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Sentimental Study Session Playlist
By RAIA GUTMAN on November 2020
Some of us may prefer silence over study music, but a well-curated playlist can set the mood for focus and positivity. Listening to these songs…
Writing Prompts
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on November 2020
You wake up one morning to find that you cast not one shadow, but three. You’re raking leaves in the front yard only to find…
Pass It Along Column
By LINDSAY WANG, TANIA HAO on November 2020
There once was a person named Harold Norman. And he hated his name. It wasn’t that anyone picked on him for his name when he…
Raw Sun Denim, The Beauty in the Mundane and Ignored
By SIMON COHEN on November 2020
I awake. I face my window. Its worn, wooden frame is slightly ajar to let in the cool morning air. I take a deep breath.…
Broken Heart, Heartbroken
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on November 2020
Dust to ash and ash to dust Rust to heart and heart to rust Lust to lies and lies to lust Must you go? Yes,…
Ode to Hybrid Learning
By RAIA GUTMAN on November 2020
Thanks to you, streetlamp, I see the yellows and reds of autumn. On my way to school, the halls are quiet But for the buckling,…
Ode to the Dot above the “i”
By ANNA WESTWIG on November 2020
You lonesome ellipsis, the alphabet’s first foundling, gape like opened veins in grey water. You afterthought, you dreaming balloon, scatter like radiation on the page. …
Palindrome of the Oppressed
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on November 2020
Incited dreams, And hopes and schemes United, we won today No retreat, Fight, no defeat Ignite us and blow them away. Away them blow…
Does the moon look the same from any angle that you look? It’s a curious thought. Does the moon in the night even…
Ravioli Haiku
By SAM SACHS on November 2020
When all else will fail, Some lobster ravioli Always wins the day
Iceberg Haiku
By SAM SACHS on November 2020
Tip of the iceberg: Sets you down a path, or just Makes your ship go sink
Falling Haiku
By SAM SACHS on November 2020
If you’re high enough It doesn’t hurt when you fall You just keep falling
November Surrealio
By ETHAN CARLSON on November 2020
November Sudoku
By ETHAN CARLSON on November 2020
November Sudoku: October Solution:
What’s Your Favorite Drink? Perhaps This Horoscope Knows!
By ETHAN CARLSON on November 2020
Scorpio (Oct 23 – Nov 21): Tea: You are diligent and reserved; you drink it because it’s cool, not because you need it. Sagittarius…
Coolness Spectrum
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on November 2020
Cool Fall Back Daylight’s Savings Clearance halloween candy Uncool Turkey Shortages Virtual Thanksgiving Eyes on fire just like California The Election Seasonal Depression (on top…
Recapping the 9/29 Presidential Debate
By FRANCES KLEMM on October 2020
On September 29, Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Trump faced off in a ninety-minute debate which gave viewers dark flashbacks to 2016. The…
Editorial: Pass/Fail Grading Gets an A
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on October 2020
In the days leading up to June 5, 2020, hundreds of IHS students flooded SchoolTool to make an important choice that would reflect their academic…
Editorial: Teaching Black History at IHS Still Needs Work
By THE TATTLER EDITORIAL BOARD on October 2020
This year our nation has faced a grand reckoning on the issue of racial inequality, and as a result, students from Ithaca City School District…
Ithaca Community Confronts Police Violence
By RAIA GUTMAN on October 2020
Backlash against police has a historical precedent, most notably in the cases of young Black men who were unarmed at the times of their deaths.…
COVID in Cornell: Troubleshooting the Reopening
By SIRAN “JAY” JIA on October 2020
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc across the United States, forcing closures everywhere it touches, from supermarkets to college campuses. However, unlike many other universities, Cornell is…
A Short Tribute: Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By KATIE LIN on October 2020
When asked if she had any advice for young women in 2015, Ruth Bader Ginsburg responded, “Fight for the things that you care about, but…
Islamophobia inside Chinese Concentration Camps
By DAVID BARRY, MONTADHAR ABED on October 2020
An estimated one to two million Uighurs, a Chinese minority located in Northwest China, are in incarceration in secretive internment camps along with Kazakh and…
ICE Reportedly Sterilizing Detainees Without Their Consent
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on October 2020
On Monday, September 14, a disturbing report was filed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector by Dawn Wooten, a licensed nurse who was…
Teaching Sex Ed in the Age of Virtual Learning
By NOMI FALK on October 2020
Sex education in the public school system has long been a topic of much controversy. Some feel that it is not comprehensive enough, while others…
TikTok: A Unique Medium for Political Discourse
By MOUNIR MORA-KPAI on October 2020
Due to the upcoming presidential election, the ever-so-tense political climate, and the housebound nature of life in the pandemic, social media has become a principal…