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Op/Ed: The Transfer Experience: Put My Foot in the Circle?

Post Author By Primo Lagaso Goldberg
Post Date October 18, 2019

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 […]

2019-20 Transfer students, pictured left to right: Primo Lagaso Goldberg ’21, Luca Iribarren ’22, Hannah Kloninger-Stever ’21, Carolyn Lau ’22, Evan Wallis ’22. photo by Gabe Castro-Root

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Op-Ed: Restricting Semenya Is Sexist, Sets a Dangerous Precedent, and Violates Human Rights

Post Author By Molly Weiner
Post Date May 30, 2019

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 […]

Semenya after her 800m win at the Meeting de Paris track meet in Saint-Denis, France in 2018. photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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The Head, Heart, and Paws of Lick-Wilmerding

Post Author By Pilar McDonald
Post Date May 29, 2019

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. […]

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FEATURES VOICES

OpEd: Frat Culture, a Toxic Brotherhood

Post Author By Pilar McDonald
Post Date May 28, 2019

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 […]

Students at Swarthmore participate in a sit-in at the Phi Psi fraternity. photo courtesy of Organizing for Survivors

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Op/Ed: For Trump, Money Trumps All

Post Author By Josh Raeburn
Post Date December 19, 2018

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 […]

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Head, Heart, and Heels: The Rise and Fall of Heely Culture

Post Author By Martin Mercy
Post Date October 31, 2018

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 […]

In the final idyllic days of the learning village, Martin Mercy ’19 stuns the photographer with his style. photo by Nick Harris

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Satire: Lick Students Too Busy Complaining about Work and Sleep to Finish their Work and Go to Sleep

Post Author By Eddie Dilworth
Post Date May 17, 2018

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 […]

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Why Isn’t There a Boy Talk?

Post Author By Martin Mercy
Post Date May 17, 2018

During this year’s Girl Talk — Lick and Urban’s annual celebration of feminine power— one writer spoke of how a male friend asked her, “How […]

Girl Talk Allows female identifying students to participate in anonymous readings of submitted work. Photo by Robin Von Breton

ARTS & CULTURE FEATURES VOICES

How to Be An Introvert and An Activist

Post Author By Sutter Morris
Post Date March 28, 2018

One question has plagued my thoughts over the past few weeks: can I be an introvert and an activist? I am awed and humbled as […]

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My Journey Not Drinking Coffee for a Week

Post Author By Adam Barr-Neuwirth
Post Date May 19, 2017

I started drinking coffee pretty early in my life. I remember trying it for the first time on my 8th grade class’ trip to Costa […]

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