Stentor
Volume 129, Issue 3
Lake Forest College, 555 N. Sheridan Rd., Lake Forest, IL 60045
1887
Tuesday, November 5
Alpha Tau Omega set to be the College’s newest fraternity
Students reflect on their Greek Life experiences as Alpha Tau Omega is set to become the College’s newest fraternity
JOSH KIM ‘17
STAFF WRITER
[email protected]
A& E
Page 3 - New A cappella group
emerges on campus
Sports
page 4- No Shave November
News
page 2- Brain Awareness Week
Greek life has had a significant
presence on not just college campuses
nationwide, but in the media and pop
culture. However with news stories
of hazing or drinking gone awry and
films depicting Greek life as one big
alcohol-crazed party the perceptions of
collegiate fraternities and sororities are
undeniably skewed.
In fact, many college students
steer clear of joining a fraternity
or sorority because of the negative
stereotypes surrounding Greek life
organizations.
Chris Banville ’14 was initially
apprehensive about joining a fraternity
for this very reason.
“The media portrays negative
images of fraternities and sororities,
which makes many apprehensive to
join a Greek letter organization. I
personally refused to join a fraternity
when I came to college,” Banville said.
The media’s depictions of Greek
life organizations prevents many from realizing the goodness rooted into Lambda Chi Alpha at their event Watermellon Bash.
fraternities and sororities.
provides many meaningful opportunities next step,” Snider said.
All fraternities and sororities have
for leadership development, alumni
Snider took the initiative and led a
a philanthropic cause they support.
networking, and academic support. pursuit in the search for the next Greek
Furthermore, many students have
Members of our fraternity/sorority life organization to join the Lake Forest
seen the benefits joining a Greek life
community regularly achieve grade College community.
organization can have.
point averages higher than the All“As
the
fraternity/sorority
Banville eventually joined a
College average, participate in advisor on campus, I worked with
fraternity despite his initial refusals
community service and philanthropy the expansion committee and served
to do so, and now sees it as the best
events each semester, and are involved as the liaison between the College
decision he has made as a student at
in various other student organizations and groups that expressed interest in
Lake Forest College.
on campus, often holding officer participating in the process,” she said.
“Now as a senior and president
positions in these groups,” Snider said. “The expansion process that we follow
of my chapter [Lambda Chi Alpha],
At Lake Forest College, there involves notifying organizations that
I know that it was perhaps the best
has been an increase in the number of we are interested in expanding the
decision I made as a student at Lake
students in Greek life organizations. community and requesting written
Forest,” he said.
The increasing popularity of Greek life presentations from organizations who
Many Lake Forest College
on campus has led Lake Forest College would like to join the community
students in a fraternity and sorority feel
in its decision to bring a new fraternity Interested organizations submitted
the same way as Banville on deciding
to campus next semester.
written presentations, which included
to join one. Many students feel that
“We’ve
recently
seen
an information about their plans for a
Greek life organizations provide
increase level of interest in fraternity successful colonization at Lake Forest,
members a foundation to build off of
membership by our students, displayed the type of membership experience
to pursue leadership and networking
both in the number of men who are that they offer to their members across
opportunities.
joining the groups currently recognized the country, and information about
Liz Snider, the fraternity and
by the College and by the number of initiatives like leadership programs and
sorority advisor on campus has seen the
men who have expressed interest in the service opportunities available to their
affirmative consequences Lake Forest
experience and inquired about bringing membership.”
College students have experienced
additional groups to campus. Given this
Eventually it came down to Alpha
from joining a Greek life organization.
interest, growth of the community was Tau Omega and Delta Sigma Phi, with
“Fraternity/sorority membership
something that seemed like a natural Alpha Tau Omega ultimately being
Photo by Thomas Estruth ’14
selected.
“ATO (Alpha Tau Omega) is an
organization with a strong national
brand that offers significant leadership
development experience to members
across the country and we are confident
that future ATOs at Lake Forest will
benefit from the same meaningful
opportunities,” Snider said.
