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.…
Posts published in February 2017
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…
The Case for Linux
Computer operating systems such as Windows and Mac are familiar to most computer users, dominating the market. Over the course of time, they have become…
That Sounds Like a You Problem: Tips for Success this Valentine’s Day
Q: Hey Abby. So Valentine’s Day is coming up, and I want to do something really special for my girlfriend this year. I’m not that…
Club Feature: Finance Club
If you’ve heard of Finance Club, it is likely that you dismissed it as boring, envisioning it as a club consisting of dull people obsessing…
Capital Corner: A New Family Favorite
Recently, my family and I were craving some good Chinese food. After my parents’ favorite Chinese restaurant in Ithaca closed many years ago, we were…
Stock Market Information
Not long ago I saw the film The Big Short, which tells the story of some of the people behind the infamous housing-market crash of…
A Series of Unfortunate Events Season 1: A Review
On Friday the 13th of January, Netflix released a new original show, which, as usual, was quite well-envisioned and executed. It is based off A…
Center Spread: The Rise and Fall of the Affordable Care Act
Visiting the Met
Over Winter Break, I took a family outing to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. During the ride, we planned out what…
Playlist: Thinking About an Ex
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it is typical to feel nostalgic for relationships, especially past ones that didn’t end well. A bad breakup…
Portraits of Syrian Children
For the majority of December, I spent second period every day with Waled, an eight-year-old from Syria, whose favorite color is red. Waled was not…
89th Academy Awards Predictions: La La Land Dominates
While February may be the least favorite month of all except for NFL fans, the month does contain some of the most prestigious award ceremonies,…
The Man Comes Around: An Examination of Johnny Cash’s Time Working for American Recordings (1994-2010)
Johnny Cash has been dead, undisturbed, underground, emotionless, next to his beloved wife, in Nashville, Tennessee, in the Hendersonville Memory Gardens, in the Garden of…
Ithaca Roller Derby (And Why You Should Check it Out)
Ah, roller derby. When you think of this sport, you might think of fishnet-clad lesbians punching each other in the face or creative names such…
IHS XC Recap, Indoor Track, and Outdoor Track Preview
Cross Country Recap The IHS cross country boys’ and girls’ teams, under the guidance of head coach Rich Bernstein—now in his 32nd year—both ended their…
NBA All Star Picks 2017
West All-Stars Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder): Without Kevin Durant, Russ has been able to average a triple-double this season and is one of…