Grossed out? Voice Your Feedback to Aramark

Grossed out? Voice Your Feedback to Aramark

From the always-popular Reuben’s omelets and the pasta bar to bloody meat and bugs in spinach, food in the cafeteria provokes a wide range of student responses. Aramark Food Service Director Jason Micenko encourages students to voice their feedback about the company’s dining service to make a difference in the food options and quality. “This semester, I would like to increase our Voice of the Consumer participation, which is our online real-time survey that measures quality,…

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Activation of Fire Alarms Brought Cops to Campus

Activation of Fire Alarms Brought Cops to Campus

Firefighters, police officers, Public Safety, and ambulances appeared all over campus during a frigid February weekend, following the activation of fire alarms and other violations in multiple buildings. The first fire alarm went off at 3:49 a.m. on Saturday, February 21, in Gregory Hall on South Campus. Confused students filed out of their warm dorm rooms into the cold outdoors, where temperatures were as low as 19°F. While Public Safety investigated the Gregory Hall incident and resident…

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Forester Five Brand Recognition Is Questionable

Forester Five Brand Recognition Is Questionable

The Forester Five was created by the Gates Center in the spring of 2013 to embody the Lake Forest College co-curricular experience, but there’s still a question of whether or not students know of its existence. “The history behind the Forester Five began when the College was developing a co-curricular development plan that was being designed around a core set of values,” said Assistant Dean of Students and Director of the Gates Center William Dlugokienski….

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Attention Brought to Sexual Misconduct on Campus

Attention Brought to Sexual Misconduct on Campus

Lake Forest College’s Director of Health and Wellness, Dr. Jennifer Fast, has required all students and faculty to complete a sexual misconduct online training by Everfi, whose mission is to help students and faculty acknowledge critical life issues such as alcohol abuse and sexual assault prevention. Ninety-seven percent of the college completed this training. Dr. Fast said the survey “indicated that students and faculty think the college is responsive in addressing rape culture and language.”…

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Spark’s Spending Sparks Concerns

Spark’s Spending Sparks Concerns

This semester marks the one-year anniversary since the e.Team has been converted to SPARK, the programming board on campus. In the year since its conversion from e.Team, SPARK has hosted the Spring Concert, Inflatable Laser Tag, Casino Night, and the Silent Comedian and Danger Circus, and more. SPARK also hosts the Friday Late Night events in the Mohr Student Center and provides funding to host the infamous All Campus Parties on Saturday nights. SPARK has…

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Why Does ISIS Go So Far?

Why Does ISIS Go So Far?

ISIS, or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, is an extremist Islamic group that released two separate videos on Tuesday night, February 3, 2015, of a Jordanian pilot burned to death, and two Japanese hostages beheaded by ISIS officials. ISIS participates in these brutal executions in order to eradicate and terrorize the “infidels,” or non-believers. A BBC News article states that the end game of ISIS “is to establish a “caliphate,’ a state ruled by…

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