Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Attorney General Merrick Garland. Chief of Staff Ron…
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How Blokus Questions the Idea of Winners and Losers
By MANU BOSTEELS on March 2021
Blokus is a very special board game. For those of you unfamiliar with it, Blokus is quite simple. Participants play on a gridded board upon…
Commercialism, Screen Time, and Tantrums: ICSD Elementary Families on Virtual Learning
By TANIA HAO on March 2021
For most of us, elementary school looked a lot different than it does right now. We went on field trips, had lunch with our friends,…
Managing Stress During the Pandemic: A Conversation with Dr. Haltom, PhD, CEDS
By ALICE BURKE on March 2021
This March marks one year since COVID-19 invaded our lives in Ithaca and changed all we were accustomed to; the pandemic has impacted everything from…
Influential Women in History—Women’s History Month 2021
By FIONA HINRICHSEN on March 2021
Throughout history, women have been uncredited and unrecognized, so we need to celebrate some of these incredible, intelligent, and inspirational women who have paved the…
Gideon the Ninth is Worth Coming Back from the Dead to Read
By ANNA WESTWIG on March 2021
Some books you devour; some books devour you. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir is one of the latter. Muir’s prose is not just hungry,…
Reading Recommendations in Celebration of World Book Day!
By ALICE BURKE on March 2021
For those of you who love to read, March 5 is World Book Day! Hopefully we can all spend some time indulging in our favorite…
Bridgerton: Is it worth watching?
By SILVER VINCENT-FARIS on March 2021
(Spoilers ahead! Content warning—the show covers topics that may not be appropriate for all audiences, such as sexual content, sexual assault, toxic relationships, and death.)…
Surrealio
By ETHAN CARLSON on March 2021
Shmoop’s Scoop
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on March 2021
Lifeboat
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on March 2021
Sitting there One small ship Lost at sea Lonely air Till you sat Next to me Anywhere That you are I will be
c r u m b l i n g
By ALICE BURKE on March 2021
i feel like i’m a spring wound too tight i’m always sprinting but never move so close to just falling to pieces
Judith Slaying Holofernes
By RAIA GUTMAN on March 2021
How had he wronged you? Had he spilt your blood or the blood of your sister with that same sword? How heavy and strong was…
Butterflies In Light
By JINHO PARK on March 2021
I’m quite fond of my physics classroom. It’s a large room. In a school full of cramped classrooms with ceilings so low that you…
Forgettable Things
By LILY GROVER on March 2021
I love it when the snow falls slow and heavy So you can picture that time stands still And they’ll never touch the earth. …
March 2021 Limerick Contest
By ALEX JORDAN, ALICE BURKE, ANYA KRAMER, CAITLIN STRONG, LELIA SHAFFER, LOUISA MILLER-OUT on March 2021
Winner: Turnips By LELIA SHAFFER There was an old woman who noted That the turnips upon which she doted Gave her stomach a grudge And…
March Surrealio
By ETHAN CARLSON on March 2021
March Sudoku
By ETHAN CARLSON on March 2021
March Sudoku: February Solution:
Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20): π (pi): You prefer to leave your job half finished. Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 19): 𝛕 (tau):…
Coolness Spectrum
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on March 2021
Cool April Fools edition of The Tattler! Perseverance 1C phase of vaccination School sports At-home gym no longer on Wednesdays Turtleneck syndrome Lockdown anniversary Anti-Asian…
Supporting Students Means Supporting Counselors
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on February 2021
There are only eleven school counselors currently employed by the Ithaca City School District (ICSD), split between Ithaca High School, Boynton, DeWitt, and LACS. The…
Colleges, Pick the Right Answer: Go Test-Optional
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on February 2021
“We are in this together. We hope to navigate these difficult times with you as you begin your college application journey,” Stanford University announced in…
Updates on the COVID-19 Vaccine in Ithaca
By FIONA HINRICHSEN on February 2021
As of December 21, 2020, the Cayuga Health Department began to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. Starting January 11, 2021, New York entered stage 1b, which…
1st: The Correct Way to Eat Breakfast Cereal
By ANNIKA MARSCHNER on February 2021
The universal anguish of pouring oneself a bowl of light, crispy breakfast cereal, only to find most of it sunken to the bottom, slimy and…
Agricultural Reform in India Leads to Historic Protests
By AITAN AVGAR on February 2021
In September of last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi supported the passage of three new laws with the intent to deregulate Indian agriculture by…
Finalmente: Argentina Legalizes Abortion
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on February 2021
On December 30, 2020, the Argentinian senate voted to legalize abortion, joining Cuba, Guyana, and Uruguay as the only Latin American nations to do so.…
2nd: The War for LGBTQ+ Right is Hard Enough Without Infighting
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on February 2021
Recently, I noticed a post on Instagram about how the pansexual identity is invalid. For reference, pansexual refers to someone who is attracted to people…