On Wednesday, October 7, Kamala Harris and Mike Pence faced off in their first debate. The debate was in stark contrast to the presidential debate,…
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Amy Coney Barrett’s Appointment Could Be Disastrous
By LOUISA MILLER-OUT on November 2020
By way of a narrow Senate vote, the Supreme Court has fallen completely under conservative control. The passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg left an empty…
Commentary on the 2006 Tattler: The Electoral College
By RAIA GUTMAN on November 2020
In November 2006, approximately fourteen years ago, an IHS student named Annette S. wrote an article for the Tattler entitled “The Electoral College: An Anachronism?”…
Online Business 101: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly — Part II
By ELLA KEEN ALLEE on November 2020
Hello, and welcome back to Part II of starting your own online business! Last time, we talked a little bit more about “the basics”: how…
Art for Racial Justice in Ithaca
By QUINN CHANG-MARTIN on November 2020
In August, the Southside Community Center, Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), and other organizations committed to social justice teamed up to lead the Ithaca community…
Villains! A Review of Madvillainy by MF DOOM and Madlib
By SIMON COHEN on November 2020
Madvillainy, released in 2004, is considered one of hip-hop’s greatest feats, and with good reason. Its eclectic, rough, and often very avant-garde production is something…
“So, uh, what are your plans for next year?” An all-knowing quiz for Seniors who have no clue what to do after graduation
By DOROTHY HAMILTON on November 2020
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The #OwnVoices Movement: Diversifying Literature for Young Minds
By FRANCES KLEMM on November 2020
The publishing world is disproportionately white and male, something that’s been a problem for decades. Publishers have historically pushed away more diverse stories, categorizing all…
A Conversation on Reopening with the Orchestra Director, Mr. Fleischman
By MANU BOSTEELS on November 2020
Manu Bosteels ‘24: Could you give us an explanation of how you came up with a strategy to teach your orchestra online? Mr. Jonathan…
Shmoop’s Scoop
By ADOWYN ERNSTE on November 2020
Troubled Blood: J.K. Rowling’s Prejudice Bleeds Through
By RAIA GUTMAN on November 2020
Published in September of this year, Troubled Blood is the fifth installment in the Cormoran Strike series, which renowned author J.K. Rowling has been writing…
The Power and Burden of Social Media: Lessons From Netflix’s The Social Dilemma
By RUBY LAROCCA on November 2020
“Never before in history have fifty designers, 20-35 year old white guys in California, made decisions that would have an impact on 2 billion people.”…
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…