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…
Posts published in September 2016
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…
Heroes & Villains
Heroes: Najih Shaker Al-Baldawi, an Iraqi Muslim who hugged an ISIS suicide bomber to absorb the detonation at a shrine, saving countless lives. Muhammad Ali.…
The Case For Trump
The only thing I hate more than Donald Trump is an echo chamber. So, for the sake of diversifying the political discourse at IHS, I’ll…
A Day at a Farm
I found myself in the rustic fields of Brooktondale, 10 miles or so out from Ithaca, on a clear and sweltering Tuesday morning. A single…
Restaurant Review: Texas Roadhouse
Having lived in Texas for the first half of my life, I felt that the Texas Roadhouse that opened up on South Meadow Street this…
Pretend It’s Summer Once Again
Most of your friends were jet-setting the globe, racking up numerous internships for their resume, managing to write a perfect college essay, studying for the…
Club Feature: Green Team
A strange phenomenon occurs when ICSD students make the transition from the middle schools to IHS. Suddenly, a disregard for compost grows, and the compost…
Life after College: Graduate School and Entrepreneurship
High-school students rarely spend time considering the future, not so much out of inability to do so as pragmatism. Freshmen have all the challenges of…
Center Spread: Four Defining Moments of the Summer
Hall Monitor
To the Tattler editors: What is one thing you should never do in your freshman year? Magda Kossowska ’19 (Pictured Above) – “Don’t get involved…
A Circular Argument
A circle never struggles to make ends meet A line going forever in repeat It’s perfect, but saying it’s the best because it’s the best…
This Is Not a Confessional
I sat down in the metal folding chair, ready to talk, and, hopefully, ready to be listened to. I knew exactly what I was going…
I Thought I Found You
I thought I found you Sitting by the chestnut tree Your hair then Longer than it used to be I thought it passed, time…
Our Thoughts on Death
I think maybe it’s black Frank thinks what I say is whack Jenny’s into Buddha and all that jack Frank says to Jenny there’s no…
Journal Entry
Sitting inside this ancient Roman basilica, it’s easy to believe there is a god. The vaulted dome ceiling gives way to a deluge of heavenly…
Ode to a Stuffed Panda
Lying under the table there so still Left unnoticed against your own will That still furry face stares with no scorn Yet within me…
Haiku of the Month
Eclairs or cookies Though I may be a glutton I just cannot choose
What Reality TV Shows Don’t Tell You About Competitive Dance
Competitive dance has become more and more popular over the years, commercialized by shows like Dance Moms and So You Think You Can Dance, but…
German Theatre Crosses Borders
Of all the arts, theatre has an especially intense power to move us to a new perception of society. This summer, I spent three-and-a-half weeks…
Finding Dory
For many of us who were very young kids when Finding Nemo was released in 2003, that was the very first movie we ever saw…