On January 24, 2026, there was a group of US citizens peacefully protesting the shooting of Renée Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
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Reasons To Stop Romanticizing All-Nighters
By JAIDA BURKE on May 2026
What if the thing students are especially proud of during exam season is actually hurting their grades the most? During exam season, all-nighters are frequently…
The mistreatment of indigenous populations throughout the world is intolerable and not spoken of often enough. This article will specifically focus on the treatment of…
For a long time, people have had a complicated relationship with technological progress, trying to balance advancements with its consequences. While new technologies may sound…
War in the Middle East: Update
By MILES HALL on May 2026
Author’s note: This article was written in mid-April and may not accurately reflect the status of the war when published. Over the past month, the…
Progress Implementing Local Climate Policy Has Stalled: Here’s Ithaca’s Latest Effort to Revive It
By ELI WARSHOF on May 2026
What do you do when you have a city that is behind on its sustainability targets and an overcrowded grid with rising energy costs for…
For the first time since 2011, Math Team secured a first place finish in Division B at the New York State Mathematics League Competition (NYSML).…
Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ Citizens Faces Eviction Orders
By CORALLUS MEEKS on May 2026
The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (Cayuga) Nation, one of the original members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, is facing an escalating internal crisis marked by disputed leadership, evictions, and…
Every two years, middle school and high school students across Tompkins County fill out the Community-Level Youth Development Evaluation (CLYDE) survey, which covers drug use…
Artemis II Brings Humans into Lunar Orbit for the First Time in Over Fifty Years
By LIVIA AVGAR on May 2026
At 6:35 PM on Wednesday, April 1, Artemis II was launched from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This was the first time the…
Contrapuntal for the inadequacy of self-defense
By ZADIE WANG on May 2026
Content warning: guns, sexual harassment. My grandfather once told me Someday when you’re olderWhen the boys line up at your door They’ll be all over…
Taming Her Poison
By SAIA MIZRAHI on May 2026
Her gnarled fingers twist in the light of the sunFirst encased in guiltshe writhes away from the warmth Her fingers burn from the heatcascading off…
Voicemail #437
By JULIA KLEINBERG on May 2026
0:00Hi, I’m just calling to…actually, I don’t know why I’m calling. I miss your voice, I guess. But I don’t really have all that much…
Pomegranate-Stealing Goblins
By JOSEPH FRUG on May 2026
The goblins are thieves not only of pomegranates, but of matchsticks as well, loose string, small scraps of metal, and occasionally the smallest portion of…
Trinity
By GRIFFIN BRAHLER on May 2026
“And I looked as he opened the seventh seal, and lo there was a great earthquake, and the sun became a sackcloth of hair, and…
The Star
By ELEANOR CLARK on May 2026
Perderus III halts. Floating in the neverending cosmos, the huge metal ship remains suspended about a mile away from the star. Once the pictures are…
evolution
By CORALLUS MEEKS on May 2026
never forget we are breathing accidents of kismet with pulses in perfect synchrony with the vibration of the universe void of anything save this vibrant…
Guilty
By CHRIS ERRICHIELLO on May 2026
The noise of the rotors was Mia’s only companion in the back of the snow-white hover car. In the front of the car, the robots’…
What Is Life
By CAMPBELL WRIGHT on May 2026
I’m stuck in my thoughts The walls of my head barricade against the moving waters That call themselves thoughtsThoughts that seem kind at first— But…
Tree & Wall
By ARLO JONES-ROUNDS on May 2026
Tree, I wish for you to stopYou take to me like an arrowLike a slow and thorough plagueYou thrust your branches inside meAnd so I…
Ornithology Feature: The Osprey’s Return
By SUSANNE GUIMBRETIERE on May 2026
With March 21 far behind us and spring most definitely upon us—despite what our chilly Ithaca weather seems to insist—it is prime bird watching season.…
The Truth Behind the Cruelty-Free Label
By OLIVIA HAO on May 2026
When I was younger, I imagined animal testing in cosmetics as something harmless, just an innocent game between scientists and animals. As I learned more,…
Texas Roadhouse: A Review
By LEE CHO on May 2026
Texas Roadhouse is a well-known restaurant chain that is thriving in the United States, and it even has locations around the world! It just so…
Hall Monitor
By FRIDA JEFFERIS on May 2026
“What is your favorite thing about Ithaca in the summer?“ “The lake”– Saffron Craft ’26 “Hiking around Six Mile Creek” – Emma Kessler-Poveda ’27 “Swimming at…
Kent
By ETHAN LIANG on May 2026
It all began at 7:32 AM one morning before school. I was packing my lunch when, at that moment, I saw a juicy mango out…
Forms, and Why They Matter to You
By ARLO JONES-ROUNDS on May 2026
Have you ever seen a cartoon in which the main character is replaced with a perfect, yet somehow evil, version of themselves? The first letter…
Hear Us Out: The Power of Student Feedback in the Classroom
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on May 2026
“While it isn’t our place to tell teachers how to do their jobs, if teachers want kids to be successful, the students should have a…