Environmental Justice After the ‘Red Summer’ of 1919

Environmental Justice After the ‘Red Summer’ of 1919

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 2 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on October 18, 2019 By Emma Overton ‘22 Managing and News Section Editor Lake Forest College hosted its first on-campus Humanities 2020 project event entitled “Environmental Justice After the Red Summer: Race and Urban Space in Chicagoland” in Calvin Durand Hall on October 11, 2019, making further use of a $1.1 million grant the College was awarded from the Andrew W….

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Newly-Elected Student Government Senators Ready to Lead

Newly-Elected Student Government Senators Ready to Lead

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 2 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on October 18, 2019 By Jovana Jovanovska ’23 Staff Writer  Lake Forest College’s Student Government Senate Election results for 2019-2020 were announced on Friday, September 27 via a campus-wide email.  Addressing the fact that, compared to last year, this year’s elections had fewer students running for available positions, Zachary Jenkins ‘20, Student Government president, stated that “there are two large factors…

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Windows Sealed Shut To Prevent Mold Growth

Windows Sealed Shut To Prevent Mold Growth

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 1 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on September 20, 2019 On Lockdown for Your Health: Windows Sealed Shut to Prevent Mold Growth  By Emma Overton ‘22 Managing Editor and News Editor  Nearly half of the over 1,000 Lake Forest College residential students were welcomed back to college this fall with a last-minute notice that their windows had been sealed shut, a precaution College administrators claim is needed…

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Efforts to modernize campus start with Brown Hall

Efforts to modernize campus start with Brown Hall

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 1 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on September 20, 2019 By Christian Metzger ‘20 Staff Writer Changes are on the horizon for one of Lake Forest’s most iconic structures—Young Hall.  Following on the heels of the Lillard Science Center’s renovation, Pepper Construction Company, the same construction group that has worked with the College’s other facilities improvement projects, is expected to break ground on the project around…

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Reevaluating academic freedom

Reevaluating academic freedom

Written by Sangjun Hornewer ’20, Editor-in-Chief Editor’s Note: The student sources in this article requested that The Stentor not use their names. The identities of these students are known to The Stentor. Siobhan Moroney, associate professor and chair of the department of politics, said the n-word aloud while reading verbatim a passage from Uncle Tom’s Cabin in her course Family Structure and Political Theory. Two students enrolled in the course, who were present when the…

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Reevaluating academic freedom: President Schutt’s Response

As included in “Reevaluating academic freedom” by Editor-in-Chief Sangjun Hornewer ’20, below is President Schutt’s response to the student reaction document: The letter from 16 student leaders, which I received on Friday, April 19, raised serious concerns about the experience of students of color on our campus.  In response to the letter, I was very pleased to be able to meet Tuesday afternoon, April 23, with those student leaders and more than 20 other students.  Davis Schneiderman…

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