The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 8, 2019 By Ellerese Topacio ’20 Associate Editor As we all know, Lake Forest College’s Fall Break that spanned from October 21 to October 22 is officially over. It was only for two days? Yes, it was very, very, very brief. After enduring eight weeks of classes, that is eight weeks of grueling experimental labs, diabolical weekly essays on…
Read MoreThe Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 2 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on October 18, 2019 By Maryam Javed ’21 Opinions Editor The bloody civil war in Syria has been raging for almost a decade now. Tensions have recently escalated further since President Donald Trump withdrew American troops from the region of Rojava in Northern Syria, predominantly inhabited by Kurds and Assyrians, which paved the way for Turkish forces to invade. Turkish military…
Read MoreThe Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 1 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on September 20, 2019 By Maryam Javed ‘21 Opinions Editor “Vaping has become a very big business, as I understand it, a giant business in a very short period of time. But we can’t allow people to get sick and we can’t have our youth be so affected,” President Donald Trump said at the Oval Office. Recently, the Trump administration announced…
Read MoreThe Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 1 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on September 20, 2019 By Nathaniel Bodnar ‘21 Staff Writer The defining moment of the latest Democratic debate was when Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) said, “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15 and your AK-47.” He turned gun confiscation from a strawman argument that the right used against the left, to a serious policy proposal. O’Rourke proposed mandatory gun buybacks to…
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By Nathaniel Bodnar ’19 Staff Writer On Monday, February 18, 16 states filed a lawsuit to stop President Trump’s funding of a border wall without congressional approval. This lawsuit follows in the wake of the President declaring a national emergency over wall funds. Even if the courts successfully block Trump’s “emergency,” Trump has now given precedent to future presidents for using this move to solve their own “real” emergencies while in office. With such liberal…
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Courtney Prais ‘19, Opinions Editor Five lives were lost on Friday, February 15, when a man being let go from his job opened fire at the Henry Pratt Company in west suburban Aurora, Illinois. Among those brutally and unnecessarily killed was Trevor Wehner of Sheridan, Illinois. He was a student at Northern Illinois University and a human resources intern at the manufacturing plant. He was 21-years-old and set to graduate in May with a degree…
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