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Access #TheWoodLounge

Posted on March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 by Jack Loessberg

Calvin Durand Hall, affectionately known as the Wood Lounge, is one of the most visually arresting spaces on the Lake Forest College campus. Built by famed architect Howard Van Doren Shaw in 1907-8 and modeled on the dining hall at Trinity College, Cambridge, its soaring wooden beams, walls of leaded glass windows, and dark paneled wainscot punctuated by uted pilasters exemplify a handsome and re ned Collegiate Gothic aesthetic. The Wood Lounge is one of the…

New Sleep System Ensures Perfect Attendance and Grades

Posted on April 21, 2015December 20, 2015 by Jack Loessberg

A morning class is a commitment for many students. It requires preparing your assignments the day before, a consistent bedtime, and avoiding caffeine a few hours before sleep. The practicality of this method, however, is paradoxical, because a college student, by nature, is attracted to a continuous state of procrastination, and the bragging rights he or she gains from pulling serial “all-nighters.” Thankfully, the night owls of the Calvin Durand Hall, colloquially called the “Wood…