Q&A with author Elizabeth Charlebois

Q&A with author Elizabeth Charlebois

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Charlebois Tracy Wamarema ‘28wamarematwa@lakeforest.edu Staff Writer Elizabeth Charlebois is an author and English professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.  She co-authored Hip Hop Hamlet in collaboration with incarcerated performers at the Northeast Correctional Center in Bowling Green, Missouri. The play was a part of the Prison Performing Arts program. A week after her talk, Bard Behind Bars at Lake Forest College in March 2025, I met with her over Zoom…

Read More

Exploring A.I., equity through Ragdale

Exploring A.I., equity through Ragdale

Caleb Pope ‘27popecse95@lakeforest.edu Staff Writer Lake Forest College is partnering with Ragdale, an artist residency program, to explore artificialintelligence (AI) and how it intersects with equity and social justice through their work.The HUMAN Residency Fellowship is funded by a $1.2 million grant from the MellonFoundation in New York. The fellowship is designed to explore artificial intelligence through ahumanities perspective, equipping students with the skills to ethically integrate AI into theirprofessional lives. The partnership is led…

Read More

Spring fashion at Lake Forest College

Spring fashion at Lake Forest College

Atala Johnson ‘28 johnsonael@lakeforest.edu JOUR 320 Writer dden under layers of winter clothing, Lake Forest is about to trade in its puffer coats and reveal a new fashion season. But what you see in town will probably differ from what you find on campus.   For Chrissy Davis, a business developer at a women’s fashion boutique, the Lake Forest Shop, her trend predictions for this spring are a nod to the styles emerging in New York. On the…

Read More

Pilar: from technology to Techno-Tamaladas

Pilar: from technology to Techno-Tamaladas

Eddie Coardos ’26coardoseem@lakeforest.eduJOUR 320 Writer In a recent visit to journalism classes at Lake Forest College, Colombian performance artist and scholar Praba Pilar presented her most innovative approach to art and AI. Since 2017, her project Nixtamalizate-te-te has combined modern technology such as artificial intelligence with indigenous technologies to create sculptures, photography, and community projects.  Her objective is to show the public how “contaminated” our world has become due to reliance on technology and highlight…

Read More

Review of Society of The Snow

Review of Society of The Snow

Jacqueline Toledo Soto ’24Staff Writertoledosotoj@lakeforest.edu On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in the Andes mountains. The flight carried 40 passengers and five crew members, with only 16 survivors who had to endure two and a half months of harsh conditions before being rescued. The recently released film The Society of the Snow takes you back to early 1970s Uruguay, where the opening shot focuses on a rugby game. The rugby team,…

Read More

Film Review: Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things

Film Review: Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things

Rating: 4 1/2 out of 5 Stars Robin Woitesek ’24Staff Writerrudolphwoitese@lakeforest.edu Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film tells the story of Bella Baxter, a woman who’s been brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist. Based on the Alasdair Gray novel of the same name, this film chronicles Bella’s experiences trying to navigate the complex world around her in both its amazement and horrors. As she does, Bella realizes what it means to be a human and more importantly,…

Read More
1 2 3 27