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Boomer Broadcast Station Enters a New Era

Posted on November 7, 2026 by Stentor Staff Writer

Atala Johnson ‘28 johnsonael@lakeforest.edu Editor-in-Chief Whether you are a long-distance parent tuning in to the broadcast, an alum cheering on their alma mater or a current Forester supporting their peers, the Boomer Broadcast Station offers a platform for fans to watch and support Forester athletics. The Boomer Broadcast Station webcasts football, soccer, volleyball, hockey, basketball, softball and lacrosse during every home game. However, the broadcast has evolved a lot since its creation. In the early 2000s, the…

Experimental Rock Duo Angine de Poitrine: “If Math Was Music”

Posted on November 7, 2026 by Stentor Staff Writer

James Ryan Prizant ’29prizantjry@lakeforest.edu Copy Editor In the past year, the phrase “Angine de Poitrine” has soared in popularity, but not among French-speaking sufferers of chest angina symptoms. Instead, the phrase has become associated with two self-proclaimed aliens sporting black-and-white polka-dotted papier-mache costumes, playing some of the strangest, most avant-garde yet catchy rock music released in the past few years. Describing themselves as a “mantra-rock Dada Pythago–Cubist orchestra,” Angine de Poitrine play mostly instrumental, musically…

Emmys 2026: Highs and “Whys?”

Posted on October 20, 2026 by Stentor Staff Writer

Arts and EntertainmentJack Garcevic’30garcevicem@lakeforest.eduStaff Writer Argued by many to be the annual biggest night of TV, the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards delivered TV’s biggest entertainment stars for its 78th year. “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” star Mariska Hargitay hosted the awards and started the night with a musical number, “I Love TV Screens,” a reimagining of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts’ “I Love Rock ‘n Roll.” This rewritten parody featured celebratory praise of the…

Project Hail Mary Movie Review

Posted on October 20, 2026 by Stentor Staff Writer

Alec Hall 30’hallal@lakeforest.eduStaff Writer8.9/10 Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) wakes up in space with no memory of how he got there. He’s light-years away from Earth, all alone, after finding out his other two crewmates are dead. His memory comes back in pieces. Grace remembers Astrophage, the light-consuming alien organism that’s draining energy from the sun and threatening humanity with mass starvation in the next thirty years. He’s then promptly chased down by an alien spaceship…

MLB Looking to Expand to 32 Teams

Posted on October 10, 2026 by Stentor Staff Writer

Sports Karsten Maurer ‘29 maurerkka05@lakeforest.edu Staff Writer Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has made it known that after the Collective Bargaining Agreement situation is sorted out, his next goal is to expand the league from 30 teams to 32, marking an end to the longest period in MLB history without an expansion team. These are the suggested cities so far: Salt Lake City, Utah; Nashville, Tennessee; Raleigh, North Carolina; Portland, Oregon; and Orlando, Florida. Salt Lake City…

Do modern day performance arts go beyond theatre and filmmaking?

Posted on May 3, 2026 by Stentor Staff Writer

Leonor Valente ‘29deoliveiraleit@lakeforest.eduStaff Writer Since its origin, film has been taking over the performance arts stage. With the technological boom of the two world wars, a shift from Europe to the United States as the central stage for filmmaking and the idolization of actors, American filmmaking has never been more prevalent in the global scope of arts. However, we must not forget that there are 194 more countries in the world, with their own culture…

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