Posts published in October 2017
Fresh Food Comes to IHS
School lunches are notorious for providing students with foods high in carbs and sugar, but a person cannot survive on Uncrustables and Pop-Tarts. The issue…
Club Funding at IHS
With approximately 50 different clubs for everything from K-pop to magic to tiddlywinks, IHS offers one of the most comprehensive student activities programs in the…
Decarcerate Tompkins County Stops Local Jail Expansion
Decarcerate Tompkins won a major victory in Ithaca when the Center for Governmental Research (CGR) decided this past July that it did not need to…
The Issue of North Korea
Located on the Korean peninsula, bordering China, Russia, and South Korea, North Korea has always been sandwiched between major powers, and has been for decades…
The Status of Chromebook Privacy
The world has entered the digital age, an era in which technology is everything. Representative of this paradigm shift is IHS’s transition to Chromebook usage.…
Editorial: Why Social Media Companies Need To Censor Hate Speech and Threats
Billions of people worldwide use social media sites like Facebook to connect with each other. In the United States, approximately seven out of ten people…
Why Students Need Better Chromebooks
The introduction of Google Chromebooks into ICSD in 2015 was met with great enthusiasm from the student body, as we have long desired to play…
The Hypocrisy of the Administration on Music and GPA
Tenacity: the quality of being persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired. Compassion: sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a…
Climate Change: Still a Problem
Climate change is a fact, a phenomenon that has been proven innumerable times with a wealth of empirical data and a consensus within the scientific…
Let Celebrities Share Their Political Opinions
More than ever before, today’s celebrities have the wherewithal to share their opinions with people around the world. The combination of more traditional platforms, such…
Book Review: Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot by Masha Gessen
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot by Masha Gessen is a book that follows the story of the Russian feminist punk band…
Restaurant Review: Mix Social Dining
Looking to try a new eatery in Ithaca, we decided to visit Mix Social Dining on Elmira Road for dinner on a Saturday evening. The…
October Playlist
A blend of warm acoustics and soul-healing melodies, this playlist is perfect for cold mornings at your favorite local coffee shop. “Spirit Cold” –…
Cayuga Sound Festival
On Saturday, September 23, I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Cayuga Sound Festival with a press pass. The festival, a collection…
Ithaca in Full Swing: Goodman’s Visit to Ithaca
Fifty-two years ago, spring of 1965. Accompanied by a police escort, the world famous clarinetist Benny Goodman was driven into the biggest crowd IHS has…
Why the Celtics Won the Trade of the Decade
On August 22, speculation began to emerge that the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics were engaged in trade talks involving a swap of their star…
Why You Should Go to a Cornell Hockey Game
The Ithaca area doesn’t have too much going on in terms of sports outside of IHS. The nearest major league teams are far off in…
Knicks Season Preview 2018
After seven tumultuous seasons as a member of the New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony and the team finally parted ways on September 23, when Anthony…
The 2017 US Open
The 2017 US Open took place from August 22 to September 10 in Flushing Meadows, New York City. On the Men’s side, the tennis tournament…
What If the Earth Stopped Spinning?
June 15, 2018. A relatively normal day by most people’s standards. Newscasters reported the weather, politicians played their various roles in the governing bodies of…
A Night of Stripes
Jumping They dance to the songs they chose. Nickels and dimes into the jukebox as people awkwardly look on Their throats tickle As they swallow…
Never There
In this world Wings come from nowhere I could fly above the world If only I could get my feet off the ground Fragments…
Untitled
She drew dragons on her paper the girl with sad eyes two green marbles blinking long and hard between smudges of fire and scaly skin…
A Trip Back to Elementary School
It’s been awhile since I last walked through the doors of Cayuga Heights Elementary School. With a heart full of hope and ambitions, I was…
Memories with the Seasons
Red and orange leaves float down and land silently on the backyard lawn, while she laughs and lets herself sink deep into the pile of…
October Horoscopes
Libra (Sep 23 – Oct 22): Your balance is too good to “fall” into the new season; you’ll just glide. Scorpio (Oct 23 – Nov…