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The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 1 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on September 18, 2020. Emma G. Overton ’21  Editor-in-Chief and News Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu  The transition to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the Spring 2020 semester became official on March 16, following an announcement by President Schutt that the…

By Emma Overton ’21  Editor-in-Chief and News Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu    As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen— with 776,093 positive cases and 41,758 deaths recorded in the United States as of April 21, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—scammers are using the resulting disruption in our daily lives to defraud victims.…

By Emma Overton ’22 Editor-in-Chief and News Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu    Noting that “the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the United States and around the globe” in a March 11 email, President Schutt announced the extension of Spring Break to Tuesday, March 17. Although he noted that there were “no known cases of COVID-19 on…

By Arielle Van Deraa ’21  Digital Editor  vanderaaas@mx.lakeforest.edu   As the Chicago Sun-Times staff who covered the Illinois Primary Election on March 17 noted, “it was an unprecedented Election Day in Illinois—with delayed results, missing election judges, dwindling supplies of hand sanitizer and bickering over whether the state should even hold its primary during a…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 6 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on March 6, 2020.   By Emma Overton ‘22 Editor-in-Chief and News Section Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu      Following student activism last fall regarding alleged Title IX violations against members of the Senior 25, President Stephen Schutt tasked three members of the…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 6 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on March 6, 2020.   By Emma Overton ’22  Editor-in-Chief and News Section Editor  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu      On February 6, Interim Director of Operations for Residence Life Jordan Ahlersmeyer-Huang sent an all-campus email informing residential students of the upcoming room selection…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 7, 2020   Emma Overton ’22 and Stephanie Carlson ’21  Editor-in-Chief and News Section Editor, Staff Writer  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu and carlsonsa@mx.lakeforest.edu    On January 25, Lake Forest College hosted its third annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit in the Mohr Student…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 7, 2020   By Emma Overton ’22  Editor-in-Chief and News Section Editor    On December 30, 2019, with the legalization of recreational marijuana in Illinois a mere two days away on January 1, 2020, Vice President of Student Affairs…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 7, 2020   Emma Overton ’22 and Josh Hager ’22  Editor-in-Chief and News Section Editor, Staff Writer  overtoneg@mx.lakeforest.edu  hagerjm@mx.lakeforest.edu      As part of week-long programming honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Lake Forest…

The Article below was published in Vol. 135, Issue 4 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on December 6, 2019   By Emma Overton ‘22  Managing Editor and News Editor      Members of the campus community gathered in Hixon Hall on November 18 for an open conversation on casting and inclusivity with Emjoy Gavino, Chicago actress…