Fast forward to January 20th, 2017. It is a sad, cold day for the United States of America as Donald Trump will be taking the presidency for the next four years. Let’s pretend that this catastrophic event really occurred. I asked various people to complete the following sentence: “if Donald Trump became president…” I have not altered any of the responses to fit my personal opinion, although I am sure that by now you know…
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The argument for and against living on campus versus commuting rages on. Many argue that students will not get the true college experience if they live off campus. However, others say that where you live does not make a difference. “I just think you’d miss out on a lot of stuff if you live off campus,” claims Olivia Zyszczynski ’17. “I’ve lived on campus for the past three years, and I think that [shoddy] dorms…
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As a Mexican young woman, I am often asked whether or not I have a boyfriend. To give you a little background on my culture, although it has evolved, women are still expected to be married in their early twenties and, being nineteen, the pressure to be in a relationship is on. I have had many conversations on this topic with friends and family. As Bushra Shams ’17 says, “Us ambitious [students], we are very…
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It has come to my attention that some people on campus believe in a gluten-free diet, and the Lake Forest College Caf is even trying to make accommodations for this diet. However, the gluten-free diet is a huge fad that has swept over the nation, and the thing about fads is that no one really does any legitimate research on them. Xander O’Grady ’17 commented, “I do not really know what gluten is, but we…
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The Adventures of Adam and Steve, created by Samantha Miller ’17, is a recurrent satirical comic about events at Lake Forest College
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Have you ever stopped to think about the impact you are making on other people’s lives? You should. We talk about leadership as something to learn and aspire to during our time here at Lake Forest College, and yet we fail to realize that we are already leaders, even in the smallest of ways. Leadership by definition is “the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group; the ability…
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