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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…

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…

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!…