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Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Charlebois Tracy Wamarema ‘28wamarematwa@lakeforest.edu Staff Writer Elizabeth Charlebois is an author and English professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.  She co-authored Hip Hop Hamlet in collaboration with incarcerated performers at the Northeast Correctional Center in Bowling Green, Missouri. The play was a part of the Prison Performing Arts program. A week after her talk, Bard Behind Bars at Lake Forest College in March 2025, I met with her over Zoom…

Caleb Pope ‘27popecse95@lakeforest.edu Staff Writer Lake Forest College is partnering with Ragdale, an artist residency program, to explore artificialintelligence (AI) and how it intersects with equity and social justice through their work.The HUMAN Residency Fellowship is funded by a $1.2 million grant from the MellonFoundation in New York. The fellowship is designed to explore artificial intelligence through ahumanities perspective, equipping students with the skills to ethically integrate AI into theirprofessional lives. The partnership is led…

Atala Johnson ‘28 johnsonael@lakeforest.edu JOUR 320 Writer Hidden under layers of winter clothing, Lake Forest is about to trade in its puffer coats and reveal a new fashion season. But what you see in town will probably differ from what you find on campus.   For Chrissy Davis, a business developer at a women’s fashion boutique, the Lake Forest Shop, her trend predictions for this spring are a nod to the styles emerging in New York. On the…

Eddie Coardos ’26coardoseem@lakeforest.eduJOUR 320 Writer In a recent visit to journalism classes at Lake Forest College, Colombian performance artist and scholar Praba Pilar presented her most innovative approach to art and AI. Since 2017, her project Nixtamalizate-te-te has combined modern technology such as artificial intelligence with indigenous technologies to create sculptures, photography, and community projects.  Her objective is to show the public how “contaminated” our world has become due to reliance on technology and highlight…