1. Layer up This may seem like one of those “well obviously” statements, but layering your clothes does, in fact, make a huge difference. Start off with a base layer of thermals and add on from there. Be sure not to add on too many layers that will leave your body screaming for rescue. 2. It’s the little things that count Gloves, beanies and scarves go a long way toward giving you the added warmth…
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Lake Forest College is always committed to show the best of the best. When it comes to athletics, academics, student life, and every other organization on campus, Foresters show the best of themselves, and faculty is not exempt from this rule. In this issue, we show you the path of Dr. Rebecca Graff, Assistant Professor of Anthropology; she discusses her journey to Lake Forest College and offers advice to current undergraduate students. Interview conducted by…
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Start with the most obvious and most annoying thing. Turn your phone off. Log off your social media accounts. Yes. It gets better, I promise. Lock all of your textbooks in a drawer and throw the key into the flames of Mordor (you might want to reconsider this decision, though, because you probably paid a fortune for them and maybe, just maybe, you might need them in the future). For a day only. It’s only…
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At the end of each meal, students rush out of the dining hall, stopping to throw out leftover food and hurrying to whatever next commitment awaits. However, in recent weeks, some students have stopped to notice the excessive amount of food waste in the Cafeteria and have asked: “Does Lake Forest College have an eating issue?” According to the Food Recovery Network, an organization aiming to reduce food waste across college campuses, approximately 22 million pounds…
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Tyler Armentrout ’18 and Jeremy Edelson ’18 are starting a new social media company and app for those involved in live entertainment, like concerts and sporting events. Armentrout and Edelson were assigned a project for an entrepreneurship course taught by Professor Clemenson last spring. The pair, who knew each other before coming to Lake Forest College, developed a business plan, and as the process interested them, decided to run the project in the real world.With…
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Secretly, eleven men gathered interests and developed a proposal to be directed to Lake Forest’s president to accept the petition of forming the first Greek organization on campus. “There is nothing in Lake Forest University’s constitution that can prevent the formation of a Greek organization on campus” Dr. Coulter, member of the Faculty said. Not only was he in favor of the establishment of Greek life on campus, but he also actively supported students and…
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