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The Wick

The Wick is Agnes Irwin’s monthly newspaper that is written, formatted, and edited by the students. The publication’s staff are able to experiment with a unique style of writing while exploring a wide range of issues, interests, and perspectives. The Wick features new topics each month including various opinions, political debates, discussion-prompting survey questions, and current event pieces. The publication prides itself in its ability to connect the Agnes Irwin Upper School; it enables students to freely explore and express their passions and encourage fellow peers to share their own opinions.

The Wick seeks to represent the voice of Agnes Irwin’s student body. If you have a topic you would like us to cover, please copy and paste this link into your browser and fill out this form: https://forms.gle/sHHWxxoB63SWmzWE8

8 to Abolition

8 to Abolition
Laila Lewis '22, Wick Guest Writer March 3, 2022

The American policing system has been flawed and rooted in discrimination for centuries. From its inception during slavery to the present day, police forces have targeted, oppressed, and abused people...

Transgender Athletes in Sports

Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Ava DelliCompagni ‘23, Wick Assistant Sports Editor March 3, 2022

The question of whether or not to allow transgender athletes to join sports teams of their proper gender has been becoming increasingly relevant in recent years. While many think this debate is one of...

The Harm of Anti-LGBT Legislation in 2022 (Compass Article)

Ella Graupner '23, Wick Writer March 3, 2022

2021 was a record year for the number of anti-LGBT bills introduced to state legislature, and 2022 might continue that trend.  According to Lavietes, in just the first week of 2022, seven various anti-trans...

The Vision into Black Futures

Logo of organization, Black Visions
Malia Grant '22, Wick Guest Writer March 3, 2022

Black Visions and its founders have had a large impact on the defunding of the police movement and abolition, especially with Minneapolis, Michigan. The mission of Black Visions is to organize and connect...

MESA Article

MESA Article
Maya Eberlin ‘23, Wick Guest Writer March 3, 2022

The Middle Eastern Student Alliance has had a productive year so far! Being a relatively new board founded only a couple years ago, we have already been able to establish a tradition of our own and act...

Defunding the Police: An Approach by the Movement for Black Lives

Defunding the Police: An Approach by the Movement for Black Lives
Arielle Bennett '22, Wick Guest Writer March 1, 2022

No one should have to coach their child on how to survive routine police encounters. Nevertheless, the dreaded “talk” is an exclusive burden parents of color must bear in America. As reflected by the...

Representation in the 2022 Winter Olympics

Representation in the 2022 Winter Olympics
Caroline Riley '23, Wick Sports Editor March 1, 2022

The 2022 Beijing Olympic games kicked off on February 4th with a dazzling four-hour Opening Ceremony. Since then, we’ve seen yet another Russian doping scandal, Vladimir Putin watching from the stands,...

QUOTM: Do you feel as though you have easy access to diverse books, TV shows, movies, and other media?

QUOTM: Do you feel as though you have easy access to diverse books, TV shows, movies, and other media?
February 28, 2022

What are your diverse book/show/movie/etc. recommendations? Books: Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas Crier's War by Nina Varela On the Come Up by Angie Thomas Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi Queer...

Balancing the Narrative

Chimamanda Adichie, Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Sophie St. Amand '24, Wick Writer February 28, 2022

In her famous TED Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story,” Chimamanda Adichie reflects on both her negative and positive childhood experiences. She says that while her negative experiences formed parts...

Affirmative Action Is on The Line

Orchie Hasan '24, Wick Writer February 28, 2022

In 2014, a group named “Students for Fair Admissions” filed cases against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, accusing both organizations of using race as a determining factor...

What We Learn From A Minneapolis Intersection

Evan Frost. MPR News
Aaliyah Gauthney ‘22, Wick Guest Writer February 28, 2022

After the summer of 2020, America confronted one of its most pressing issues, its police system. Currently, the American police system exclusively serves one part of the population, white people. The racial...

1619 Project: A Change to the Way We Learn History

1619 Project: A Change to the Way We Learn History
Rachel Avery '25, Wick Writer February 22, 2022

“If you want to understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation,” - Matthew Desmond. The way we teach history changes from teacher to teacher and school to school,...