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America, Where Are You Going?

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Atala Johnson

Liman Lei ‘27leili@lakeforest.edu Staff Writer You wake up at 5 a.m. The nightlight is still on. The air feels still, suspended between darkness and dawn. Sunlight begins to filter through the wooden blinds, falling in quiet stripes across the kitchen cabinets. The faint smell of yesterday’s coffee lingers. By the stove, last night’s unwashed dishes sit as silent witnesses to another day gone by. The television hums in the background, monotone and metallic. A news…

Harvesting the Best Looks of The Season

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Atala Johnson

Jenna Koniewicz ’27 koniewiczjc@lakeforest.edu Staff Writer Fall fashion has arrived at Lake Forest College, and students are sparing no expense to showcase their most stylish pieces. Fashion, by nature, is meant for one to express themself from the inside out, channeling their inner fashionista. Just as the leaves are changing, our Foresters are trading out the jorts and tank tops for chunky sweaters and miniskirts. This fall, textures and layers are also taking center stage….

AI Won’t Be Dumb Forever

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Atala Johnson

Jackson Luce ‘29 lucejfl47@lakeforest.edu Staff Writer The discussion around large language models (LLMs) and image generation software is exhausting. Recently, public attention has been stuck on a couple of topics. In particular, the errors we’re noticing from artificial intelligence (AI) are occurring again and again. The idea of AI hallucination has shown up a lot, a phenomenon in which LLMs will simply make up information. In a way, it’s nice to see that, for the…

Tilly Norwood: The Patriarchy’s Perfect Woman

Posted on October 28, 2025 by Atala Johnson

Gita Anand ’28Staff Writeranandggr@lakeforest.edu Tilly Norwood is the name of the first fully artificial intelligence (AI) generated actress to be officially released in Hollywood. Although Norwood claimed to be an “aspiring actress” on Instagram since May of this year, the character was not seriously acknowledged until late September, when prominent actresses such as Emily Blunt, Amy Poehler, and Whoopi Goldberg expressed fears of a fully-fledged AI “actress” entering the industry. Their public critiques of Norwood…

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