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In an attempt to respond to the needs of transgender and nonbinary communities, all-gender bathrooms have been introduced on the College campus. Currently, the all-gender bathrooms are in educational buildings, and none have been officially implemented in residence halls. Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Intercultural Relations Erin Hoffman said the all- gender bathrooms were first suggested by a student in fall 2015. A team comprised of staff and faculty began considering options for…

The College’s Health and Wellness Center introduced the Medicat Patient Portal on February 7, which allows students to make appointments and upload their health history. The service is accessible to all students through my.lakeforest.edu or lakeforest.medicatconnect.com. Department Assistant for Health and Wellness Siobhan Michelotti helped organize the effort to make the Patient Portal available. “This is something a lot of other colleges are doing,” Michelotti said. “The hope is now students can make appointments, so…

In an initiative to improve the freshman dormitories, the College opted to remove all the furniture that was deemed in poor condition in Lois Hall and other freshman dorms. Andrew Pollom, the College’s residence life director, said, “The third floor [of Blackstone] along with Lois was replaced this past winter break. It, along with Blackstone, had some of the oldest and worst condition [of] furniture.” This comes off the heels of the latest phase of…

African American studies is now offered as a major, while journalism was added as a new minor at the start of the 2016–2017 school year, bringing the number of combined majors and minors offered by the College to 57. The African American studies major was established after Lake Forest College received a $600,000 Mellon Foundation Grant to be used over the next six years. The funds are allocated to tenuring a faculty member, supporting the…

President Donald J. Trump’s executive order declaring the defunding of specific Planned Parenthood services internationally has angered some Lake Forest College students who hold strong beliefs on affordable healthcare. While this order has only enacted the defunding of services internationally, individuals across the country are waiting for a bill to be passed by the Trump administration that will defund all branches of Planned Parenthood within the United States, preventing them from providing any services through…