After the first week of classes, I went with three of my friends, whom we’ll call Lamie Jovette, Klison Ae, and Suth Rilcoff (to preserve…
The Tattler
The National Anthem: Sit or Stand?
Recently, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick caused quite a stir in the media when he opted to kneel on the sideline during the National…
Chromebooks: One Year Later
The emergence of the Chromebook in ICSD in September 2015 gave thousands of students a new way of learning in and outside of the classroom.…
Heroes and Villains
Heroes: Secretary of State John Kerry (pictured), who has negotiated a ceasefire in Syria with Russia and some other combatants. In the past, he has…
Cartoons
Club Feature: Cycling Club
If you’ve ever noticed a group of kids on bikes at the bottom of Renwick Road or heading out of IHS onto Cayuga Street, chances…
Teacher Feature: Richard Horan
I and most other AP Lit students were surprised, to say the least, when our schedules abruptly switched from “Amodeo” to “Horan” right before school…
Rosh Hashanah: A New Year Shofar So Good
There are many different cultures across the globe that have their own New Year celebrations: for example, the Chinese have their New Year, the Ethiopians…
What Steve and Ms. Gray Learned in Georgia
This summer, math teacher Steve Weissburg and science teacher Carlan Gray traveled to Georgia, a small country bordering the Black Sea and Russia. They were…
Hall Monitor
What are you grateful for?
Tips for the College Application Process
Q: Hi Abby. I’m a senior, and I’m starting to get really stressed about the whole college application process. I’ve barely looked at the Common…
Center Spread: New Faculty at IHS:
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week: A Movie Review
The Beatles: Eight Days A Week—The Touring Years, named, of course, after the classic early Beatles song, follows the band through its four-year touring period…
Porchfest: Ten Years of Music in the Streets
Every year since 2007, people from all over Ithaca have come down to the usually quiet neighborhood of Fall Creek to listen to great local…
Swiss Army Man Review
This summer was a severe disappointment in the world of blockbuster films. While many were surrounded by major hype, none of them seemed to live…
The Get Down: A Movie Review
The Get Down is the Bronx in 1978. Suddenly you are there, walking past graffiti-covered trains, singing along to disco tunes, dancing down the street.…
A Blonde Review
After the memes, the waiting, and the almost complete obscurity of Frank Ocean’s plans as an artist, Blonde is finally here. Ocean is one of…
Odin’s Finest: A Viking Metal Playlist
Viking metal has been, for most of my experience with metal as a whole, one of my favorite genres of metal ever. Typically it consists…
JapanAmerica at the Johnson
Have you ever stared at something and noticed that it is not quite right? Like you weren’t sure if the frame was crooked or if…
Four Other 2016–17 NBA MVP Underdogs
While we are a month away from the upcoming NBA season, analysts have already begun determining the frontrunners for the league’s MVP race. LeBron James,…
World Series Predictions
This current season has been an odd one for Major League Baseball. Ardent fans will notice that the standings look quite different from those of…
The Olympians that Bob Costas Didn’t Mention
This summer saw one of the most exciting Olympic Games to date. Americans fell in love with Simone Biles as she became the most decorated…
Just Seconds before Second
Even after four consecutive wins so far this season, the IHS girls’ swim team is underappreciated and unpopular among many of the people in the…
The Fall of the Titans
The 2016 U.S. Open took place from August 29 to September 11 in New York City, and marked the end of Serena Williams’s 309 consecutive…
How to Look Like You’re Halfway Decent at Fantasy Football in Five Easy Steps
Are you sick of finishing last in your Fantasy Football league? Are your friends laughing at you for wasting your first-round pick on a tight…
Rape Culture In Athletics
In March, Stanford swimmer Brock Turner was found guilty of raping an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. Although the maximum punishment for his crime was…
Haiku of the Month
Winner Diving By STERLING WILLIAMS-CECI Diving Deeper down Crystals of water collapse Passing Poseidon Others Untitled By ALYSSA PAULO It’s watching you now. Pretend…