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Saturday’s a Rugby Day

Posted on April 21, 2015December 18, 2015 by Jack Loessberg

The Lake Forest College men’s and women’s club rugby teams headed to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) hosted by Northern Illinois University in Sleepy Hollow, Illinois on Saturday, April 11. The tournament included more than 20 men’s and women’s collegiate and club rugby teams from around the area, including Wisconsin, Iowa, and Indiana. The women started out the day against the Fox Valley Vixens, a women’s club team from St. Charles, Illinois. Lake Forest dominated…

Forester Field of Dreams: Should the College Bring Baseball Back to Campus?

Posted on April 21, 2015December 18, 2015 by Jack Loessberg

Many people have wondered why baseball is not a varsity sport at Lake Forest. Actually, baseball was the first varsity sport at the College in the late 1890s. During both world wars, there was an elimination of varsity sports. However, baseball continued at the College until the early 1970s. It died out because there was great pressure for fielding a lacrosse team. Coach Michael Dau ’58, who coached the baseball team in the 1960s, argued…

Are ‘Team-Only’ Tables Too High School?

Posted on April 21, 2015December 18, 2015 by Jack Loessberg

The Caf has plenty of tables to sit at, but a few of the tables seem to be designated for members of certain sports teams. Students have observed that the Caf has a table for football players, a table for the men’s soccer team, a table for the swim team, as well as a few more team-designated tables. “I remember the time that I accidentally sat at the cross country table the first semester of…

Lake Forest College Appoints Dan Andrews as New Head Men’s Soccer Coach

Posted on April 1, 2015December 19, 2015 by Camille Lemieux

Dan Andrews has been confirmed as the new men’s soccer coach. The news was announced February 27 by Lake Forest College Director of Athletics Jackie Slaats, on the Forester athletic website. Andrews, an assistant with the men’s soccer team in 2014, will take over for Chris Bergmann, who recently left the College to become the head women’s soccer coach at the Virginia Military Institute. “This is the best option that the school chose,” said team…

Student Athletes Respond to Athletic Department Budget Concerns

Posted on March 3, 2015December 18, 2015 by Camille Lemieux

The ultimate goal is to graduate with a degree. However, with the four years students are given, it is also an opportunity to write a chapter in one’s life with experiences defined by more than just academic components. College athletics are a necessary component of the college experience. Whether you are an athlete on the field or a student cheering feverishly in the stands, college athletics manages to unite campuses through their unrelenting pride for…

The Twelfth Man on the Men’s Soccer Team

Posted on March 3, 2015December 18, 2015 by Camille Lemieux

The Lake Forest College men’s soccer team adopted seven-year-old, Highland Park native, Jonathan Lucas Barragan in June 2014. Jonathan goes by his middle name Lucas. Lucas was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome two weeks before his second birthday. He was in need of a life-saving kidney transplant with a type-O blood match. “Coach Bergmann [past men’s soccer coach]wanted to give back to the community. Lucas was not able to go to school for a while, making it…

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