By MAGGIE LYNCH’18 STAFF WRITER At a table by the window, Rueben’s side not Bagel side, four girls sit in silence chewing their food when one of them announces, “I think I’m getting scurvy.” Instead of alarm or concern, the rest of the girls nod slowly. There is an understanding of the possibility of developing a type of malnutrition seen often only by pirates. There is this understanding amongst the four minds before they all…
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By TRACY KOENN’18 STAFF COLUMNIST When I was a simple plebeian, or freshman, on campus, this strange place became one where I fumbled with how to print essays, actually bought all of my books for my classes, and thought it was a cardinal sin to sit alone in the caf at meals. I’m sure plenty of you bright-eyed freshmen can attest to these similar dilemmas. Yet now that I am a senior, I feel like…
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By BENTON LUDGIN’18 STAFF WRITER If one day you are overpowered by the need to fly to China and live with monks, or build houses in Kenya, or drink yourself to death in Amsterdam, by all means go—that’s one of the beautiful things about off-campus studies and the opportunities they present. Just don’t come back in three months with a new hairdo and tell us “how since you opened your seventh chakra, you feel just…
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By JOSE BERNARDO REYES FACIO’18 STAFF WRITER Last week, college campuses across the country were filled with chants like “illegal is not a noun,” “teachers need DREAMers,” and “this land was made for you and me.” College and high school students protested President Donald Trump’s administrative decision to end the Deferred Action for the Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. DACA was established in 2012 by then-President Barack Obama, providing some comfort for young people who…
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BY SOPHIA ROUMELIOTIS’20 STAFF WRITER Grouplove is an indie-pop band consisting of five members: three who are both vocalists and instrumentalists and two who are instrumentalists.They’ve had a consistent happy-go-lucky sound since 2010 and recently released their new album, Big Mess, on September 9. This album can be a bit unconventional, mixing familiar dance vibes with the occasional unconventionally edgy guitar riff. Here are four of the best songs from the album: Good Morning This…
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BY CHRISTIAN METZGER’20 STAFF WRITER Lake Forest College alumna Alex Fisher will be starring in Foxfinder, a play set in a dystopian future, at the Athenaeum Theater from September 28 through November 5. A Class of 2010 graduate with English and theater degrees, she has worked on the Chicago theater circuit ever since, her most recent production being the Interrobang Theater Project. Moving to the Philippines at the age of five, Fisher returned 11 years…
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