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GREEK SPOTLIGHT: ALPHA PHI OMEGA – ALPHA ZETA DELTA

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Publisher: Rudo Kazembe

By RUDO ELLEN KAZEMBE ‘20 FEATURES EDITOR Alpha Phi Omega is a National Service Fraternity and was founded on principles of Leadership, Friendship, and Service in 1925 at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. The Alpha Zeta Delta Chapter was founded in 2006 at Lake Forest College. According to President Bridget Whited ‘19, there are “a total of 48 members in [the]chapter” which are inclusive of “25 actives [and]23 associates.” A member of the fraternity, Jennifer…

Power failures see the light

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Publisher: Rudo Kazembe

By MATT DEMIRS EDITOR IN CHIEF Power has been restored across campus after nearly three weeks of electrical issues caused by multiple failures in the underground power lines during March. On March 13th, during Spring Break, Phillip Hood, the Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations, alerted the student body via email of a major power outage that was originally said to take hours to repair. Hood’s email was the first in a series of…

CLUB SPOTLIGHT: MUSLIM STUDENT ASSOCIATION

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Publisher: Rudo Kazembe

By RUDO ELLEN KAZEMBE’20 FEATURES EDITOR The Muslim Students Association of Lake Forest College has existed for several years. According to the President Nouha Ezouhri ’19, the purposes of this inclusive cultural club are to raise more awareness about the Islamic faith to the student body, to bring the Muslim community together on campus, and to do more outreach work “especially in today’s time and age [whereby]various things are being said about Muslims in the…

A Year of Hard Work Culminated in first TEDx Lake Forest College Event

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Publisher: Rudo Kazembe

By KALINA SAWYER’18 MANAGING EDITOR Lake Forest College held its very first TEDx event on October 27 at Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel. Eleven speakers came from Chicago, New York, and the Lake Forest College community to share in the mission of the international organization, TED: “Ideas worth spreading”. This TEDx event was the culmination of a year’s worth of hard work from the new TEDx student organization on campus. Hakob Parsamyan ’20 came up…

The Recovery Isn’t Over: Houston Healing Post-Harvey

Posted on November 5, 2017November 5, 2017 by Publisher: Rudo Kazembe

by ISAAC WINTER‘20 STAFF WRITER While Hurricane Harvey camped out over my hometown of Houston, Texas for four straight days in late August, I was 1,122 miles away here at Lake Forest College, beginning my first week of sophomore year. I’ve been through my fair share of hurricanes. In 2001, Tropical Storm Allison deposited so much rain that water came up to our front door step. In 2005, the entire city evacuated due to the…

NEW POLITICS CLUB TO EASE CAMPUS TENSION

Posted on November 5, 2017November 5, 2017 by Publisher: Rudo Kazembe

By CYDNEY SALVADOR‘18 FEATURES EDITOR Politics Club, recently officiated by the Gates Center, began one afternoon as Evan Weller ’21, Nick Wheeler ’21, and Alyson Kearschner ’21 discussed their differing views on recent political events. After their discussion, the group brainstormed a club that would facilitate conversations on a tense and troubled campus. The club’s executive board and adviser, Uihlein Assistant Professor of American Politics Evan Oxman, agree on one thing. “Our biggest goal is…

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