Vicky Lu ‘22: How has using Canvas been like for you? Margaux Deverin (English Teacher and Theatre Leader): Canvas has a steep learning curve.…
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Recipe: Homemade Apple Pie With Chai Spices
By LINDSAY WANG on October 2020
I absolutely love making pie and since it’s fall and I think that everyone could use a bit of cheering up lately, I thought I…
Mulan (2020): Modern-Age Disney Virtue-Signaling Ruins a Heartfelt Classic
By LOKE ZHANG-FISKESJO, VICKY LU on October 2020
Thousands of Chinese children, especially young girls, have felt a sense of awe and empowerment upon seeing an Asian face after the Disney logo of…
Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing is Disturbingly Relevant Today
By AITAN AVGAR on October 2020
Over the summer, Spike Lee’s defining film Do The Right Thing celebrated its 31-year anniversary. The movie takes place on one of the hottest days…
Online Business 101: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
By ELLA KEEN ALLEE on October 2020
This year has undeniably been difficult on everyone. However, we have all found our little ways to create some good every once in a while.…
Shmoop’s Scoop
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on October 2020
Movie Theaters, The Pandemic, and Cinema-Going in Downtown Ithaca
By SAM SACHS on October 2020
I want to talk about one small piece of our massive, new, and confusing pandemic culture, one that’s very important to me: movie theaters. Before…
I’m Thinking of I’m Thinking of Ending Things
By RUBY LAROCCA on October 2020
Why watch Charlie Kaufman’s new film streaming now on Netflix, I’m Thinking of Ending Things? Why watch any of Kaufman’s deliberately difficult, occasionally hilarious, often…
Ten Thought-Provoking Writing Prompts
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on October 2020
Write a poem based on a vivid image that you internalized at one point in your life. Try to incorporate all the details that…
Waterfall
By ROSEMARY MEAD on October 2020
Quiet river floating on the shiny stones, mirror of sunlit ripples. Soon will fall over a smooth cliff, foaming and frothing below. Distant thunder…
Where I Want To Go
By SABA WEATHERSPOON on October 2020
To sleep is where I want to go Not walking to a bus in the snow In my warm blankets is where I want to…
The Based Soothsayer
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on October 2020
Hello, my dear, The end is near! Tremble in fear! I speak for trees. Come feast your eyes On smoky skies And endless cries…
Don’t Blink
By SABA WEATHERSPOON on October 2020
7:14 One eye peeks open then closes again I blink 7:19 I moan, it’s almost time I blink 7:26 I must not waste another minute.…
Untitled
By ANNA WESTWIG on October 2020
The nostalgia weaves itself like clockwork, smothering you like mist at the edge of the sea, where arthritic hulls rock under the gull calls and…
To Her Coy Mistress
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on October 2020
Goddess drenched in golden sunlight Let the music swell Run with me into the water Laugh while we rebel Come with me to every wonder…
There was once a man named Harold. Mr. Harold Norman was an extremely wealthy man, drowning in riches and luxury. But Mr. Norman hadn’t always…
October 2020 Haiku Contest
By CAITLIN STRONG, TRISTAN BORDEN on October 2020
Haiku By TRISTAN BORDEN Stay six feet away Social distancing is good Don’t sneeze close to me ______________________________ Haiku By CAITLIN STRONG I…
By LINDSAY WANG It’s sunrise, but you can’t hear any birds. That’s not unusual, but if you stop to let yourself think about it, you…
October Surrealio
By ETHAN CARLSON on October 2020
October Sudoku
By ETHAN CARLSON on October 2020
October Sudoku: September Solution:
It’s Halloween! What Scary Situations Will You Get Stuck In?
By ETHAN CARLSON on October 2020
Libra (Sep 23 – Oct 22): The lights in your house will go out because you thought you could make a smoothie while you vacuumed.…
The Coolness Spectrum
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on October 2020
Cool “Would you shut up, man?” Full moon on Halloween Seeing friends in the halls Rats at IHS have no more crumbs to eat Asynchronous…
The Tattler’s View On the District’s Plan for October Reopening: Teachers Deserve Better
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on September 2020
On Monday, September 15, the Ithaca City School District communicated to all teachers that they are required to return to school to teach in-person on…
Editorial: ICSD’s Reopening: A Can of Worms?
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on September 2020
Only one thing is certain: the 2020-2021 school year will be like no other. After a summer of planning by administrators, BoE members, teachers, and…
Ithaca’s Black Lives Matter Movement
By Tattler Editor-in-Chief on September 2020
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Meet AOC: Gen Z’s Political Hero
By KATIE LIN on September 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known simply as AOC, is many things: the US representative serving the 14th district of New York, a former waitress and bartender,…
Israel, Palestine, and the Controversies
By HANNAH SHVETS on September 2020
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been in the headlines frequently throughout the last few months, following the potential annexation of the West Bank, the claims that…