Each year, ICSD voluntarily releases its Equity Report card, an expansive report of how the district has fared in terms of enrollment, state test scores,…
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Job Shortages in Ithaca from Lack of Labor
By MAX LINDENBERG on May 2023
Businesses in Ithaca are struggling. Ever since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, unemployment has skyrocketed. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded a…
Disclaimer: This article was written in early April 2023 and may be outdated by the time of publication (May 2023). On March 16, 2023, President…
GPT-4 Is Out, And It’s Writing Itself
By TARAN KNUTSON on May 2023
OpenAI unveiled its new multimodal AI language model, GPT-4, on March 14, 2023. This model is much more capable than its predecessors, scoring much higher…
Controversial Takes: Pineapple on Pizza?
By BRENNA LUCIO-BELBASE, CLAIRE PARK on May 2023
Pineapple on pizza is a common debate that has not been reconciled. Neither side is willing to concede to the other, but hopefully at least…
As some students may remember, before this year’s system of Universal Lunch (UL), last year we had a staggered lunch schedule: students would eat in…
Content warning: violence, school shootings Police officers took seventy-four minutes to end the Uvalde massacre, three hours to shoot the gunman at the Pulse nightclub…
I remember through my elementary school years, there was always a poster in the classroom that stated the Golden Rule– to treat others the way…
Op-Ed Contest Second Place: How Reducing Salt Intake Can Benefit Your Health and the Environment
By MARLEY THOMSON on May 2023
As summer approaches, one thing is constantly on our minds–hydration. Those blistering hot days seem to extract the life out of us. This feeling is…
Op-Ed Contest Third Place: Is Democracy Really the Best Form of Government?
By ELIJAH KELLY on May 2023
Lots of things are democratically run, something many participants take pride in. I am one of those people, but I also feel that democracy is…
zi’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…
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,…
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?
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?
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…
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…