Opinions

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…

By TRACY KOENN’18 STAFF COLUMNIST When I was a simple plebeian, or freshman, on campus, this strange place became one where I fumbled with how to print essays, actually bought all of my books for my classes, and thought it was a cardinal sin to sit alone in the caf at meals. I’m sure plenty of you bright-eyed freshmen can attest to these similar dilemmas. Yet now that I am a senior, I feel like…

By BENTON LUDGIN’18 STAFF WRITER If one day you are overpowered by the need to fly to China and live with monks, or build houses in Kenya, or drink yourself to death in Amsterdam, by all means go—that’s one of the beautiful things about off-campus studies and the opportunities they present. Just don’t come back in three months with a new hairdo and tell us “how since you opened your seventh chakra, you feel just…

By JOSE BERNARDO REYES FACIO’18 STAFF WRITER Last week, college campuses across the country were filled with chants like “illegal is not a noun,” “teachers need DREAMers,” and “this land was made for you and me.” College and high school students protested President Donald Trump’s administrative decision to end the Deferred Action for the Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. DACA was established in 2012 by then-President Barack Obama, providing some comfort for young people who…