When I told my dad that I was going to Mia with a bunch of friends, he crinkled his nose and told me that I…
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Hall Monitor
Which celebrities would you like to see in a battle to the death? (Pictured above) Spike Jonze (director) vs. Spike Jones (musician) “Because at the…
The Venus of Urbino: A Domestic Deity
“There are pictures of nude women that suggest no impure thoughts—I am well aware of that. … What I am trying to emphasize is the…
Warning: Heavy spoilers for Season 1. The camera centers in on the sleeping face of Sarah Manning, our streetwise antihero, who lies slumped over…
Confronting Nostalgia
When I look back on this past fall, the memories I have are chock-full of moments that I can only describe as angst-ridden, indie-film quality:…
Your Spring To-Do List, Narrated in Song
“Mood Indigo” (1958): Nina Simone Get spring fever. Be overwhelmed. Be sad. Be moody. Be Mood Indigo. “I Think I’ll Call It Morning” (1971): Gil…
Minimalist Playlist
Minimalism (n). Music: a reductive style or school of modern music utilizing only simple sonorities, rhythms, and patterns, with minimal embellishment or orchestrational complexity, and…
Who is Wim Hof?
There exists a special breed of athletes whose impressive accomplishments have been tremendously overshadowed by those of the most well-known athletes of today. This breed…
Pretty Soon, Being a Knicks Fan Might Not be so Bad
Kristaps Porzingis’s Improvement In Porzingis’ first year, he provided Knicks fans some much needed hope and proved that he was worthy of the fourth overall…
Sports in Space
As the human race continues and expands its exploration of space, along for the ride is something besides millions of dollars worth of spacecraft and…
Athlete Feature: Sylvie Studier
Sylvie Studier has been running varsity track for IHS longer than anyone currently on the team—in fact, she has been on the team since the…
The Coolness Spectrum
COOL Shorter library lines Class periods spent just eating Already shopping for college Running for your life (while terrifying and perilous, can often be exhilarating and the…
Why the School is Trying to Kill Us
The school has become a monster house with lead-contaminated water, asbestos-filled walls, floors falling out from under desks.
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.…