Archive for October, 2009

Hundreds of thousands of medical marijuana patients exhaled in relief last Monday as Attorney General Eric Holder declared a cease in federal raids on state-protected dispensaries. From the days of its passing in 1996, Prop 215 (the California bill legalizing medicinal pot) has been only supported on a state level. The same held true for...

Thinking about what you might want to do when you finally graduate? Well, here’s a profession that almost guarantees that your services will be in high demand—be an orthopedist. Why? Texting. Yes, you know that familiar buzzing sound that you wait for while you’re staring at a textbook begging the words to seep into your mind?...

With the dawn of the Paper Tiger’s online extension comes possibilities our Lick community has yet to experience. The nature of the website will allow for more expansive coverage of the bodies that comprise it, i.e., you, the students. Another opportunity the hyphen presents lies in its ability to expedite the publishing process, meaning copious...

This is online, so you shouldn’t read it. That’s not a fact, but it’s my own personal opinion, which is almost as good. To be blunt, straight-forward, direct and candid, reading your news online is killing us. Not all of us, mind you, just us people who like to write or read things on...

Over the summer, Lick-Wilmerding released its new iPhone and iPod Touch application through iTunes in order for students to have better access to information about what goes on around school. In an effort to keep students more in the loop, Lick published an app through iTunes with the help of Whipple Hill Communications, the same...

New wood shop teacher Giles Thompson has provided a spark to the technical arts department. He’s been teaching for ten years, and has a degree in design and technology education. Previously, he taught at the Cooper School in Chislehurst and the Westlands School in Sittingbourne, where he was the department chair (both schools are...

After years of musicals and Shakespearean plays, Lick students will be putting on a much more intense production this fall. On November 5, 6 and 7, they will perform Marsha Norman’s Getting Out, a play that deeply explores the psyche of a post-release prisoner who can’t escape the trauma of her past experiences. With the...

Quote of the Night: "I just want to curl up at the foot of Justin's bed and have him serenade me to sleep every night!" -Fellow Concert Attender

As winter approaches, the four JV teams are looking to end strong. With many wins recorded for each team, it is now only a matter of whether they can sustain and hold on that determines how they will finish. As Coach Eliot Smith says, “Champions find a way.” Last year, JV boys soccer had an...

When Golden State Warriors head coach Don Nelson arrived back in town for the 06-07 season, leading the Warriors on an historic and amazing playoff run, he was seen as the messiah, the Second Coming of, well, Don Nelson. The star trio of Baron Davis, Stephen Jackson, and Jason Richardson brought back memories of the...