Opinions

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 19, 2021. By Hayley Headley ’24 Staff Writer headleyhj@mx.lakeforest.edu While the campus community is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to remember that Black History Month is still happening. Last year saw millions of people piling into the streets both here in the United States and abroad. It was a time of awakening to the many centuries…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 19, 2021. By Nathaniel Bodnar ’21 Staff Writer  bodnarnm@mx.lakeforest.edu  Democratically elected senators will likely never be capable of impeaching a president. Before the 17th Amendment’s passage in 1913, the Constitution did not have senators elected by the people; instead, the state legislatures decided. The Senate, which did not report directly to the people, was constitutionally assigned to convict in…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 4 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on December 4, 2020. By: Maryam Javed ‘21 Opinions Editor  javedm@mx.lakeforest.edu  Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated last Friday, November 27, 2020. American and Israeli intelligence believe that Fakhrizadeh was a part of a secret program to create an atomic weapon, which suggests that one of the governments could potentially have a role in the scientist’s death. An American…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 13, 2020. Maryam Javed ’21 Opinions Editor  javedm@mx.lakeforest.edu  COVID-19 cases are rising throughout the United States, and around 10 million COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in this country. Over 200,000 lives have been claimed by the virus and if proper action is not taken, more deaths will occur.  President-elect Joe Biden will inherit a monumental COVID-19 crisis when he…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 13, 2020. Nathaniel Bodnar ’21  Staff Writer bodnarnm@mx.lakeforest.edu  Democrats will now face the problem that Republicans faced in 2016; a party that is primarily centered around being the opposition to those in power and that is not united enough to pass a legislative agenda. During the Obama years, the GOP became the party of “NO” and stalled many parts…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 13, 2020. Editor’s note: The article below was originally published on the Neretva blog (https://neretvastream.wordpress.com/) on August 23, 2020, and is reprinted with the author’s permission. By Jovana Jovanovska ’23  Staff Writer  jovanovskaj@mx.lakeforest.edu  “A picture is worth a thousand words”—a thought we all find familiar and we could easily associate with the foundation of Instagram. In today’s world, Instagram…