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.…
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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…
Trump’s Executive Orders on DEI and Gender-Affirming Care: Funding Cuts and Legal Action
By SELINA DONG on March 2025
Author’s Note: This article was written in early February and may not reflect recent developments in current affairs. Protesters march in a rally urging NYU…
Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration
By CORALLUS MEEKS on March 2025
Author’s Note: This article was written in early February and may not reflect recent developments in current affairs. Demonstrators march from a rally on Sunday,…
The Proposed 2025-2026 BOCES Budget
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on March 2025
TST BOCES is an education-support organization serving Tompkins, Seneca, and Tioga counties. On February 12, BOCES Superintendent and Chief Executive Officer Lily Talcott and Assistant…
Trump’s 500 Billion-Dollar AI Gamble
By BENJAMIN YOU on March 2025
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump announced the Stargate project, unveiling an ambitious plan to modernize and expand America’s artificial intelligence infrastructure. Four major…
FDA Approves Novel Non-Opioid Painkiller
By LILY WANG on March 2025
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 81,806 people died in 2022 due to opioid addiction. Opioid medications are often prescribed…
IHS Must Address AI Usage in Classrooms
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on March 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) is broadly defined as a set of technologies that allow computers to perform advanced functions such as mimicking conversation and ‘learning.’ AI…
What Valentine’s Gifts You’ll Receive, According to Your Star Sign
By ZADIE WANG on February 2025
Gemini (May 21 – June 20): You’ll be surprised with a big red box of conversation hearts adorned with messages that read “Hug Me”, “XOXO”,…
Wash by hand
By ZADIE WANG on February 2025
I am washing dishes in an unfamiliar house letting tap water shock my giving hands as I scrub away impurities. I am washing them until…
Open Heart Surgery
By JULIA KLEINBERG on February 2025
It’s like putty, really – Meticulously sculpted, Resting among collarbones. You can count four chambers, Spot an aorta, Trace each pulsing vein, But it’s just…
Paul and I
By CAEDMON SETHUPATHY on February 2025
When I dream upon the bygone saints, I question my resolve if crisis bite. But knowing sin was brought from taints, My chance at glory…
this boy
By REAGAN JOHNSON on February 2025
This boy Doesn’t know what he’s done This boy holds my heart This boy Picked me up out of the ashes This boy Brings out…
Show of Fools
By ACE DUFRESNE on February 2025
They silence my world With blood velvet curtains— Dim the lights And exit signs They take my jacket Leave my shivers— Rest it six feet…
Punching Bag
By JULIA KLEINBERG on February 2025
It feels good, doesn’t it? When flesh meets flesh A moment of connection, A follow-through, The thud of a sack of bones hitting the floor.…