Lake Forest College
I strongly believe in the benefit of public transport for everyone and I also believe people should walk more and drive less, both due to personal health and environmental reasons. I am in no position to give advice, make judgments or attempt to change anyone’s view on life, but I think students should really think twice before getting in a car just to drive from the library to South or from North to the Walgreens in Lake…
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Calvin Durand Hall, affectionately known as the Wood Lounge, is one of the most visually arresting spaces on the Lake Forest College campus. Built by famed architect Howard Van Doren Shaw in 1907-8 and modeled on the dining hall at Trinity College, Cambridge, its soaring wooden beams, walls of leaded glass windows, and dark paneled wainscot punctuated by uted pilasters exemplify a handsome and re ned Collegiate Gothic aesthetic. The Wood Lounge is one of the…
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YES 1. If the United States or even a single state were to raise the minimum wage, our country would bene t today. This is because, currently, we have zero in ation, which means our money is worth more. So if workers get paid more, they will have more money to buy things— their purchasing power would increase. Families would gain both nancial security and an increased ability to purchase goods and services, consequently creating…
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Leadership is one of the most emphasized values at Lake Forest College, and one of the ways many students chose to get involved and develop leadership skills is through Student Government. As a student-led or-ganization with Aldo Guzman as a faculty supervisor, the Student Government oversees many aspects of the campus. These include but are not limited to the approval of new of clubs and organizations on campus, as well as the management of their…
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Mind Sumo connects college students to the business sphere from the comfort of their rooms. It is about a webpage that provides students experience on working with a company while giv-ing them a chance to earn money in return for ideas only college students can think of at that time. You can win between $50 to $500 dollars per challenge when your solution is picked as number one out of the ten winners in competitions…
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L.E.A.P., which serves as an important environmental awareness group on cam-pus, hopes to introduce a project that would allow for even greater conservation on campus: reusable bags. If you think about it, we are always given the choice for a bag whenever we go to the P.O.D., and chances are that most of the time people will say yes. But, have you ever thought about the implications that this poses on the environment? L.E.A.P. Stands…
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