By Writing Club Staff Are you looking for a creative outlet on campus to engage with other writers and help craft your own works? Do you enjoy writing as a pastime and want to meet like-minded individuals? Lake Forest College’s very own Writing Club provides a space on campus to foster the creative talents and passions of all students interested in creative writing. Through holding meetings featuring various writing prompts and writing techniques, we aim…
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Sergio Bardesi-Texocotitla A&E and Chive Editor bardesitexoc@lakeforest.edu An integral point of identity for Lake Forest College: Boomer the Bear. He has been performing on campus since 1995. In spring 2020, due to health concerns arising from the pandemic and a rather small audience on campus, the athletics department put Boomer the Bear into hibernation. In summer 2020, Boomer let out a low, rumbling yawn and began a slow, difficult return to the minds of Foresters. …
Read MoreIsabel Hinojosa ’25 Staff Writer hinojosaisa44@lfc.edu Photo courtesy of Annie Spratt via Unsplashed Teenagers all around the world are choosing TikTok as their social media platform of favor. TikTok has a wide array of content on the app but coming up on top as the genre of choice is food-tok. Trends from influencers, advertisers, and everyday people whose recipes went viral are influencing what viewers put in their bodies. Sara Lopez ’25, a first-year at…
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By Katelyn O’Callaghan ’25 Staff Writer ocallaghankch1@lfc.edu Trending on Twitter and TikTok, pseudo friendships have recently captured social media attention. Instances of celebrity stalking and unhealthy obsessions have spotlighted the conversation. Many are pushing back against this narrative. Parasocial relationships are one-sided relationships humans form with fictional characters in books and TV shows, celebrities, and social media personalities. The term was first coined in the 1950s by psychologists Donald Horton and Richard Wohl, but in-depth…
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The Article below was published in Vol. 137, Issue 1 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on September 17, 2021. By Adam Hartzer ’23 Editor-in-Chief and Layout Editor hartzeraj@lfc.edu Meet Adam Hartzer ’23, Editor-in-Chief and Layout Editor Hometown: Lake Villa, Illinois Areas of Study: Major in Business and Self-Designed Major in Creative Media Design Additional Extracurricular Involvement: Writing Center Tutor What’s one thing you want people to know about you? “I’m organized—I have a running…
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The Article below was published in Vol. 137, Issue 1 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on September 17, 2021. By Adam Hartzer ’23 Editor-in-Chief and Layout Editor hartzeraj@lfc.edu Kate Jackson is the Interim Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program and the Venture Design Challenge Lead at Lake Forest College. Jackson received her BA and MA from The University of Chicago and received her MBA from UCLA. Her professional experience spans from Accenture, Deloitte,…
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