Lake Forest College
By Courtney Prais ‘19 Opinion Editor Typically, I was the type of student in high school to start an assignment weeks in advance: as soon as the instructions were in my hands, I was ready to begin drafting and planning my response. Now a senior in college, I dread the moment an assignment is placed in my hands. I dread the anticipation of impending deadlines, knowing that although by the end of a long, busy…
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By Pouriya Soltani ‘22 and Sangjun Hornewer ’20 Staff Writer and Editor-in-Chief The Grand Opening of the Lillard Science Center represents more possibilities for the Lake Forest College community. Over 700 people gathered at the new center on Middle Campus to celebrate the Grand Opening on October 12. The presentation began with opening remarks from President Schutt and messages of thanks to all those who contributed to the over $43 million project; principal donors John…
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By Emma Overton ‘22 News Editor To honor the late Ruth Winter, who was a dynamic director of student activities at Lake Forest College for many years, the College invited Pulitzer Prize winning professor and historian Heather Ann Thompson to speak on Wednesday evening, October 10 in the Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel. Thompson, who won the coveted 2017 Pulitzer in history for her book “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971…
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By Emma Overton ‘22 News Editor It is doubtful that when M. Sean Riedel took his new position as Chief Information Officer at Lake Forest College this past July—after having served as vice president of operations for Ingeniux Corporation, a leading web content management and delivery company, and before that as associate vice president for Knox College—he could have only imagined that technologically savvy college students could get caught in phishing scams preying on their…
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By Rudo Ellen Kazembe ’20 Features Editor Lake Forest College held its second TEDx on November 3 in the Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel. There were 11 speakers from around the United States and one speaker from a city-state on France’s Mediterranean coastline, known as Monaco. According to Vice President and Executive Producer Zachary Jenkins ’21, “seeing the lights, the stage, the people, all coming together to form something much bigger than anyone could do…
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By Jon Call ’20 and Rudo Ellen Kazembe ’20 Managing Editor and Features Editor Digital Chicago is a program that enables faculty and students to research historical aspects of Chicago’s history, and the projects include the history of drag, Irish music, and prominent figures of Chicago. According to research assistant Ani Karagianis ’20, this program is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which focuses on “different avenues of research [inclusive of but not limited…
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