Lake Forest College
Dear Foresters, This spring semester, the Stentor has changed from a dying newspaper to one that many of you now read regularly. The Stentor staff and I were able to turn this newspaper around because we believed in its potential. We believed that you deserve a newspaper that serves as your voice, and we set out to make that happen. Here at the Stentor, we welcome innovative ideas, support your creativity, and not only try, but…
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Should affirmative action continue to be a part of college admissions into higher education? More importantly, is it fair to take into account a student’s race, gender, or ethnicity when creating a decision about acceptance? Hopefully, after this article you will be able to decide for yourself. The main purpose of affirmative action is to push aside barriers, giving everyone an equal opportunity that they may not have received on their own. This country is not…
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Many argue that the millennial generation has become more liberal with their bodies and have little regard for the consequences of unprotected sex. After a night of unprotected sex, many people— Lake Forest College students included—turn to Plan B, a form of emergency contraception. According to a study done in 2013, conducted by the Center for Disease Control, 11 percent of women in the United States between the ages of 15 and 44 have used emergency…
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Social media has become an ever-present necessity in our lives, and it can even be said that it dictates our generation. With social media, however, everything is public and there is no anonymity—until recently. There is a new type of social media taking college campuses by storm, and its name is Yik Yak. In this application, people can post anonymous comments in their local area. If a comment gets “downed” (disliked by a user) five times, it gets permanently deleted. Many…
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