Features

By Jovana Jovanovska ’23 Staff Writer jovanovskaj@mx.lakeforest.edu    Ann Roberts has been an art history professor at the College for 25 years. She grew up in and around Baltimore, Maryland. Roberts attended Johns Hopkins University for her undergraduate degree and the University of Pennsylvania for her master’s and PhD degree. She was in the first class of women admitted to the then all-male Johns Hopkins University when there were about 25 women in the first-year…

By Emma Overton ’22  Editor-in-Chief and News Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu   During these unprecedented and difficult times, many of us are feeling stressed and anxious. Below are some self-care suggestions for coping with the current situation.    1, Reach out (Digitally)  Although we are self-isolating, try to digitally reach out to those important to you. Check-in on your classmates, friends, and family. A simple phone call or FaceTime conversation can increase feelings of connectedness to others. …

By Jovana Jovanovska ‘23 Staff Writer  jovanovskaj@mx.lakeforest.edu    Lake Forest College enables students to take Independent Study classes to explore topics outside of classes that are normally offered in a semester. This semester, economics Professor Carolyn Tuttle, who is retiring at the end of the year following a 35-year career at the College, is teaching a class on the topic of Income Inequality, both in the United States and globally. The class is being taken…

By Kacie Whitman ’21  Staff Writer  whitmankl@mx.lakeforest.edu      When I came to Lake Forest College, I knew two experiences I wanted from college: the opportunity to study English literature and to study abroad in Europe. It was my high school English teacher’s stories of her worldwide travels that inspired me to pursue this field of study and possess an unquenchable wanderlust. And so, I decided to spend a semester in the city where my…

By Adam Hartzer ’23 Layout Editor hartzeraj@mx.lakeforest.edu    In the first semester of the 2020-21 academic year, Lake Forest College will unveil an exciting new program for students interested in the health sciences. Known as the Health Professions Program, or HPP, this innovative program “provides a core curriculum and a set of articulated pathways into graduate programs that will prepare students to join a 21st-century workforce,” according to a statement from Senior Director for Science…

By: Adam Hartzer ’23 Layout Editor  hartzeraj@lakeforest.edu