Opinions

By Lia Fiffles ’24  Opinion’s Editor fiffleslm@lfc.edu Born between the years 1997 to 2012, Gen Z is the first generation to grow up with easy access to the internet, and we’ve maintained our reputation as a group of jaded individuals that struggle to utilize it in an appropriate way.  With a variety of topics that make headlines on social media, almost each and every one has faced the blunt and careless humor from Gen Z….

By Reece Wearing ’24  Staff Writer  wearingrd@lfc.edu “A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise,” claims Aldo Leopold, establishing what has since been referred to as the Land Ethic. On the Lake Forest College campus, three locations—Shooting Star Savannah, Reverie Prairie, and the McClure Rain Garden—exemplify the College’s attempts to follow the Land Ethic; however, the College consistently…

By Andrea Goreta ’25  Staff Writer  goretaa02@lfc.edu Look around yourself. How many people have met their significant other online? For me, this question was raised when I realized that many people I know have met their partners online. One friend met her boyfriend, and another met his girlfriend on a dating app. One friend started her relationship with a guy while being 6,000 miles apart; even my aunt started dating her boyfriend after they got…