The reception to the bringing
in of a new fraternity has faced a
positive reception amongst the Forester
community.
Hannah McLane, member of the
Delta Gamma sorority at the College,
advocates the decision to add a fraternity
on campus.
“I think it is a great idea. Greek
like is a way to strengthen the Lake
Forest community and to get people
more involved with their school,” she
said.
Members of existing fraternities
are looking forward to ATO making its
way to Lake Forest College. Banville
is optimistic of the effects introducing
ATO to the community will have.
“My brothers and I are very
excited to welcome another fraternity
to the Lake Forest family.
— “Greek life” continues on Page 2
South Campus hit hardest by recent acts of vandalism
DOMINICK SCAFIDI ’17
STAFF WRITER
[email protected]
Lake
Forest
College
has
experienced a rise in vandalism in
recent months.
In the 2013-2014 school year
alone there have been 15 reported acts
of vandalism on campus, according to
Public Safety’s crime log. Six of these
acts occurred in the month of October.
Lois Hall resident assistant Alex
Casler ’16 said, “Vandalism is taking
place, but a lot of it is so minor that
some of it is not reported to Public
Safety. Public Safety has bigger things
to worry about.”
The criteria for a vandalism
incident is stated by the federal crime
commission as, “To willfully or these acts occurred on South Campus,
maliciously destroy, injure, disfigure, two occurred on Middle Campus, and
or deface any public or private there have been no reported acts of
property, real or
vandalism on
personal, without
North Campus.
the consent of the
T
h
e
Theft, specifically in
owner or person
accounts
of
Harlan Hall, is another
having custody or
vandalism on
issue the campus
control by cutting,
South Campus
is experiencing this
tearing, breaking,
have included
marking, painting,
multiple broken
semester.
drawing, covering
windows,
Read more on Page 2.
with filth, or any
ripped
down
other such means
lighting, holes
as may be specified
punched
in
by local law.”
walls, and stolen signs.
When looking at where these acts
These damages have amassed to
were committed, South Campus has thousands of dollars in damages and
far more counts of vandalism than have also caused major damage to the
anywhere else on campus. Thirteen of new Moore Hall.
To combat this problem Public
Safety has attempted to increase
the number of patrols, and resident
assistants and directors have tried to
foster a more vigilant community,
but nothing has seemed to stop this
growing trend.
It is surely a shame that there
is vandalism occurring in the newer
buildings of South Campus, including
a spree of basement vandalism in
Moore Hall, but what can be done?
When looking at comparative
examples of theft at schools and
private residences the only way to
combat these issues in a more vigilant
community, where students are not
afraid to report or stop vandalism.
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Lake Forest College Stentor
News
November 5, 2013
Brain Awareness Week aims to engage entire campus community
JOSH KIM ‘17
STAFF WRITER
[email protected]
Brain Awareness Week begins Nov. 11
and includes a line-up of events designed
to promote why the brain matters and how
research can help to combat neurological
diseases such as Alzheimer’s and psychiatric
conditions such as schizophrenia and autism.
The programming has grown in scope
since it first started 11 years ago, says organizer
Shubhik DebBurman, Professor of Biology.
“...it was very modest and with anything
you start small, very grassroots, mostly
centered initially on student presentations,”
he said, “and then we added public seminars,
movie panels led by faculty, and entertainment
to the weekend that had a neuroscience
theme.”
This year, more student groups are
participating in the programming, as are
classes.
One major change is the renaming of the
symposium to the Robert G. Glassman Memorial
Brain, Mind, and Behavior Symposium, which
honors the late professor of psychology.
DebBurman said Glassman’s passing
last spring was “a great loss for the College
because he had taught year for many years,
many decades and he impacted, profoundly
impacted the education of many students who
are now alums... He was a pioneer in helping
us imagine that in our College we would have a
major that would focus on studying the brain...
He was key to the role that neuroscience has
at this College, and it is the perfect way to
remember him and to celebrate his role at the
college.”
