The New York Knicks are approaching a point where they cannot continue a push to reenter the Eastern Conference’s playoff race. They sit stagnantly as…
The Tattler
March Madness Preview
March Madness is one of the best times of the year. What could beat four straight days of nonstop basketball, followed by even more big…
IHS Cross Country/Graduation Coach Rich Bernstein Prepares for a Coaching Experience of a Lifetime
Rich Bernstein, pictured on the far right, at the Manhattan Invitational with the Ithaca Varsity Boys Cross Country (XC) team, will be spending part of…
A World of Green and Yellow
Tall, green trees To the left, trees To the right, trees Are what I see With my nose pressed Against the cool glass of the…
Haiku of the Month: Confusion
I’m hearing my name Many faces turn towards me Mind turns to blankness
An Homage to Our Hero: Through Poems
Haiku Ay, how’s it poppin’? Ay, Barry Bee, Twitch, Bob Ross Ay, I want to die The Musings of the Intangible Meme Now the thirteenth…
How to Tell Her That You Love Her—Without Ever Actually Saying Those Three Words.
When she speaks, listen. Nod in assent, but don’t interrupt. Maintain eye contact. Try to see past the surface, but only just slightly. Only as…
Christmas Eve
Snake! He yells And betrayal cuts like a knife, stings like bleach in the eyes of a just-now blind man Anger flares like the wings…
The Future
IS IT COOL TO BE FREAKY, OR FREAKY TO BE COOL the question is mysterious, the answer is obscure bio—one’s life, course or way of…
The Problem
“Life” is a problem set, a good-sized packet, spiral-bound with time. Question follows question, annoyingly repetitive, each asking, “How shall I live this day?” So…
March
March falls between the cracks, people pass it by. February is romantic winter and April is dewdrop spring, but what is March? A leprechaun’s lament?…
A Haiku
when winter was both Tomorrow and yesterday But today sun shined
Tristan’s Angst: America’s Leadership in 2020
Horoscopes
Aries (Mar. 21–Apr. 19): Take yourself on a date and get to know YOU better. Dinner for one? No, dinner for three: you, yourself, and…
The Coolness Spectrum
COOL Morocco New exoplanets Gucci Mane is coming Asghar Farhadi The Knee Defender La-Moonlight Suppression of the press The Long March UNCOOL
Women March for Rights and Respect
Down every side street, women and men clad in pink “pussyhats” shuffled forward to join the already overflowing mass of people marching down Pennsylvania Avenue.…
Code Red Robotics Build Season Begins
Code Red Robotics’ Build Season has officially begun! Code Red Robotics is a student-run club at IHS and one of 3,000+ teams that compete in…
Editorial: Give Humanities More Attention
Many high-school students are at a delicate point of uncertainty and determination: some may still struggle to find a clear direction in life, while others…
Editorial: On Teaching Good Writing
If you look through any published essay collection, you won’t see a single piece that even remotely resembles what students are taught in high school.…
Cuomo Proposes Free SUNY Tuition
A college education is one of the most expensive financial endeavors of people’s lives. People pay thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars just for…
Opinions on the College and Career Services at IHS
As many students are aware, applying to college can be nerve-wracking. Upperclassmen look for guidance from parents, college tutors, and SAT prep courses. However, IHS…
IHS Food Drive: A Success
Link Crew’s annual food drive has come to a close, and it was definitely a success. Mrs. Bergman, an IHS teacher who assisted in the…
In Defense of Milo Yiannopoulos
In the spring of 2016, through the magic of YouTube I discovered a most interesting political “analyst.” This man seemed to be a living paradox,…
The Best Thing on Netflix
Netflix is like a refrigerator full of food. No matter how many options there are, or how low you may think your standards are, sometimes…
This Is an Intervention, America
Wake up, America: 2016 is over, long over by now, and you are still not over it, still hungover from that terrible last night when…
What Triggered Jacob This Month: Summer Vacation
I can hear it already: “Really Jacob? Summer vacation? Is nothing sacred?” Well, I’m glad you’re catching on, IHS—nothing is sacred, and certainly not your…
Student Feature: Jacob Silcoff
While a Hall Monitor was regretfully not created for this issue, Jacob Silcoff ’17 (also known as “Silky J”), known for his controversial column What…







