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The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 1 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on September 20, 2019 By Maryam Javed ‘21 Opinions Editor “Vaping has become a very big business, as I understand it, a giant business in a very short period of time. But we can’t allow people to get sick and we can’t have our youth be so affected,” President Donald Trump said at the Oval Office. Recently, the Trump administration announced…
Read MoreThe Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 1 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on September 20, 2019 By Nathaniel Bodnar ‘21 Staff Writer The defining moment of the latest Democratic debate was when Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) said, “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15 and your AK-47.” He turned gun confiscation from a strawman argument that the right used against the left, to a serious policy proposal. O’Rourke proposed mandatory gun buybacks to…
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By Nathaniel Bodnar ’19 Staff Writer On Monday, February 18, 16 states filed a lawsuit to stop President Trump’s funding of a border wall without congressional approval. This lawsuit follows in the wake of the President declaring a national emergency over wall funds. Even if the courts successfully block Trump’s “emergency,” Trump has now given precedent to future presidents for using this move to solve their own “real” emergencies while in office. With such liberal…
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Courtney Prais ‘19, Opinions Editor Five lives were lost on Friday, February 15, when a man being let go from his job opened fire at the Henry Pratt Company in west suburban Aurora, Illinois. Among those brutally and unnecessarily killed was Trevor Wehner of Sheridan, Illinois. He was a student at Northern Illinois University and a human resources intern at the manufacturing plant. He was 21-years-old and set to graduate in May with a degree…
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By Courtney Prais ‘19 Opinion Editor Typically, I was the type of student in high school to start an assignment weeks in advance: as soon as the instructions were in my hands, I was ready to begin drafting and planning my response. Now a senior in college, I dread the moment an assignment is placed in my hands. I dread the anticipation of impending deadlines, knowing that although by the end of a long, busy…
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by ISAAC WINTER‘20 STAFF WRITER While Hurricane Harvey camped out over my hometown of Houston, Texas for four straight days in late August, I was 1,122 miles away here at Lake Forest College, beginning my first week of sophomore year. I’ve been through my fair share of hurricanes. In 2001, Tropical Storm Allison deposited so much rain that water came up to our front door step. In 2005, the entire city evacuated due to the…
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