Opinions

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 7, 2020   By Josh Hager ’22  Staff Writer    In the first few days of the new decade, the United States sparked a near all-out conflict in a most shocking manner by assassinating one of Iran’s top generals, Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani, leader of the Quds Force in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was in recent years a crucial…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 4 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on December 6, 2019   By Josh Hager ’22 Staff Writer      The effects of climate change result in California constantly being on fire. The massive and widespread California wildfires are the culmination of an environmental catastrophe that has dried out the state and made it fertile for wildfires to sweep through towns. I know this first hand.  On December…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 4 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on December 6, 2019   By Maryam Javed ’21  Opinions Editor      Ruth George, a sophomore and honors student at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) was slain and sexually assaulted on November 23 after ignoring a man’s catcalls. He followed her into the UIC parking lot from a bus stop, raped her, then strangled her to death. She…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 8, 2019 By Esther Kim ’22  Staff Writer  “Life isn’t a race.” “Take care of yourself.” “Mental health is important.” “Sleep eight hours a day.” “Eat three meals a day.” “Drink more water, less coffee.” “The slow turtle wins the race.” These inspirational quotes seem like a joke to me now. I don’t often dismiss positive incantations. But in…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 8, 2019 By Maryam Javed ‘21 Opinions Editor  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, more commonly known as NASA, recently had an all-female spacewalk on October 18, 2019, which was an extremely monumental moment in the organization’s 61-year history.  This was the first all-female spacewalk NASA conducted in over five decades of spacewalks. Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Mier…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 8, 2019 By Ellerese Topacio ’20 Associate Editor As we all know, Lake Forest College’s Fall Break that spanned from October 21 to October 22 is officially over. It was only for two days? Yes, it was very, very, very brief.  After enduring eight weeks of classes, that is eight weeks of grueling experimental labs, diabolical weekly essays on…