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Humans of Lake Forest: Kanoe Montaño’18

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Stentor Staff Writer

By RUDO ELLEN KAZEMBE’20 STAFF WRITER Kanoe Montaño ’18 is a proactive Senior at Lake Forest College. She is the public relations officer for Latinos Unidos, a wellness peer educator, and she is a resident assistant. Montaño’s positive impact at the College is reflected in her peers’ opinions of her. Nouha Ezouhri ’19 said she is “[a] compassionate and beautiful person who is so devoted to the causes she cares about.” Darya Rodina ’18 added…

Ghost Hunter Christopher Moon to Reveal Spooks and Scares

Posted on October 26, 2017October 26, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

BY CHRISTIAN METZGER ’20 STAFF WRITER Students will have the chance to revel in the haunted enchantments of Lake Forest College at midnight on October 29 with ghost hunter Christopher Moon, just in time to truly celebrate the spirit of Halloween. “The Ghost Hunter is an event that will include palm readers, the movie Annabelle: Creation, a presentation on haunting around the country and Christopher Moon’s experience,” Vice President of Student Programming Board (SPB) Alexa…

FISHER REELS A ROLE IN CHICAGO’S ‘FOXFINDER’

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Stentor Staff Writer

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…

Club Spotlight: LFC To Write Love On Her Arms

Posted on October 18, 2017October 27, 2017 by Stentor Staff Writer

By RUDO ELLEN KAZEMBE ’20 STAFF WRITER Among the numerous tables lining Middle Quad to attract students to join, one newly-added organization stood out for their name and motives. Margaret Lynch ’18, who has personally struggled with mental health illnesses for as long as she can remember, started a University Chapter of To Write Love On Her Arms on campus. The University Chapter is a branch of the non-profit movement, To Write Love on Her…

Campus garden growing under students’ green thumbs

Posted on September 26, 2017September 25, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

By CYDNEY SALVADOR ‘18 FEATURES EDITOR While tending to Lake Forest College’s garden last summer, Katie Harris ’20 cultivated her knowledge of sustainable living while producing plants for the community. Alongside Olga Gutan ’19 and Isabelle Cadrot ’19, and with supervision of psychology professor Kathryn Dohrmann and former assistant to the environmental studies program, Alex Blanchard, Harris spent the summer tending to the plants and learning sustainability practices. This fall, Gutan and Harris will return…

Highland Park’s best kept secret: Coffee Speaks

Posted on September 26, 2017September 25, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

BY CAITLIN BROWN ‘18 ASSOCIATE EDITOR HIGHLAND PARK – Orange leaves and pumpkin-spiced lattes may be common signifiers of the upcoming (albeit preempted) seasonal shift, but they are also representative of another significant change: the increasingly hectic tempo of the academic semester. With the onslaught of more intensive workloads and extracurricular commitments, Coffee Speaks, Highland Park’s recently-established chic café serves as a quiet haven for students to study, relax, and relish in the friendly atmosphere…

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