This Wednesday, November 13 event
showcases the work of students and alumni in
neuroscience. Six faculty members from many
disciplines, including theater, communication,
English, and the sciences, also will present
on how the brain works within their area of
expertise.
Brain Awareness Week first emerged
onto Lake Forest College’s campus in
2003. SYNAPSE, the neuroscience student
organization at Lake Forest College, puts
on BAW with contributions courtesy of
the College’s neuroscience, biology, and
psychology departments.
BAW is one of the many shining examples
of Lake Forest College’s tradition in excellence.
The 2010 edition of Lake Forest’s BAW received
the prestigious Brain Awareness Week Award
at the 2011 National Society for Neuroscience
Meeting.
DebBurman says college students of
all majors will be interested in the week’s
programming.
“All the conscious activities that you do
can’t happen without your brain. Without your
brain, you wouldn’t be you. I am imagining
college students are inherently curious about
why we are who we are,” he said.
A keynote lecture from Dr. Robin Nusslock
of Northwestern University in a lecture titled,
“Happiness Gone Awry: The role of rewardrelated brain function in psychiatric disorders”
kicks off the week on Monday, Nov. 11. The
lecture will be followed by the Brain Outreach:
Sex and Sexuality, presented by first-year
studies students of DebBurman’s Medical
Mysteries course.
BAW’s Tuesday events get under way
with Teach-In: Neurology 101. Dr. Jason
Pitt’s Biology 362 students in Mechanisms of
Brain Dysfunction will educate attendees on
Parkinson’s disease and Multiple Sclerosis.
Students from Medical Mysteries will continue
from Monday’s seminar with a Brain Outreach
on emotions. The 90-minute seminar will
educate the Forester community on how the
brain controls emotions.
The third day of Brain Awareness Week
2013 will be highlighted by the Robert B.
Glassman Memorial Brain, Mind, and Behavior
Symposium. The event’s opening hour includes
an undergraduate research poster session in
the Center of Chicago Programs and the first
floor of the Johnson Science Center.
That evening, various faculty and alumni
will give presentations in the McCormick
Auditorium. The Nu Rho Psi Induction will
immediately follow the symposium in the
McCormick Auditorium.
On Thursday, students of Dr. Jason Pitt’s
BIOL 362 Mechanisms of Brain Dysfunction
Infographic by Chelsey Little ’15
will educate attendees on Schizophrenia and
Alzheimer’s Disease during an event titled Teach
In: Neurology 101. The event will be followed
by a keynote lecture from D. Peggy Mason of
the University of Chicago in the McCormick
Auditorium. Her lecture is titled “The Biology of
Helping: Lessons Learned From Rodents.” To
wrap up the day, Medical Mysteries students
will present another Brain Outreach on sleep
and wakefulness.
Friday’s events are highlighted by the
screening of the Academy Award winning film
Amour in the McCormick Auditorium at 7:30
p.m.
The French film was intentionally selected
to engage with the College’s modern languages
and literatures majors, DebBurman said.
“It is so exciting to see a week that is
dedicated to brain awareness,” Francesca
Raffaelli ’17 said. “As a student of science I
am fascinated with all the events there will be.
I look forward to hearing my fellow students
present on science. I also cannot wait to see
Amour. Being from Europe, a European film is
to my liking.”
On Saturday , the Mohr Student Center is
the venue for 8:30 p.m. event. One is Explodeo
Rodeo Improv and the other is Mind Mysteries
of Chris Carter. Carter is a well-renown
mentalist. The event co-sponsored by the Mohr
Student Center Committee and e.Team. Brain
Awareness Week 2013 concludes with a Mohr
at Midnight Event in the Mohr Student Center
beginning at 11 p.m.
Public Safety, Residence Life urge students to take measures to protect belongings
of locking their doors and
securing their property in a
safe place as the first step
of theft prevention.
Lake Forest College
maintains a certain protocol
for what students should do if they
discover their property has been stolen.
