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“Free Store” initiative to begin in May

Posted on March 21, 2025March 24, 2025 by Jillian Beaster

Jillian Beaster ’28 beasterjro@lakeforest.edu News Editor Starting this May, Professor Siobhan Moroney’s “Free Store” initiative will be underway. Moroney’s vision entails a space where students can donate items they no longer need, to allow for students to shop second-hand on campus for free. “Every May for the last 25 years [I have been] dumpster diving in college dumpsters, and I live better because of that, and I sent two kids off to college without buying…

“This Site Can’t Be Reached”: The disappearance of ReproductiveRights.gov

Posted on March 21, 2025March 23, 2025 by Stentor Staff Writer

Atala Johnson ’28johnsonael@lakeforest.edu JOUR 320 student Laine Hole, a 19-year-old sophomore at Lake Forest College, has feared for the future of reproductive rights since her Catholic school years when her peers debated abortion. Most of her classmates opposed abortion, but Hole said she has always believed it is a fundamental right. “I never thought the day would come when my rights would be taken away,” said Hole, who grew up in California, where voters altered the state…

Mass deportation orders leave colleges in uncertainty

Posted on March 21, 2025March 24, 2025 by Stentor Staff Writer

Natalie Booth ’28 boothn@hartzera JOUR 320 student College administrators across the country are unsure about the Trump administration’s new executive orders that initiate the mass deportation and expedited removal of undocumented immigrants in the U.S., including college students. Lake Forest College admits undocumented students as part of its mission to embrace diversity, according to its website. Now, their future status is uncertain—here and elsewhere. “As far as what the future holds for undocumented students on…

Student Groups at Lake Forest College Concerned About Planning Campus Events

Posted on March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 by Stentor Staff Writer

Caleb Pope ’27popecse95@lakeforest.eduStaff Writer Members of Intervarsity, a Christian student group which meets to discuss scripture at Lake Forest College, planned to hold a prayer and fellowship event at the Lily Reid Holt Memorial chapel late last fall. However, the group was told by the college administration via email to move the gathering to Wood Lounge in the Mohr Student Center. This space was smaller, and a band, food, and other times had already been…

Hundreds protest President Trump’s mass deportation order

Posted on March 21, 2025March 21, 2025 by Stentor Staff Writer

Jimena Giles ’28gilesj@lakeforest.edu JOUR 320 Student On February 2, Saturday hundreds of people gathered at Rose Park in Waukegan to demand that local officials keep U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents out of Lake County. Holding signs that read “Keep ICE Out,” “Families Belong Together,” and “The People United Will Defend Immigrant Families,” rally participants applauded a series of speakers demanding that ICE stop arresting innocent families. The large group then marched along Belvidere…

LFC Students Election Reactions

Posted on November 13, 2024November 13, 2024 by Stentor Staff Writer

Written by JOUR 120: Introduction to Journalism students LAKE FOREST— Some students at Lake Forest College say they are experiencing generally negative feelings about the 2024 U.S election results. From “frustrated at the world” to “a little disappointed,” students said they felt disillusioned and especially concerned for women’s rights under the incoming Donald J. Trump administration. “Overall, I am very disappointed,” said junior Leslie Casares, 20. Rallied through digital platforms such as podcasts and livestreams,…

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