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The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 1 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on September 18, 2020. Emma G. Overton ’21  Editor-in-Chief and News Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu  The transition to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the Spring 2020 semester became official on March 16, following an announcement by President Schutt that the College would move to online learning and cease the residential program for the remainder of the semester. This transition was,…

By Emma Overton ’21  Editor-in-Chief and News Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu    As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen— with 776,093 positive cases and 41,758 deaths recorded in the United States as of April 21, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—scammers are using the resulting disruption in our daily lives to defraud victims. As thousands of college students across the country have returned home and transitioned to online learning, scammers are targeting their…

By Emma Overton ’22 Editor-in-Chief and News Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu    Noting that “the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the United States and around the globe” in a March 11 email, President Schutt announced the extension of Spring Break to Tuesday, March 17. Although he noted that there were “no known cases of COVID-19 on the Lake Forest College campus,” Schutt explained that “because the number of cases continues to rise across the country ……

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…