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How To Holiday the Chicago Way: 5 Festive Recommendations

Posted on December 1, 2025March 2, 2026 by Gemma Mueller

Kate O’Donnell ’28 Staff Writer odonnellkgr@lakeforest.edu For those brave enough to bear occasional frigid temps, there is truly nothing more glorious than the “most wonderful time of the year” in the Windy City. Chicagoland’s abundance of cheerful holiday traditions offer something for everyone. Whether you’re hunting for perfect gifts before heading home or seeking local fun over break, these seasonal suggestions are sure to bring nostalgia, joy and whimsy to your December. For festive fun on…

Upcoming Band Concert

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Gemma Mueller

Annabelle Thompson ’28 thompsonama@lakeforest.edu Staff Writer Concert Band and Symphony Orchestra will host their winter concert Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Gorton Center. The band will be performing four pieces, one of them being a piece by David Maslanka called “Give Us This Day,” which he called a short symphony and is 20 minutes long. Band director Dr. Scott Edgar is excited to play this piece. “The first movement is slow and lyrical,…

Frozen Firsts: How International Students Are Dealing With Winter

Posted on March 6, 2025October 18, 2025 by Stentor Staff Writer

Tracy Wamarema wamarematwa@lakeforest.eduJOUR 320 Writer When Oswald Mugitswa ‘27 stepped outside after the season’s first snowfall, he was mesmerized. “I had never seen snow in real life before,” he said, stomping his boots into the icy ground to test its texture. “It felt like something out of a movie. But then I realized— it’s also painfully cold.” For many international students at Lake Forest College, winter is more than just a season: it’s an entirely new…

Lake Forest College Students Ready to Vote

Posted on November 4, 2024November 7, 2024 by Stentor Staff Writer

Written by the Lake Forest College Journalism 120 Class With the November election just days away, faculty members, staff, and students at Lake Forest College are casting their ballots for U.S. presidential candidates early, while others have yet to decide. Many students, part of nearly 41 million Gen Z voters eligible to vote in 2024, are voting for the first time—leaving experts to speculate whether they could swing the vote, one way or another. JOUR…

Go Touch Grass: A Lake Forest Student’s Guide to the Illinois Outdoors

Posted on October 31, 2024October 31, 2024 by Stentor Staff Writer

Gemma Mueller ’27 Illinois is the 25th largest state in the United States with a total of 57,915 square miles. Lake County, the county where Lake Forest College is located, has a total land area of 443.6 square miles. Over 10% of the land in Lake County is a forest preserve. Many view Illinois as a bland landscape with nothing to offer but Chicago, but boy are they wrong. That 10% of protected land has…

Beetlejuice BeetleJuice 2 Movie Review

Posted on October 12, 2024October 12, 2024 by Lia Fiffles

Jacky Toledo Soto ’24 Features Editor toledosotoj@lakeforest.edu Spooky season is right around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than to review Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2. Tim Burton created the original Beetlejuice in 1988 with a star-studded cast. Since its release, the film has become a cult classic, with fans eagerly awaiting a sequel, which recently premiered on September 6, 2024. According to a ScreenRant article, Beetlejuice has grossed over $337 million—a box office hit!…

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