Southern Tier was hosted at IHS. Despite wintry weather, sixteen…
Olé Olé: Korean Cuisine with a Twist
By OLIVIA HAO on March 2025
February break was just around the corner as I walked outside under the clear, blue sky dotted with clouds and wondered what to do now…
“Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now” were the few powerful, and possibly devastating words that millions of its users were met with upon opening the…
The United Kingdom’s New Order Is a Threat to American National Security
By MARK KIEFER on March 2025
In early February, The Washington Post obtained evidence that the British government had sent a so-called “technical capability notice” that requires Apple to allow them…
Honest Reviews: Best Milk Tea Flavours
By CONNIE ZHENG, MIA CHO on March 2025
Various milk tea flavors. Shutterstock Are you stressed with exams? Have the seasonal blues? Drowning in all of the demands of high school? We have…
The 2024 Election Results (and Why They’re Suspicious)
By ANA KIELY on March 2025
Content warning: includes the discussion of sexual assault, discriminatory language. As we’ve passed the 2024 election, many feel confused, upset, and more. Though elections are…
Asian Americans, Confront Your Anti-Blackness
By ZADIE WANG on March 2025
Asian and Black Americans share a long history of solidarity. In the mid-1960s, at the height of the Black liberation movement, Asian American civil rights…
The Development of DeepSeek R1
By MIA CHO on March 2025
Just admit it—you’ve used Artificial Intelligence (AI) in some way, whether or not you are proud to admit it. Whether for academics, entertainment, or other…
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…