Gaby Planta-Yap – the Stentor

Arab American Heritage Month: Elia Kiameh’s Journey Across 6,000 miles

Posted on May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 by Gaby Planta-Yap

Gaby Planta-Yap ’28plantayapg@lakeforest.eduFeature Editor A year after the Beirut Explosion in 2020, freshman Elia Kiameh, 19, made the decision to move to the U.S. from Lebanon, away from his four siblings and parents. At just 16 years old, Tennessee became his new home, with his uncle and aunt. However, his initial impression of the country was not positive. “I did not like Memphis at all,” Kiameh said. “It was all white in the south.” Although…

Squirrels take over LFC campus

Posted on April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 by Gaby Planta-Yap

Gabaghool von Plant Yapper ’28 plantayapg@lakeforest.eduFeatures Editor SATIRE—The beginning of the school year started easy enough. Trees were turning over new leaves. Students were settling into their new homes. Squirrels were stealing trash. But, trash would not be the only thing squirrels were stealing. What started as squirrels just plopping themselves around campus or occasionally staring directly into students’ eyes, has turned much more…organized. Starting in mid-September, the janitors of Lillard started to notice strange…