By MATT DEMIRS EDITOR IN CHIEF Power has been restored across campus after nearly three weeks of electrical issues caused by multiple failures in the underground power lines during March. On March 13th, during Spring Break, Phillip Hood, the Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations, alerted the student body via email of a major power outage that was originally said to take hours to repair. Hood’s email was the first in a series of…
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By KALINA SAWYER’18 MANAGING EDITOR Lake Forest College held its very first TEDx event on October 27 at Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel. Eleven speakers came from Chicago, New York, and the Lake Forest College community to share in the mission of the international organization, TED: “Ideas worth spreading”. This TEDx event was the culmination of a year’s worth of hard work from the new TEDx student organization on campus. Hakob Parsamyan ’20 came up…
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Kalina Sawyer, Managing Editor, had an exclusive interview with Battle Kenney ’18, creator of the Facebook group, “United White Association,” which was later changed to “In Search of Truth.” You can read more about the Facebook group and the campus tension in result here. The article was conducted via email. Q. What was your initial intention for starting United White Association? A. My initial intention for starting The United White Association was to create an…
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BY MATT DEMIRS EDITOR IN CHIEF Renovations to Young Hall were referenced in College Council minutes on September 11th as part of Lake Forest College’s five-year strategic plan established in 2013. The College plans to pursue a renovation of one of the oldest academic buildings on campus after completion of the Lilliard Science Center in 2018, explained Stephen D. Schutt, President of Lake Forest College. “We need to do the project. The building itself is…
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By STAFF REPORTER After a competitive selection process, 11 speakers have been chosen for the sold-out TEDxLakeForestCollege event on October 27. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED…
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By MATT DEMIRS ‘18 EDITOR IN CHIEF The Lake Forest College student handbook saw significant revisions made to to the student conduct procedures for this school year. “Previously, students could be referred for a hearing with an individual hearings office or they could be referred to a conduct board but it was never clear why they were being referred to either,” said Stacy Oliver-Sikorski, Associate Director of Residence Life for Student Success. “It was a…
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