Deja Foxx is a 21-year-old reproductive rights activist, influencer, and strategist from Tucson, Arizona. In high school, her interest in reproductive rights began as…
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Lake Source Cooling: What is it, Misconceptions, and the IHS Connection
By FRANCES KLEMM on May 2021
In July of 2000, the Lake Source Cooling (LSC) Project was officially launched, becoming the United State’s first ever major deep water cooling system. Initiated…
Recapping the 2021 Ithaca Earth Day Rally, and What We Should Do Going Forward
By DOROTHY HAMILTON on May 2021
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Apple Foods
By MAIA KUBICK on May 2021
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards: #Scammys?
By ALICE BURKE on May 2021
The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards was held in Los Angeles on March 14, 2021. Although this award ceremony has been important to the music industry…
When a sly conspiracist unites with rich American parents desperate to get their children into top-tier colleges, the result is the largest college admissions scandal…
Surrealio
By ETHAN CARLSON on May 2021
Shmoop’s Scoop
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on May 2021
If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last month, you’ve most likely heard the buzz on social media (especially Tiktok) about “Satan…
春短歌 (Short song for spring)
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on May 2021
Barefoot on the grass Soil blooms with tender shoots Buds turn to flowers Everything is sunshine and Earth has never looked so green
Water at Night
By ALICE BURKE on May 2021
Starlight reflected on the dark lake’s still surface water calm, waiting I fear to look in the lake― Will my own image stare back?
Nostalgia
By LAURA MEAD on May 2021
Nostalgia is strange The past won’t ever change I see my happiness, my pain I see my laughter and as I gain Confidence I’m learning…
Writing Challenges for the Iron-Willed
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on May 2021
Wordbank: Dr. Seuss was once challenged by his editor to write a book using only fifty words, where words could be repeated or reused. The…
Adventures in Adova: The Kidnapping
By CAITLIN STRONG on May 2021
Leon glanced at the silvery watch adorning his left wrist only to discover that he had twenty-five seconds left. That wasn’t nearly as much as…
Happy Story Contest Winner: Letters to Cat
By LAURA MEAD on May 2021
I can’t remember exactly what was wrong that day. It could have been a fight with my sister, an awkward conversation with my mother, or…
The doe places its hooves between moss-filigreed rocks with the delicacy of a wish. Silent, nose twitching, it bends a long, swooping neck to forage…
Happy Story Contest: Inside Every Dark Cloud
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on May 2021
“I’ve got some good news and some bad news for you. Which would you like to hear first?” The doctor looks at me expectantly. I…
Happy Story Contest: Springtime Dog Walk
By ALICE BURKE on May 2021
The tall food-giver with two legs and head-fur the color of the sun is speaking. Her words escape from her mouth in an unintelligible rush,…
Avian Reminiscence
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on May 2021
Remember this apocalyptic day When acid rain laid mighty creatures prone The brand-new serpent casts its skin away They watched as twilight ripped the…
May Surrealio
By ETHAN CARLSON on May 2021
May Sudoku
By ETHAN CARLSON on May 2021
May Sudoku: April Solution:
Procrastinator? Here Are A Few Signs Of Being One:
By ETHAN CARLSON on May 2021
Taurus (Apr 20 – May 20): “I’m not procrastinating! I’ve just been taking a break for the past 2 hours.” Gemini (May 21 –…
Coolness Spectrum
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on May 2021
The Old Tattler Board Cool The New Tattler Board College Commitment Returning to In-Person No Spring Pep Rally Weather Whiplash Entering AP Season Vaccine Patents…
Lead in School Water Finally Eradicated
By CRAZY RICH ASIAN on April 2021
In a stunning turn of events, Ithaca City School District (ICSD) Superintendent Luvelle Brown triumphantly announced at the Board of Education meeting last night that…
Board of Education Doxes Student Reps to the Board
By CHILD WELFARE ADVOCATE on April 2021
In the most heated Board of Education (BoE) Zoom meeting yet, the student representatives to the board hailing from Ithaca High School delivered a public…
Virtual Swim Unit Flounders
By MICHAEL PHELPS on April 2021
It began with the buses: the kiddie pools didn’t fit. ICSD, used to accommodating every orientation, tried sideways, vertical, and diagonal to no avail. Finally,…
Big Luve in GQ
By THE STUDENT REPS TO THE BOARD on April 2021
Ithaca City School District (ICSD) students were surprised to find an interview with Superintendent Luvelle “Big Luve” Brown on the website of popular magazine GQ…