It’s official: IHS will be hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics! In the coming months, students can expect many changes to accommodate this decision. Construction for…
The Tattler
After decades of community tensions over the ICSD budget and ever-climbing property taxes, Cornell finally gave in to community pressure to do its part in…
The Tattler Declares War on TV Production Club
By WROOS NIGHTER on April 2025
The Tattler vs. TV Production Club War Map. Last week, the Tattler Editorial Board released a statement declaring war on TV Production Club. TV Production…
ICSD Announces Plan to Replace All Bathrooms With Administrative Offices
By QUARTERS FOR RESTROOM SECURITY on April 2025
In a recent wire communication from the admin fortress, it was announced that all bathrooms in ICSD buildings are to be replaced with administration offices…
The Political Hate Room
By MR. DISSIDENT on April 2025
Emotions are running wild following the first several months of Donald Trump’s second presidential term. Many liberal students at IHS feel disenchanted with the political…
“Stone”-Cold Criminal: IHS Student Defaces Country’s Founding Document
By SUMBAHDY ELLS, THEMAN INQUESTION on April 2025
Last Monday, the FBI detained Chester Stone ’25 as he was entering sixth period English. In front of his peers, Stone was pushed up against…
Enron’s Unconventional Revival: Parody or Genuine Comeback?
By BENJAMIN YOU on April 2025
Enron, once infamous as a symbol of corporate scandal following its 2001 bankruptcy and massive accounting fraud, has made a striking return under 28-year-old CEO…
Gemini (May 21 – June 20): Guess what? That guy you met in the fast food line is actually a billionaire. He’ll be paying for…
Faerie Politics (Prologue)
By JULIA KLEINBERG on March 2025
I stand facing the town hall, my wings quivering slightly, trying to muster the courage to enter the massive building. I hate all government offices.…
Riding Hood Revisited
By JULIA KLEINBERG on March 2025
The girls in the village know not to seek out the one who lives in the shadows. They don’t know why, only hearing the whispers…
Curling Breeze
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on March 2025
Oh curling breeze, My valentine skybound, Dance with me and pull me through the stars. Dance with me through all the towns and bars. Play…
The Shallow Shore of a Lake
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on March 2025
I feel too tired to write a poem. Ordinarily it would be a task of some relief, A break from the monotony of scholastic thought,…
Omelettes 2
By THEODORE DUFRESNE on March 2025
I woke then, in your grove, Through the bramble, we had dove. You split yokes onto the stove: In the pan – the mass did…
The Mask Maker
By ZADIE WANG on March 2025
After an excruciating wait, I found myself face to face with the Mask Maker. I’d waited idly for hours, twiddling my thumbs and letting my…
Attention All People
By TARAN KNUTSON on March 2025
We are building a Computer building a Computer The background task a flowing river Packets sent to every client Stay inside do not leave home…
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…