The Tattler

A guide to Victorian flower arranging in the 21st Century

By VALENTINA LEBRET on May 2023

Everyone knows that roses represent love, but in the Victorian Era, the possibilities for symbolism were limitless. Everything in a bouquet had a special meaning,…

Staff Picks: What is The Tattler Editorial Board Reading Right Now?

By HANNAH SHVETS on May 2023

Ella Avgar, Student Correspondent, ’24, and Addie Hitz, Copy Editor, ’23: All’s Well by Mona Awad “Read this book for beautiful writing, a nail-biting plot,…

Hall Monitor

By LILY WANG on May 2023

“If I gave you a dollar right now, what would you do with it?”

Who’s Running For President in 2024?

Who’s Running For President in 2024?

By LINNEA NIEMACK on May 2023

Disclaimer: This article was written in early April 2023 and may be outdated by the time of publication (May 2023). Amidst a raging pandemic, voters…

Chat GPT and a Culture of Moral Decadence

By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on May 2023

Cheating has always been a problem in American high schools, and IHS is no exception. Students can start to feel overwhelmed by schoolwork and see…

What’s Going On in Pop?

What’s Going On in Pop?

By PELIN AKDEMIR on May 2023

BLACKPINK’s Jisoo has recently released a solo “FLOWER” which has achieved the highest twenty-four-hour view count of any K-pop music video in 2023. She has…

Ithaca High School’s The Little Mermaid: A Triumph for ICSD’s Theatre Department

By ZADIE WANG on May 2023

Note: In this production, the roles of Ariel, Ursula, and Sebastian were double-cast. Henceforth, the symbol “^” will refer to the blue cast (Friday night,…

A Playlist to Sluggishly Do Your Homework to

By RUBY ZAWEL on May 2023

When you’re very slowly chipping away at the workload you have, let this playlist be your companion. Mostly chill, but a little not. “No Rain”…

Non-Western Artist Feature: Hung Liu

By TANIA HAO on May 2023

People whom history has silenced are made heroic and beautiful in the paintings of Chinese American artist Hung Liu. Dubbed the “greatest Chinese painter in…

Offseason Advice from Clueless Bills Fan

By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on May 2023

The Buffalo Bills seem to be continuously on the cusp of greatness, but can never get over the hump. Years of close losses and false…

Recipe for a Spring Day

By ELLA AVGAR on May 2023

Ingredients – me – you Instructions 1. start with cherry blossoms on the tree, lapping up the breeze with their soft pink tongues 2. add…

To J

By MIA CHO on May 2023

I was always dreaming of his arrival, Only to be shocked to find out he was coming. He came out of the blue, But I…

Dragonfly Wings

By TANIA HAO on May 2023

It was sometime in May when I completely disappeared. It began in late January, right around that time when everyone is getting sick and so…

glass

By ALICE BURKE on May 2023

Content warning: Blood, implications of self-harm. shards of glass sparkle like twinkling stars as they ricochet off your body. they embed in your flesh and…

Dear 14

By ALIZA PROULX on May 2023

Gravel, winding, autumn, vibrant fear Memory is distorted Adrenaline, excitement, elation, escapism alone Photos are misleading Wind, sunset, euphoria, forever exhaustion Who are you? Powerful,…

A White Tree Fell in The Woods

By JAMIE KINAST on May 2023

we came up from the stream, and dried our legs in the wind off the mountain until we fell asleep in the midday sunning on…

May Events

By ELLA AVGAR on May 2023

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Bad B Boba Tea

By JUJU CRANE, LEANN ZHU on May 2023

What Animal Could You Take (or Get Demolished by) in a Fight?

By RUBY ZAWEL on May 2023

Taurus (Apr 20 – May 20): As you’re hiking the Adirondacks one day, a slightly large squirrel will come out of nowhere and land on…

The Coolness Spectrum

By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on May 2023

Cool 🙂 The Duck is back Classes outside Parrots on zoom Worms Spring potholes Freshmen @ senior prom New G bathrooms IHS parking lot @…

IHS is Literally Falling Apart

By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on April 2023

Maintenance issues have been piling up at IHS, inconveniencing students, teachers, and staff. Broken air conditioners and heaters, leaking pipes, and rodent infestations around the…

The January 24 and February 28 Board of Education Meetings

By MUKUND GAUR on April 2023

The Board of Education (BoE) has had two voting meetings in the past two months: January 24 and February 28. The February 14 meeting was…

A Look Into the Grading Policies at IHS

By MARK KIEFER on April 2023

At IHS, teachers generally are not allowed to give extra credit—work that is done in excess of usual classwork and is not required for the…

Earthquake Hits Kahramanmaras in Turkey; Death Toll Surpasses 50 Thousand

By MARK KIEFER on April 2023

On February 6, a deadly earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale struck the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras and heavily affected the surrounding area.…

For a Just Implementation of the Ithaca Green New Deal

For a Just Implementation of the Ithaca Green New Deal

By ACE DUFRESNE, ROSEMARY MEAD on April 2023

According to the City of Ithaca’s website, the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND) is a “government-led commitment to community-wide carbon neutrality by 2030 that focuses…

Social Media, Screen Time, and Mental Health: It’s Time for a Change

Social Media, Screen Time, and Mental Health: It’s Time for a Change

By MIA CHO on April 2023

I’m betting that most people reading this checked their phones shortly before doing so. What you were doing on your screen is not my business,…

From the Archives: Excerpts from The Tattler Issues of Yesteryear

By MAGGIE BONASSAR on April 2023

I’ve been a long-time enjoyer of history, and working in the archives lets me see anew the storied halls of IHS straight from the students…