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The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 19, 2021. By Jenna Stern ’22  Staff Writer  sternjl@mx.lakeforest.edu  Owing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, students returned to campus for a spring semester that looks very different from previous semesters. In order to limit the spread of COVID-19, access and use of campus buildings are limited, and a small number of in-person classes have had health and safety measures…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 19, 2021. By Emma Overton ’21 and Stephanie Carlson ’21  Editor-in-Chief & News Editor | Associate Editor & Sports Editor overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu | carlsonsa@mx.lakeforest.edu Editor’s note: As of press time, the College remains in Phase 1 of the Plan. At the Forester Commitment Panel on February 17, Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students Andrea Conner shared that…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 19, 2021. By Alec Macartney ‘24  Staff Writer  macartneyac@mx.lakeforest.edu  The human brain recognizes race in less than a second. With this point, Dr. Jennifer Kubota, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Science and Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware, began her February 17  talk on “The Neuroscience of Racial Bias.” In the…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 4 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on December 4, 2020. Emma G. Overton ’21  Editor-in-Chief and News Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu  While temporary changes were made to the Lake Forest College Pass/Fail Policy for the spring 2020 semester due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, no such changes to the policy were in effect for the fall 2020 semester. Student Government sought to change the policy via a…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 4 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on December 4, 2020. Emma G. Overton ’21  Editor-in-Chief and News Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu  After a fully remote fall 2020 semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lake Forest College is planning for a return to campus for most students, faculty, and staff in the spring 2021 semester. The details of the College’s plan were released on November 24 to the campus community…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 4 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on December 4, 2020. Jovana Jovanovska ’23 Staff Writer jovanovskaj@mx.lakeforest.edu  Will the COVID-19 pandemic challenge the way we usually spend Christmas? With less than a month until one of the most celebrated holidays in the world, there’s a lot of anticipation about how it will affect the spread of the virus. If we follow the trend during Thanksgiving, where—despite the numerous…