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Students Not Impressed with Trump’s tweets

Posted on February 14, 2017February 8, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

President Donald Trump’s controversial Twitter usage has been an issue long before his campaign began, and this controversy apparently has not changed. Since his inauguration on January 20, approval of Trump’s policy decisions has been lackluster, and his tweeting is no exception. A January NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found that seven in 10 Americans disapprove of Trump’s Twitter usage. Lake Forest College students echo these sentiments. “I think it’s unprofessional and unnecessary,” Michaela Kopystynsky ’17…

Students Express Concern Over Planned Parenthood Defunding

Posted on February 14, 2017February 13, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

President Donald J. Trump’s executive order declaring the defunding of specific Planned Parenthood services internationally has angered some Lake Forest College students who hold strong beliefs on affordable healthcare. While this order has only enacted the defunding of services internationally, individuals across the country are waiting for a bill to be passed by the Trump administration that will defund all branches of Planned Parenthood within the United States, preventing them from providing any services through…

Timing Hinders Student Participation in Chicago’s Women’s March

Posted on February 14, 2017February 13, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

Nearly 250,000 demonstrators took to the streets of Chicago to march for a variety of reasons on January 21. The demonstration, originally organized to be a march from Grant Park to Federal Plaza, turned into a rally once demonstrators reached maximum occupancy levels as they flooded into Grant Park and nearby streets. While the march’s Facebook page originally projected a crowd of 20,000 participants, that number quickly climbed to 50,000. According to reports in the…

You use this product every day, and it’s killing the planet

Posted on February 14, 2017February 8, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

It’s in your shampoo, ice cream, and laundry detergent. And it’s killing our planet. I’m talking about palm oil, a vegetable oil that comes from the oil palm tree. The oil palm tree grows in tropical rainforests where rich biodiversity has flourished for millennia. But with the heightening production level of palm oil, these ecosystems are being rapidly destroyed, taking the health of our planet with them. Palm oil is primarily grown in Indonesia and…

Strong Showing from Underclassmen Keep Foresters on Top

Posted on February 6, 2017February 7, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

The Lake Forest College Men’s hockey team opened the two-game set against Aurora University at home on Saturday night, beating the Spartans 7-1, with a firm performance from underclassmen to clinch the win. Sophomore goaltender Louis-Philippe De Courcy played a solid game for only his second collegiate victory, making 17 saves throughout the night. “I just wanted to keep us in a good spot the whole game,” says De Courcy, “it was the guys who really…

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