Satire: Geminis and Virgos Unite to Fight NASA’s Astrological Sign Shift
On November 8th, thousands crowded around the entrance of the Johnson Space Center in Houston to protest NASA’s revamp of the astrological signs. NASA’s decision, […]
Category: VOICES
Satire: You Will Find No Meaning in this Article
Under the staircase of the first floor of the main building, tucked away in the shadows of Lick-Wilmerding High School, there is a place of […]
STAFF EDITORIAL: Climate Change is Now. We Must Speak Directly of Its Present Consequences
We often associate climate change with future scenes of cataclysmic, universal disaster: rising oceans, leveled forests, a planet ablaze. But this oversimplification doesn’t reflect the […]
Op/Ed: The Transfer Experience: Put My Foot in the Circle?
Lick-Wilmerding accepts up to 138 students per class each year. In addition to incoming Frosh, Lick will get maybe, maybe, three transfer students as sophomores […]
Op-Ed: Restricting Semenya Is Sexist, Sets a Dangerous Precedent, and Violates Human Rights
Caster Semanya is a female Olympic gold medalist runner from South Africa. She has hyperandrogenic qualities, which means she has higher testosterone levels than most […]
The Head, Heart, and Paws of Lick-Wilmerding
In 2018, there were 89.7 million dogs in American households. A small fraction of these dogs are lucky enough to call Lick students their parents. […]
OpEd: Frat Culture, a Toxic Brotherhood
On April 30th, numerous national newspapers ran articles on the closure of two Swarthmore fraternities after documents were leaked that show bragging about sexual conquests […]
Op/Ed: For Trump, Money Trumps All
Saudi-American journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 2. The world first found out about his […]
Head, Heart, and Heels: The Rise and Fall of Heely Culture
As Martin Mercy ’19 rolled onto Lick-Wilmerding’s campus on September 4, 2018, a single stroke of the foot propelled him forward. Students and teachers alike […]
Satire: Lick Students Too Busy Complaining about Work and Sleep to Finish their Work and Go to Sleep
On any given day at Lick, you will likely hear the following phrases: “I’m so tired,” “I slept like 3 hours last night,” “My BME […]
