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Ivana Budjarovska ’24  News Editor  budjarovskai@lfc.edu  On February 24, 2022, Russia declared war on Ukraine. However, it may be a technical mistake to say so.  Vladimir Putin, president of Russia for a total of 16 years, who has thrown countless Russians in prison for having stood up to his regime, has time and time again been in favor of such an attack. Signified by his disastrous occupation of the Ukrainian territory of Crimea in 2014,…

Sergio Bardesi-Texocotitla A&E and Chive Editor bardesitexoc@lfc.edu Then Democratic candidate, now President, Joseph R. Biden promised in February 2020 that, if the opportunity arose, he would put a Black woman on the Supreme Court. Following a series of losses in the primary race, he made this promise to drum up Black support in South Carolina, according to an article from the The New York Times. He continued repeating this, causing Black voters to revive his…

Adam Hartzer ’23  Editor-in-Chief and Layout Editor  hartzeraj@lfc.edu  Following an almost eight-month selection process, the Lake Forest College Board of Trustees and Presidential Search Committee announced the selection of Dr. Jill Baren as the 14th president of the College, and the College’s first woman president.  Lake Forest College students shared their reactions to the recent announcement. First-year student Cass Barbera ’25 is excited to see the changes coming to the College.  “I am very excited…

By Adam Hartzer ’23  Editor-in-Chief and Layout Editor hartzeraj@lfc.edu As the COVID-19 pandemic entered its third calendar year of infections, the more contagious Omicron variant rapidly swept across the nation, reminding many of early stages of the pandemic. Entering its Junior year, COVID-19 and the Omicron variant quickly caused colleges and universities across the globe to suddenly change plans as many explore how to start the spring semester in a new era of the pandemic. …