“Free Store” initiative to begin in May

“Free Store” initiative to begin in May

Jillian Beaster ’28 beasterjro@lakeforest.edu News Editor Starting this May, Professor Siobhan Moroney’s “Free Store” initiative will be underway. Moroney’s vision entails a space where students can donate items they no longer need, to allow for students to shop second-hand on campus for free.  “Every May for the last 25 years [I have been] dumpster diving in college dumpsters, and I live better because of that, and I sent two kids off to college without buying…

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“This Site Can’t Be Reached”: The disappearance of ReproductiveRights.gov 

“This Site Can’t Be Reached”: The disappearance of ReproductiveRights.gov 

Atala Johnson ’28johnsonael@lakeforest.edu JOUR 320 student  Laine Hole, a 19-year-old sophomore at Lake Forest College, has feared for the future of reproductive rights since her Catholic school years when her peers debated abortion. Most of her classmates opposed abortion, but Hole said she has always believed it is a fundamental right. “I never thought the day would come when my rights would be taken away,” said Hole, who grew up in California, where voters altered the state…

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Mass deportation orders leave colleges in uncertainty

Mass deportation orders leave colleges in uncertainty

Natalie Booth ’28 boothn@hartzera JOUR 320 student College administrators across the country are unsure about the Trump administration’s new executive orders that initiate the mass deportation and expedited removal of undocumented immigrants in the U.S., including college students.  Lake Forest College admits undocumented students as part of its mission to embrace diversity, according to its website. Now, their future status is uncertain—here and elsewhere.  “As far as what the future holds for undocumented students on…

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Student Groups at Lake Forest College Concerned About Planning Campus Events

Student Groups at Lake Forest College Concerned About Planning Campus Events

Caleb Pope ’27popecse95@lakeforest.eduStaff Writer Members of Intervarsity, a Christian student group which meets to discuss scripture at Lake Forest College, planned to hold a prayer and fellowship event at the Lily Reid Holt Memorial chapel late last fall. However, the group was told by the college administration via email to move the gathering to Wood Lounge in the Mohr Student Center.  This space was smaller, and a band, food, and other times had already been…

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Hundreds protest President Trump’s mass deportation order

Hundreds protest President Trump’s mass deportation order

Jimena Giles ’28gilesj@lakeforest.edu JOUR 320 Student On February 2, Saturday hundreds of people gathered at Rose Park in Waukegan to demand that local officials keep U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents out of Lake County.  Holding signs that read “Keep ICE Out,” “Families Belong Together,” and “The People United Will Defend Immigrant Families,” rally participants applauded a series of speakers demanding that ICE stop arresting innocent families. The large group then marched along Belvidere…

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Trump signs executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports

Trump signs executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports

Libby Hearst ’28hearstede@lakeforest.edu JOUR 320 Student When President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order earlier this month banning medically transitioned women from competing in women’s sports, he made a decision that could significantly impact student-athletes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).  The order—”Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports”—blocks Title IX federal funding for colleges and universities if they allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports. Supporters argue the decision protects women’s sports,…

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