Ever since the pandemic fully cancelled the January Regents exams for the first time ever, the question has been circulating whether the exams should be…
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Don’t Get Rejected! Your Guide to Recycling in Tompkins County
By ANNA COHEN on February 2021
As of November 2, 2020, Tompkins County collectors will reject curbside recycling bins that contain contaminants, whereas previously, collectors only issued warnings. The Department of…
Thoughts on Evermore
By JINHO PARK on February 2021
Last December, when a few friends on the Tattler board told me that Taylor Swift was releasing another album, Evermore, I didn’t believe them. For…
Regal Cinemas Loses Its Crown
By MAYA BLANCHARD on February 2021
Eyes blinking to adjust from the stark fluorescent hallways of the Ithaca Mall, you stare into the sparsely lit lobby that somehow seems expansive and…
Shmoop’s Scoop
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on February 2021
Athlete Profile: Ben Ruth
By AYA OULIDA on February 2021
Benjamin Ruth ‘23 has been playing baseball since he was four, starting with the Lansing Baseball Program, and he’s never let his commitment to the…
Writing Prompts
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on February 2021
Write a somber poem about clutter, trinkets, and broken things. Set a timer for three minutes to create a character or story premise. Develop the…
February 2021 Haiku Contest
By ALICE BURKE, ANNA COHEN on February 2021
Winner: 1/6/21 By ALICE BURKE They attack Congress Raise the Confederate flag Our country bleeding ______________________________ A Breath of Fresh Air By ANNA COHEN A…
Nonets
By RAIA GUTMAN on February 2021
I: Transcendental Above the forest floor, see the trees. The trees, under a clouded sky, Stretching like hands, stretching toward What to them is so…
Santo Stefano
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on February 2021
They watched us from the central tower We crept, for fear of being caught But now the cries of battle Drown out our secret plot…
Castellammare
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on February 2021
The word “Vesuvius” evokes images of lava spurting from a massive volcanic crater, people running in terror and succumbing to the suffocating clouds of ash…
Wrapped Gut
By ZEKE LAWRENCE on February 2021
I listen to music, alone in my room, Waiting for my thoughts to bloom. It’s from the Renaissance, And I know what you’ll assume: This…
Pictures of Dreams
By LILY GROVER on February 2021
I can spin With my feet on the ground My head in the sky And I feel like I am falling Tumbling down Without moving.…
February Surrealio
By ETHAN CARLSON on February 2021
February Sudoku
By ETHAN CARLSON on February 2021
February Sudoku: December Solution:
How Does Your Morning Start? Perhaps This Horoscope Can Find Out
By ETHAN CARLSON on February 2021
Aquarius (Jan 20 – Feb 18): You do have an alarm set, but, admittedly, snooze it at least three times before actually getting up. …
Coolness Spectrum
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on February 2021
Cool February Break GME Stonks (To the Moon!) Federal Prisons no longer privatized No more subject tests! (Only) Halfway through the school year Quarantine Valentines’…
Literary Issue
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on January 2021
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1st Place: Sem Tambores – Daniel Zawel 2nd Place: Can’t it Wait – Jonas Heimbecker 3rd Place: The Stars – Sam Sachs Phycotronic – Jonas…
The New Year: A Calendrical Playlist
By SAM SACHS on December 2020
A few months ago, I realized that a good number of songs I regularly listen to have the names of months in their titles, and…
IHS Students: Take Responsibility for your Classroom Environment
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on December 2020
“Does anybody want to answer this question?” Silence. Five, ten, fifteen, thirty seconds pass. The teacher stares nervously at their screen, asking, pleading, begging for…
Teachers and Students Share Opinions On IHS Learning
By MONTY ABED on December 2020
As IHS reopens its doors to students, the eccentric schedule has sparked many diverse perspectives. Whether they attend school online or go in-person, students and…
Anti-Semitism Persists In Ithaca
By HANNAH SHVETS on December 2020
Throughout the last week of October, anti-Semitic vandalism and hate speech have spread over Ithaca, remaining mostly underreported and barely mentioned on social media. The…
Yemen Conflict: An Overview and Current Effects of COVID-19
By MOUNIR MORA-KPAI on December 2020
Over the past year, the COVID-19 outbreak has been a devastating force to nations all over the world, narrowly sparing only countries that took swift…
What’s Next for the Democratic Party?
By WILL THOMAS on December 2020
Joe Biden will be the next President of the United States. Although this is likely not news to anyone, it still bears repeating. Further, despite…
Abolish the Electoral College
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on December 2020
The election of 2016 left many of us wondering why the candidate who was ahead by nearly three million votes still lost. How does it…
Unpopular Opinion: Tacos Are Better Than Pizza
By MANU BOSTEELS on December 2020
According to a survey conducted by The Harris Poll, the most popular food chosen by Americans to eat for the rest of their lives is…