It’s no secret that the Ithaca Commons has some of the best places to eat in town. After living just a few blocks from the…
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How to Survive Your First Year of High School
Making the switch from middle school to high school can seem like a daunting task for many students—myself included. I can recall with clarity the…
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Barbenheimer The Pop Culture Phenomenon
On July 21, thousands of people swarmed the theaters to bear witness to the most cinematic moment of the year, when Greta Gerwig’s witty comedy…
STEM Feature of the Month: New Technology to Combat Climate Change
Wildfires are spreading at rapid rates around the world. Many states, including New York, experienced poor air quality in June, when smoke from the raging…
From the Archives: Excerpts from The Tattler Issues of Yesteryear
Though the four cabinets holding bundles of old Tattler issues (and other random objects) have never quite kept a distinct location, their history remains the…
Hall Monitor: Graduates Edition
“What is something you did in the past four years of high school that could have gotten you in trouble but didn’t?”
Restaurant Review: The Coal Yard Cafe
In the middle of nowhere, somewhere in the no-man’s land between Belle Sherman and Cornell, lies what is probably the cutest brunch spot in the…
Craic and Countryside: A Trip to Ireland
I had the incredible opportunity to travel to the Republic of Ireland this summer, where I was dumbstruck by the natural beauty and community of…
Non-Western Artist Feature: Sho Madjozi
There’s always something special about finding ways to create groundbreaking art while honoring timeless traditions in the process. The South African rapper Sho Madjozi does…
A Tribute to the Life of Rich Mullins
If you Google “significance of the number 26,” the first result states that “The numerology number 26 is all about unconditional love, being patient while…
Remembering John Gavin Mahoney and The Lost Cat
If you’ve walked through the streets of Ithaca, you’ve undoubtedly seen the “Lost Cat” graffiti around town. The Lost Cat street art is a quintessentially…
The USWNT’s Early Exit from the Women’s World Cup
On July 20, the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup took off, kickstarting a long-awaited tournament for many soccer fans. Particularly fans of the US Women’s…
A Trip Of A Lifetime: The Women’s World Cup
You might have expected my first game to be my favorite. It was a beautiful night in Auckland, where I got to watch the US…
Are Youth Sports Too Competitive?
This new generation of young athletes is facing a difficult choice at four years old. Continue playing soccer and basketball, with such popular sports being…
Sand People
It was only the third day of the beach getaway, and Lily wanted to do just that: get away. Leave it to her dad to…
Three Small Poems
water rolls underfoot waves of silver, tiny tears slipping through to coat my feet the tears fall towards the light if I knew the skies…
In The Interest Of Balance – An Arsonist’s Perspective
Editor’s note: The following article is intended as a joke and should not be interpreted as a legitimate defense of arson. Please do not commit…
Your New Obscure Community, According to Your Star Sign
Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 19): You may have never imagined that the pet food taste-testing community would be for you, but it certainly is.…
The Coolness Spectrum
Cool 🙂 New Teachers and Staff New E-wing School Cookies Apple Juice Bowl Cuts Rugburn Z X Starbucks Uncool 🙁
ICSD Must Prioritize Student Nutrition
Content Warning: mentions of eating disorders and body dysmorphia We all know how it goes. You have a big test, and you don’t have time…
Many students are aware that the minimum grade teachers are allowed to administer has been in flux over the past few years at IHS. Before…
Spikeball Duo Dominates at Math Competition
Two IHS seniors swept to victory in a Spikeball tournament during the New York State Mathematics League (NYSML) Competition hosted on April 22, 2023 at…
Ding Liren Wins World Chess Championship
On April 9, 2023, the World Chess Championship (WCC) began in Astana, Kazakhstan. Ding Liren of China and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia competed in a…
Balloons: Weather or Spies?
f you have TikTok, you might have seen a video of a Chinese “spy balloon” being shot down, possibly accompanied by the screech of a…
An Artistic Canceling
Since the beginning of human civilizations we have made art. From the oldest known cave paintings in Indonesia, to the papyrus scrolls of Egypt, the…