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By Arielle Van Deraa ’21  Digital Editor  vanderaaas@mx.lakeforest.edu   As the Chicago Sun-Times staff who covered the Illinois Primary Election on March 17 noted, “it was an unprecedented Election Day in Illinois—with delayed results, missing election judges, dwindling supplies of hand sanitizer and bickering over whether the state should even hold its primary during a global health pandemic.” On Monday, March 16, the federal government published a new set of guidelines urging Americans not to…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 6 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on March 6, 2020.   By Emma Overton ‘22 Editor-in-Chief and News Section Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu      Following student activism last fall regarding alleged Title IX violations against members of the Senior 25, President Stephen Schutt tasked three members of the College’s Board of Trustees, William A. Lowry ’84, Cook County commissioner and managing partner of the Chicago law firm Nyhan,…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 6 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on March 6, 2020.   By Emma Overton ’22  Editor-in-Chief and News Section Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu      On February 6, Interim Director of Operations for Residence Life Jordan Ahlersmeyer-Huang sent an all-campus email informing residential students of the upcoming room selection process and relevant changes to this year’s process. In addition to reminders about Housing Contract deadlines, Ahlersmeyer-Huang’s email explained that…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 7, 2020   Emma Overton ’22 and Stephanie Carlson ’21  Editor-in-Chief and News Section Editor, Staff Writer  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu and carlsonsa@mx.lakeforest.edu    On January 25, Lake Forest College hosted its third annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit in the Mohr Student Center. The event, which was held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., was attended by approximately 100 members of the…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 7, 2020   By Emma Overton ’22  Editor-in-Chief and News Section Editor    On December 30, 2019, with the legalization of recreational marijuana in Illinois a mere two days away on January 1, 2020, Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students Andrea Conner and Director of Public Safety Rick Cohen sent a jointly-authored all-campus email explaining the…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 7, 2020   Emma Overton ’22 and Josh Hager ’22  Editor-in-Chief and News Section Editor, Staff Writer  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu  hagerjm@mx.lakeforest.edu      As part of week-long programming honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Lake Forest College welcomed Shaun King, a noted Black Lives Matter activist with over 1 million Twitter followers and the founder of…