As first announced in an October email by Dean Orr, the Johnson Science Center renovation and expansion has been delayed until May of 2016, at which point the College will seek the approval of the Board of Trustees to begin construction. “There’s a certain level of gifts that we have to have in hand before we can actually begin the groundbreaking. The decision was made to delay it by six months to give us more time to…
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I was on my way with two Lake Forest students visiting from their study abroad program to meet a few others from the Paris program in the 10th arrondissement. I decided we should transfer at the République station. As we approached the station, an announcement came on the train. I couldn’t understand the entire announcement, but I could hear that the next few stations were closed because of some kind of police activity. That’s when I received a…
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Brush off your suit, shine your shoes, and polish that résumé, because it’s that time of year again, time for Lake Forest College’s annual Speed Networking event. Speed Networking is an opportunity for students to network with professionals from a variety of industries. Each student gets a series of five-minute meetings with different professionals, allowing them to make 30 new connections. This year the popular event will be held on Thursday, November 5, from 5:30-8:30…
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Fire alarms and flooding caused a rude awakening for Roberts Hall residents at approximately 2:00 a.m. on Monday, September 7, with damages to the building rumored to be near $10,000. Weeks later, officials are no closer to finding the perpetrator, but resident Caterina Frollano ’18 vividly remembers the incident. “I looked down and saw all the water coming in, and I panicked because I had everything on the floor,” she said. As a result of…
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