Politics - Stentor

College Voters and The Upcoming Election

Posted on March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 by Lia Fiffles

By Kairo Fuller, Diya Kandal, Caelan McMasters, Juan Perez, and John Tangel How will today’s U.S. presidential frontrunners win the votes of college students who are younger than them by more than half a century? Not easily, it appears. With the Illinois primary approaching next month [March 19], some Lake Forest College students say it’s very difficult to relate to either President Joseph Biden or former President Donald Trump. Biden, 81, is the oldest president…

An Election Unlike Any Other Ends With a Biden Victory

Posted on November 13, 2020November 12, 2020 by Adam Hartzer

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 13, 2020. Emma Overton ’21 Editor-in-Chief and News Editor overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu On Saturday, November 7, three days after Election Day on November 3, Democrat Joe Biden was declared winner of the 2020 Presidential election by the Associated Press and other major news networks, defeating incumbent Donald Trump to become the 46th President of the United States. President-elect Biden served as…

Administrators Remain Committed to Diversity Amidst Troubling Foreign Policy

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

Lake Forest College administrators remain committed to the College’s promise to “embrace cultural diversity” in light of recent immigration policy measures and campus tensions. In late January, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer sent out a press release announcing a White House executive order intended to protect “the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” Within days, Lake Forest College President Stephen Schutt sent a campus-wide announcement that said, “Our administration’s office maintains…

‘I’ve Never Seen An Election Like This Before’

Posted on November 8, 2016January 2, 2017 by Camille Lemieux

As the Lake Forest College students, faculty, and staff get ready to vote in this year’s presidential election, they reflect on the voter registration process and express their opinions concerning the 2016 presidential election. “A lot of students don’t pay attention to politics,” Associate Professor of Politics James Marquardt said. “They’re confused about where to register and how to register, but having them vote is important.” Marquardt is a deputy voter registrar. In this position,…

The Entertainment of the Presidential Debates

Posted on October 19, 2016December 21, 2016 by Camille Lemieux

Now more than ever, we’re fed up with politics. This is probably why the most entertaining topics this month dealt with the presidential debate. I thought two things when I watched the first presidential debate in October: “this is hilarious” and “what is happening to our country?” I watched the first presidential debate in the lounge of Harlan with a handful of people. Instead of watching two potential leaders of our country tell us what…

ISIS: Understanding the Conflict and Eliminating Stereotypes

Posted on April 21, 2015December 18, 2015 by Jack Loessberg

Living in a very diverse and open-minded society here at Lake Forest College, we have a lot of misunderstandings, as well as curiosities, about the new phenomenon of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, previously known as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) or Islamic State (IS). The conflict caused by this group has been devastating, as they have continued expanding and taking over large areas in Iraq and Syria, while killing many…

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