Opinions

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 19, 2021. By Maryam Javed ’21 Opinions Editor  javedm@mx.lakeforest.edu  The United States has declared that China’s repression of the Uighur people is genocide, however, Chinese officials disagree. The Uighurs are an ethnic Turkish Muslim group, primarily inhabiting the Xinjiang region in northwestern China, and have been living there for centuries.  In the last decade, Xinjiang has been the battleground…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 19, 2021. By Hayley Headley ’24 Staff Writer headleyhj@mx.lakeforest.edu While the campus community is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to remember that Black History Month is still happening. Last year saw millions of people piling into the streets both here in the United States and abroad. It was a time of awakening to the many centuries…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 19, 2021. By Nathaniel Bodnar ’21 Staff Writer  bodnarnm@mx.lakeforest.edu  Democratically elected senators will likely never be capable of impeaching a president. Before the 17th Amendment’s passage in 1913, the Constitution did not have senators elected by the people; instead, the state legislatures decided. The Senate, which did not report directly to the people, was constitutionally assigned to convict in…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 4 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on December 4, 2020. By: Maryam Javed ‘21 Opinions Editor  javedm@mx.lakeforest.edu  Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated last Friday, November 27, 2020. American and Israeli intelligence believe that Fakhrizadeh was a part of a secret program to create an atomic weapon, which suggests that one of the governments could potentially have a role in the scientist’s death. An American…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 13, 2020. Maryam Javed ’21 Opinions Editor  javedm@mx.lakeforest.edu  COVID-19 cases are rising throughout the United States, and around 10 million COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in this country. Over 200,000 lives have been claimed by the virus and if proper action is not taken, more deaths will occur.  President-elect Joe Biden will inherit a monumental COVID-19 crisis when he…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 3 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on November 13, 2020. Nathaniel Bodnar ’21  Staff Writer bodnarnm@mx.lakeforest.edu  Democrats will now face the problem that Republicans faced in 2016; a party that is primarily centered around being the opposition to those in power and that is not united enough to pass a legislative agenda. During the Obama years, the GOP became the party of “NO” and stalled many parts…