April Sudoku: March Solution:
The Tattler
Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 19): Good Ending: You read the entirety of this newspaper, and you have never felt happier. Taurus (Apr 20…
Coolness Spectrum
Debra Haaland: An Overview
In December 2020, President Joe Biden historically nominated Debra Haaland as the Secretary of the Interior, responsible for overseeing a myriad of federal agencies dealing…
Flip-Through Version of March 2021
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Board of Education, Students’ Trust Requires Transparency
On November 22, 2020, Ms. Anjanette Brown, the ex-wife of superintendent Luvelle Brown, submitted more than 200 pages of emails, reports, and legal documents alleging…
Amazon employs more than a million workers across the globe, is worth around a trillion dollars, and, in its 26-year history, has undercut, outstripped, or…
Thinking Past Reform: The Case for Prison Abolition
On January 26, 2021, Joe Biden signed an executive order to phase out private prisons by refusing to renew federal contracts with them. This decision…
Can We Get Vaccine Rollout On Track?
It has been no secret that America’s vaccine rollout was chaotic from the start. At the end of January, all 50 states were reporting vaccine…
Distance Learning at IHS: A Clear-Eyed Assessment and a Call to Action
For many students, the phrase “distance learning” calls to mind a solitary student crouching in some cramped corner of the house, staring listlessly at a…
The (Hot) Chocolate Take
While it may be March, it’s pretty clear that the Ithaca winter is not scared of blowing into the spring months. And if the winter…
I Shouldn’t Be Scared Of Jews In Government
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…
How Blokus Questions the Idea of Winners and Losers
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
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
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
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
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!
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?
(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
Shmoop’s Scoop
Lifeboat
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
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
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
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
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
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…
