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Get Ready for Spring Semester! Chrome Hacks You Need to Know

Posted on December 6, 2015February 10, 2016 by Jack Loessberg

Since fall semester is close to an end, many students have started thinking about another round of books for the classes they have chosen. Many think about the amount that is overpaid, which may or may not actually need to be purchased in the long term. Before considering paying an incredible amount of money for a piece of literature, I would recommend you to do something that can make you save some bucks. Here’s how…

Dean Flot Doesn’t want you to dress like Pocahontas

Posted on December 6, 2015February 9, 2016 by Jack Loessberg

Dean of Students Affairs Robert Flot sent an email to students regarding a “Pocahontas and John Smith” themed party that took place off campus shortly before Thanksgiving break, leaving the issue of cultural appropriation in the thoughts of many students. “The actions were culturally insensitive, at best, in donning Native American costumes,” Flot said in the November 21 email. Photos of the party posted on social media sites featured Lake Forest College students wearing “headdresses…

What the $700,000 Budget Deficit Means for Students

Posted on November 24, 2015December 26, 2015 by Camille Lemieux

On October 23, 2015, President Schutt sent out College Council minutes which noted a discussion on the impact of the first-year class size this fall on the College’s budget. “The number of students living on campus has grown over the past five years. This fall semester there are 34 more residential students than in 2011. Compared to last year, though, the College has experienced a slight dip,” President Schutt said. In recent years, the College experienced a steady…

Foresters Learn About the Terrorist Attacks in Paris via Social Media

Posted on November 24, 2015December 26, 2015 by Camille Lemieux

Not expecting to see anything out of the ordinary, I scrolled down my Facebook newsfeed on Friday, November 13, 2015. One headline caught my attention: “At least 60 dead, French Borders Closed After Series of Terror Attacks.” My mind flashed back and forth as I realized that a few of my Lake Forest friends were studying abroad in Paris. I frantically called my friend Katerina Roldan ’17 to see how she was doing as soon as I heard the…

Johnson Renovation Delayed Due to Lack of Funds

Posted on November 24, 2015December 26, 2015 by Camille Lemieux

As first announced in an October email by Dean Orr, the Johnson Science Center renovation and expansion has been delayed until May of 2016, at which point the College will seek the approval of the Board of Trustees to begin construction. “There’s a certain level of gifts that we have to have in hand before we can actually begin the groundbreaking. The decision was made to delay it by six months to give us more time to…

Reporting from Paris: Study Abroad Students Safe

Posted on November 24, 2015December 26, 2015 by Camille Lemieux

I was on my way with two Lake Forest students visiting from their study abroad program to meet a few others from the Paris program in the 10th arrondissement. I decided we should transfer at the République station. As we approached the station, an announcement came on the train. I couldn’t understand the entire announcement, but I could hear that the next few stations were closed because of some kind of police activity. That’s when I received a…

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