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Sergio Bardesi-Texocotitla A&E and Chive Editor bardesitexoc@lfc.edu On September 21, 2020, a terrible accident occurred at the crossing between North and South campus involving two Lake Forest College students. Preeya Ustoyoda, now a fifth-year student studying neuroscience and biology, said that before the accident, “I balanced a busy work schedule (25-30 [hours] per week), my studies, a dog walking business, a fairy light installation business, and my lovely 2-year-old boy named Honda.”  On top of…

Katelyn O’Callaghan ’25  Features Editor  ocallaghankch1@lfc.edu  On February 30, 2022, Generation Z stopped Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine through Instagram comments.  Gen Zers spammed Putin’s latest Instagram post with thousands of comments, demanding he cease his plans to invade Ukraine.  Penelope Protes, an Instagram user with the handle no_war_pls_, started the comment campaign. “Vladdy baby, I know you’re in a silly goofy mood, but we can get through this together😩💗,” Protes commented on Putin’s Instagram. …

By Sergio Bardesi-Texocotitla A&E and Chive Editor bardesitexoc@lakeforest.edu Preface: This article is sponsored by Big Beef’s National Carson Packing Incorporated.  Gus and Margie Hart Dining Hall, known to the Forester Family as “the Caf,” will soon find itself under new management. A vision that shuns vegetables in order to save the planet. Fresh off a flight from France, Amateur de Boeuf looks forward to implementing a new dietary plan later this February. His prime commitment?…

Sergio Bardesi-Texocotitla A&E and Chive Editor bardesitexoc@lakeforest.edu Dear Sergio: For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been hearing extremely “disruptive” activities begin at exactly 3:14 a.m. from my neighbor’s dorm. For the audiences’ sake, I’ll refer to these… events as “competitive Candyland.” They constantly clack their pieces on the board, and their cries of joy cause me great consternation! I love studying at night in my bed while wearing my Pikachu pajamas, but my grades…

By Sergio Bardesi-Texocotitla ’22 A&E Editor and Chive Editor bardesitexoc@lfc.edu In April of 2016, Kristina Rawlings ’19 documented a tragedy in the making for the Stentor’s Chive section. The situation challenged Lake Forest College mascot’s position, tenure, and mental stability. Boomer the Bear was under an un-bear-able amount of stress. I decided to dig through the Stentor’s archives to figure out how the Boomer kept his job and what he did during the pandemic.  In…

The Article below was published in Vol. 137, Issue 1 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on September 17, 2021. By Sergio Bardesi-Texocotitla ’22 A&E Editor and Chive Editor bardesitexoc@lfc.com “We were sitting down, Snoop Dogg in the background, getting ready to smoke a bowl mixed with wax…and we were already kind of gone because of some strong brownies my friend got us. Anyways, that stupid, buzzing alarm in my room started to go off…