‘Undecided’ Becomes the College’s Most Popular Major

‘Undecided’ Becomes the College’s Most Popular Major

The solution to all undecided Lake Forest College students is here, “Undecided” is becoming the new major offered the next academic year for all students. Now all you undecided juniors and seniors can go back to partying and Netflix rather than worrying what your future holds and whether you’ll be able to provide for yourself once mommy and daddy cut you off. When declaring yourself an undecided major, you can choose any advisor you want, literally, you…

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Student Athletes Respond to Athletic Department Budget Concerns

Student Athletes Respond to Athletic Department Budget Concerns

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…

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The Twelfth Man on the Men’s Soccer Team

The Twelfth Man on the Men’s Soccer Team

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…

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Men’s Swim and Dive Captures 2nd Consecutive Championship, Women Finish 2nd

Men’s Swim and Dive Captures 2nd Consecutive Championship, Women Finish 2nd

The Lake Forest College men and women’s swimming and diving team closed out their season at the Midwest Conference Championship, hosted at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, on February 13th-15th. The men battled for first place, earning their second championship title in a row, while the women placed second for the third straight year. “We competed hard, and we really overcame some adversity,” said head coach Vadim Tashlitsky, who was awarded the Men’s Coach of the…

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Division I Handball Team Brings Home Three National Titles

Division I Handball Team Brings Home Three National Titles

The Lake Forest College handball team won all three national championship titles, Division I Men’s, Division I Women’s, and Division I Combined, at the United States Handball Association National Collegiate Championships in Portland, Oregon on the weekend of February 21st. Coach Michael Dau ’58, a graduate of Lake Forest College, has led the handball team to the national championship every year since he began coaching at the College. Senior captains Laffey and Craghead credited the win to…

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Is Political Satire Dying?

Is Political Satire Dying?

Jon Stewart recently announced that he was leaving The Daily Show after hosting it for 16 years. Right off the bat that sounds like bad news–and it is. After Stephen Colbert left The Colbert Report in early December of last year to host The Late Show, people were hoping that The Daily Show would continue to be a main source of political satire, a type of entertainment that not only reports the news, but criticizes society through…

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