Opinions

By Reece Wearing ’24  Staff Writer  wearingrd@lfc.edu “A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise,” claims Aldo Leopold, establishing what has since been referred to as the Land Ethic. On the Lake Forest College campus, three locations—Shooting Star Savannah, Reverie Prairie, and the McClure Rain Garden—exemplify the College’s attempts to follow the Land Ethic; however, the College consistently…

By Andrea Goreta ’25  Staff Writer  goretaa02@lfc.edu Look around yourself. How many people have met their significant other online? For me, this question was raised when I realized that many people I know have met their partners online. One friend met her boyfriend, and another met his girlfriend on a dating app. One friend started her relationship with a guy while being 6,000 miles apart; even my aunt started dating her boyfriend after they got…

By Jenn Arias ’23  Staff Writer  ariasjri@lfc.edu On February 22, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent military troops into Ukraine to invade, bomb, and capture the country by any means necessary. In what is quickly becoming a third World War, Ukrainian citizens are abandoning their homes and fleeing to surrounding Eastern European countries out of fear for their lives. After almost a month of violence, Russia is still raining down bombs on populated cities and…

By Jenn Arias ’23  Staff Writer   ariasjri@mx.lakeforest.edu The First Amendment is one of the most questioned and misunderstood of all the Bill of Rights. Our freedom of speech has been questioned, our freedom of religion attacked, and now they are coming after our books. Book banning can be traced all the way back to 212 B.C., when “Chinese Emperor Shih Huang Ti is said to have buried alive 460 Confucian scholars to control the writing…

By Lia Fiffles ’24 Opinion Editor fiffleslm@lfc.edu Alongside the COVID-19 restrictions that the year 2020 brought came the increase in visits to national parks. With little to do during the first summer of quarantine, individuals and their friends and family resorted to fulfilling their summer plans by joining the rest of the eager individuals taking over these tourist attractions. Since then, national parks have seen a linear increase in visits. Although this may come off…

By Lia Fiffles Opinion Editor fiffleslm@lakeforest.edu The world is getting warmer, there is no doubt about that, and it’s obvious that we are starting to pay the price for it. Natural disasters have been around for as long as we can remember, but lately it feels as if we are surrounded by them. Hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires; all of these have been making their mark on the world as they become more frequent and destructive….