Lake Forest College
Fast forward to January 20th, 2017. It is a sad, cold day for the United States of America as Donald Trump will be taking the presidency for the next four years. Let’s pretend that this catastrophic event really occurred. I asked various people to complete the following sentence: “if Donald Trump became president…” I have not altered any of the responses to fit my personal opinion, although I am sure that by now you know…
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The removal of hand towels in high-traffic bathrooms is just a small adjustment in Lake Forest College’s efforts to go green. However, many students are arguing that the College has a long way to go. Green groups on campus, such as the League for Environmental Awareness and Protection (LEAP), the Campus Sustainability Committee (CSC), and The Nature Appreciation and Wilderness Survival Club (NAWS) are in the background on campus, and many students are actually unaware…
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Should affirmative action continue to be a part of college admissions into higher education? More importantly, is it fair to take into account a student’s race, gender, or ethnicity when creating a decision about acceptance? Hopefully, after this article you will be able to decide for yourself. The main purpose of affirmative action is to push aside barriers, giving everyone an equal opportunity that they may not have received on their own. This country is not…
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Many argue that the millennial generation has become more liberal with their bodies and have little regard for the consequences of unprotected sex. After a night of unprotected sex, many people— Lake Forest College students included—turn to Plan B, a form of emergency contraception. According to a study done in 2013, conducted by the Center for Disease Control, 11 percent of women in the United States between the ages of 15 and 44 have used emergency…
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Social media has become an ever-present necessity in our lives, and it can even be said that it dictates our generation. With social media, however, everything is public and there is no anonymity—until recently. There is a new type of social media taking college campuses by storm, and its name is Yik Yak. In this application, people can post anonymous comments in their local area. If a comment gets “downed” (disliked by a user) five times, it gets permanently deleted. Many…
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