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 […]
Category: VOICES
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 […]
Why Isn’t There a Boy Talk?
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 […]
How to Be An Introvert and An Activist
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 […]
My Journey Not Drinking Coffee for a Week
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 […]
