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CLUB SPOTLIGHT: JAPANESE CULTURAL CLUB

Posted on April 25, 2017December 28, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

Ryan Zunker ’20, Crystal Hernandez ’20, Yumi Yasumoto ’19 and Yuka Kawata ’20 started the Japanese Cultural Club at the College. According to Zunker, the treasurer, the main purpose of starting the club was to create a place for the student body to discuss aspects of the Japanese culture to combat the essentialism of the Japanese culture, whereby it is seen as a monolithic culture that focuses on the production of anime media. A member…

Summer Plans: What are Foresters Up To?

Posted on April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

The summer is quickly approaching. In just a few weeks, we’ll all leave campus for summer break. Some students here at Lake Forest College are just going home to hang out with old friends, but other students have some very interesting plans. This summer, 45 students of the class of 2020 are staying on campus for the Richter Scholar Research Program to conduct research projects for either four or 10 weeks. The research projects cover…

Humans of Lake Forest: Charles Jones ‘17

Posted on April 4, 2017April 10, 2017 by Camille Lemieux

Humans of Lake Forest: Charles Jones ’17 By Rudo Kazembe ’20 Charles Jones ‘17 is a second-semester senior at the College. He is a confident young man who is well-known for his involvement in music and poetry performances. Stentor: What are you most passionate about? Jones: l guess I’d say my poetry. It’s one of the things that drives me and keeps me going. I do poem covers for my poetry…I did it for the…

Hopes for Improvement in the College’s Retention Rate

Posted on April 4, 2017April 10, 2017 by Camille Lemieux

Each year, Lake Forest College releases information about the College, including retention rates, to prospective and current students. According to the College’s website, the second-year retention rate for “first-time, full-time, degree-seeking undergraduates for those students entering in the fall of 2015” was 83 percent. The College has consistently worked on improving its retention rate. “During the past 10 years or so, the College has made significant progress in improving the retention and graduation rates of…

Thrifting in Lake Forest: Forest and Found

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

Vineyard Vines, Zara, Patagonia, Anthropologie….if you like a good label hunt, go to Forest & Found, a thrift store on the north side of Lake Forest. The store has a growing reputation for bargain prices on modern clothing labels with a little vintage mixed in. Now in its third year, the shop is located at 1363 N. Western Avenue. “Yes, we are a bit off the beaten path, but Lake Forest College students have found…

Sophomore ‘Scores’ Big at Movie Screening

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Matthew Demirs

The Moving Pictures Orchestra performed an original score by Danny Robles ’19 during a screening of the 1921 silent comedy Seven Years Bad Luck at the Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest on February 16. The orchestra, conducted by Assistant Professor of Music Nicholas Wallin, included the College’s Symphony Orchestra and members of the Concert Band. Robles accompanied the orchestra on piano along with Professor of Music Donald Meyer on the ukulele and other musicians….

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