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.…
The Tattler
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…
Soap
She sat staring at herself in the mirror. Existential crisis? “Am I allowed to self diagnose?” Yes, existential crisis. Acute. SOS. “You will not sit…
A Kid Named Moes
There once was a fat kid named Moes, So large he could not see his toes. He kept eating his sweeties ‘til he got diabetes,…
Most Every Sunday
Most every Sunday the man is here, sipping from a ceramic coffee mug and playing himself in rock paper scissors. He has hair like an…
“I Feel as If My Life Has No Porpoise”
Tristan’s Angst: PE Department Proposes Adding Fun to Curriculum
In a recent press release, the IHS PE department announced the addition of fun to gym classes under the new PhUN (Physically United Nation) curriculum.…
Horoscopes
Virgo (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): Danger would not be so scary if it were obvious. Don’t ever take your eyes off your back; a close friend…
The Coolness Spectrum
COOL Home football win Uggs on Timbs Brain Team’s #6 national rank Apple Fest Pumpkin spice Bigly Brain Team Gym warm-ups UNCOOL
Editorial: How to Solve the Student Debt Crisis
More than ever, the issue of student loans is gaining attention in the United States. Approximately $1.3 trillion in student loan debt is spread out…
The New Teachers’ Contract is More Complicated than You Thought
Adam Piasecki is the president of the Ithaca Teacher’s Association (ITA), which recently came to a long-awaited settlement with the Ithaca Board of Education (BoE).…
Noah Sorensen’s Ride for Hunger
This summer, IHS student Noah Sorensen ’17 took on quite the daunting task. With only his Bianchi Volpe bike and a few essential supplies, he…
The 2016 National Technology Student Association Conference
On the night of June 26, 2016, 19 students departed from IHS on a 13-hour bus ride to the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee,…
Discussion in IPD about Banning Jaywalking; IHS Students Divided on the Issue
On July 19, the Ithaca Police Department (IPD) announced that there would be an increase in the enforcement of jaywalking laws. In a media release…
The Truth Behind Truancy, or Why You Should Skip Senior Skip Day
“Senior Skip Day” is a day during which seniors at our school (or any school) commit mass truancy. It is a long-held and hallowed tradition…
September Electoral College Prediction
Following the massive gatherings of both the Democratic and Republican party elites at their respective conventions earlier this summer, our nation now braces itself for…
The Case for Graduating Early
As of February 3, 2017, I will be in Palmerton North, New Zealand, high-school diploma already in hand, although I’m currently a senior. How is…