As the school year winds down, it seems that teachers and students alike have adapted quite well to Chromebooks. Despite initial skepticism, as well as…
Posts published in June 2016
On May 12, the IHS CubeSat Club was announced as one of the winners of the CubeSat Design Competition, which was held in The Museum…
Editorial: Why Students Need Their Teachers to be Paid Better
It’s no wonder that an increase in teacher salaries is universally supported by teachers. However, it is also in students’ best interest to have their…
The Ups and Downs of Taking an AP as a Freshman
During this academic school year, IHS freshmen were given the opportunity to take AP World History, one of the most challenging of all social-studies AP…
People are most likely accustomed to the drone of cicadas during sweltering summer nights. These are annual cicadas, as opposed to periodical cicadas, which only…
Projected Electoral College: Clinton vs. Trump
As the 2016 Democratic and Republican primaries wind down, two clear victors have emerged. On the Republican side, Donald Trump managed an overwhelming, unprecedented victory,…
Passion, Publicity, and Purges
According to those who have been around long enough to remember pre-Obama elections, this election is unlike any other. Maybe it’s the increased media presence…
Why Transcendental Nature Writing is Dead and What You Can Do to Bring it Back
To men like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Edward Everett, being overcome with the visceral beauty of nature was as good as popping a Quaalude and…
Let Them Watch Porn
While I haven’t sawn my Chromebook in half yet (shoutout to the guy who did that—you know who you are), I’ll admit that every time…
Emojis: Not Destroying Language as We Know It
Just as our society is beginning to accept the fact that texting is not destroying the written word, it seems to have fixated its blame…
Heroes & Villains
Heroes: Environmental activist Berta Caceres, who worked tirelessly to defend the lands of indigenous peoples in her country and who was shot and killed on…
Teacher Feature: Richard Anderson
Richard Anderson, a long-standing English teacher at IHS, will be retiring after this year. He has a new novel coming out within the next year…
Summer Writing
Once again, we find ourselves at the brink of summer, no doubt exhausted from 40 weeks of school. Although many will certainly enjoy a few…
Student Feature: Joshua Ryan
When I first heard about a student named Joshua Ryan, who apparently hunted for his own food and used very little technology, I knew that…
Hall Monitor
What is your favorite place to go/thing to do around Ithaca in the summer? (Pictured above) “During the summer I’ll make occasional trips to Purity.” —…
Conspiracy Theories of the 2016 Presidential Campaign
The presidential election of 2016 has been provoking some of the most interesting discussions, news articles, and controversies over the past few months as the…
Announcing the Literary Section!
Welcome to the brand-new, state-of-the-art literary section of the IHS Tattler! This section will feature students’ creative writing: everything and anything from poetry, short fiction,…
Haiku of the Month!!!!
i cannot tell if that glimmer in your eyes is playfulness or pain
Preaching Grub
There we were, two teenage girls pouring out our teenage woes. Interspersing gossip with deep shit and not feeling embarrassed about afflictions of the heart.…
Seniors’ Post-High School Plans
Here Is a Field of an Unknown Grain
If this field were a person it would be a woman named Sigtuna with a spitting problem. If this field were an accident it would…
Wind-Up: Finale
Linda was unconscious by the time I burst into the dilapidated home, her slight breath on my neck the only indication that she was still…
WHAT TIME IS IT?
NOT time to get a watch. Because it’s SUMMERTIME! This playlist is long enough that you’ll be able to play it on repeat all summer…
Ithaca: Hollywood of the East
In the early 20th century, Ithaca was the center of the silent film industry: a Hollywood of its time. Glamorous actresses, producers, and directors roamed…
Chance the Rapper: “Coloring Book” Review
To release an album on Friday the 13th, one would have to be pretty darn confident. Chancelor Bennett, better known as Chance the Rapper, released…
A New Kind of Makeover: The Jungle Book
Let’s throw it back to 1967: the year of my mother’s birth, the year that the first African- American Chief Justice, Thurgood Marshall, was sworn…
Remembering the Purple One
People (including myself) like to go on about how Prince was this and Prince was that: “He was Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, and Michael Jackson…