The school has become a monster house with lead-contaminated water, asbestos-filled walls, floors falling out from under desks.
The Tattler
Tattler Introduces New Line of Cosmetics
The blusher comes in one tone: Trumble Rouge.
On Senioritis
(sorry for doing this so close to the deadline, it should be completed by March 31!) As we start to wind down the school…
Diversity Sought in Affirmative Action Policy
Despite continuing attempts to continue to attempt to grow its pool of editor applications, the Tattler has met with little success in altering its classically…
Department Head: Fun, Games No Longer Part of Curriculum
Recently, during a candid staff meeting held deep within ICSD, a department head declared that fun and games are not, in fact, supposed to be…
Why This Year is IHS’s Most Dangerous Yet
As our dedicated readers may have noticed, this year has been extraordinarily eventful for IHS (and we haven’t even exited the Death March to spring…
Copy Editor No More
The position of Copy Editor has had a rich and varied history with the Tattler since the newspaper’s birth in 1892. Most Tattler issues display…
Hall Monitor
What has it been like growing up in Ithaca as a person of color? How has the Ithaca community shaped your ethnic identity? Doug…
How to be Edgy. A Guide.
“This black leather jacket would look great on me. Unfriended was such a good movie! Why don’t my parents/friends/therapists understand me?” If you’ve had any…
My Adventure in Upper K-building
We find our intrepid hero lost in the bowels of the dark halls of upper K-building, having used a special program on his magic Chromebook…
Wound-Up: High School Years
Although Park’s Wind-Up series saw great popularity upon the first release in early September, critics were quick to note the overall deterioration in quality of…
Code Red Robotics Prepares for Competitions
Code Red Robotics, IHS’s robotics team of 56 students, officially finished and bagged its robot on February 23—the date on which all FIRST (For Inspiration…
Editorial: Hire More Counselors
Junior counselor meetings have started, and despite the counselors’ best efforts, students leave the 11th grade woefully underprepared for the college application process. A junior…
The IHS Student Council is a student-run organization that coordinates and unifies the entire IHS student body. Every two weeks, approximately 60 student representatives meet…
Combined Class Suffers at Hands of AP Class
Ms. Lauren Mellander, an English teacher at IHS, has crafted and taught one of the most highly demanded and richly interdisciplinary classes offered at IHS.…
What’s Going on With China
Chinese stock markets took a plunge early this year, falling by 11.6 percent in one week alone. The market has since stabilized, but the event…
Apple vs. the FBI
Technology law shouldn’t be decided by ignorant, old men who need their grandchildren to help them set up their iPhones. Following the San Bernardino shootings…
Anxiety among Adolescents
It’s time to state the obvious: students are under pressure. The American Psychological Association’s studies have shown that the anxiety levels of students in the…
Floating in Stars
Rape Culture in Fraternities: a Particularly Nasty Outbreak of a Much Larger Societal Epidemic
Ever heard a news reporter or causal commenter ask what a victim was wearing or drinking while discussing an allegation of sexual assault? Ever heard…
Colleges (Not) Standing out in a Crowd
Dear institutes of higher learning, I have officially stopped reading your mail in full, unless you make it better. No longer will your glossy brochures…
Bilingualism Must Be a Requirement for American Education
America is diverse; one in five of U.S. residents do not speak English at home. The U.S. has no national official language, either. But why…
Do College Rankings Matter?
Anyone who’s gone through the process of applying to college has inevitably spent some time looking through lists of “best” colleges. We’re aware that these…
The Many Faces of Weiqing “Skippy” Zhang
The district and those who pull the strings behind our bumbling puppet do much to “educate,” “engage,” and “empower.” However, there is little going on…
7 Reasons College Mail Isn’t Worth Your Time
The college mail starts streaming in soon after taking the PSAT. Simply by filling in a few bubbles and signing your name, you’ve gotten yourself…
Considering the sheer number of politically active and impassioned students that filter through the halls of IHS every day, the lack of political organizations at…
Food Review: A Dissertation on Noodles
It’s a fact of life that different people have different tastes, and that fact makes itself clear in the literal sense when it comes to…