“If students don’t recognize
someone in the building or if someone
they don’t know enters their room at
any time, they should make a report
to Public Safety,” said Stacy Oliver,
Associate Director of Student Success.
Students should contact Public
Safety right away if they notice
MELISSA CHRISTINSEN ’14
STAFF WRITER
[email protected]
Theft is commonly a case of
opportunity. On college campuses, theft
of personal property can happen often,
due to the amount of room doors left
unlocked. The most effective way to
prevent this is to lock your door when
you leave, even if it’s only for a minute
or two. If caught, the culprit will be
punished by law and by Public Safety.
However, students should take the
individual and personal responsibility
something is missing. They take a
thorough report and partner with
the Lake Forest Police Department
if necessary. While alerting your
residence assistant is also a good step,
Public Safety will be your best resource
to try and recover your things. Also,
if your things are stolen from a public
place, like the library or Boomer’s for
instance, check with the front desk
and/or the Aramark workers in case
someone turned it in.
On October 16, Director of Public
Safety Rick Cohen sent an email to
the student body about reported thefts
and prevention. In case you missed it,
Debate team to form at the College
and most of all, quick thinking. These
skills in any career, service, or life
setting are nearly invaluable; they also
expand on ones ability to learn and
succeed in personal education.
On November 16 Lake Forest
This seeding team has received
will step back into the realm of official support from The Gates Center and
debate for the first time in years at the appreciation for the art of debate from
University of Chicago Congressional President Schutt. Both express that it
Debate tournament.
is time for Lake Forest to get back into
The College has had official the field of debate.
debate teams in its past and more
Bill Dlugokienski of The Gates
recently has been active in Mock Center said, “The benefits of learning
Trial and Model United Nations but debate and rhetoric are important
this invitation truly sparks debate’s career skills to acquire and understand.
return.
There is an important political research
Lake Forest will be sending up piece to this, and those who are
to 17 Foresters to the Hyde Park area interested in politics and government
to debate fictional congressional bills might find their niche here. This is
in parliamentary format.
exciting that this team is forming at
In academic circles across the the same time as College Democrats
nation, it is apparent that there is a and Republicans are making room for
movement away from the dreaded GPA people to get more deeply involved.”
and a push toward a heavier valuation
As a small liberal arts school it
on
extracurricular
experiences. might be intimidating going against
Many clubs and activities may teach schools like Northwestern, University
students teamwork, leadership, and of Chicago, University of Michigan,
planning methods, but many believe University of Illinois Urbanathat no extracurricular has the same Champaign, Loyola, and University of
influence as debate competition.
Illinois Chicago. Interestingly enough
All forms of debate offer a unique that doesn’t seem to be an issue for the
mix of public speaking, research- little powerhouse of Foresters going to
based writing, argument forming, the competition.
DOMINICK SCAFIDI ’17
STAFF WRITER
[email protected]
If all 17 competitors decide to
attend and compete at the tournament,
Lake Forest will be bringing 1/5 of
the tournament’s competitors even
though it is the smallest school at the
competition.
Galina Lipkin ’15, has taken
the lead of this new opportunity for
Foresters. Lipkin was a congressional
debater for four years in high school
and is now getting back into the
competition as a college student.
When asked what congressional
debate will do for the Lake Forest
community, she said, “Congressional
debate allows for students to address
current political, economic, and social
issues in a way that not only allows
them become more familiar with
current events, but also allows them
to become better public speakers and
critical thinkers. I think it is safe to say
that both of these qualities are valuable
for any major going into any career
field, making congressional debate
very open and welcoming to students
from any academic background. Being
on such a diverse team and competing
against a diverse group of debaters
allows for students to view issues
from different perspectives that they
may not have thought of otherwise.”
there were some important details that
students should know.
On October 15, three burglaries
were reported in Harlan Hall that
occurred between the hours of 4 and 8
p.m.
One aspect that most of the
burglaries that were reported share is
that the rooms were all unlocked.
“If you fail to secure your property,
you risk it being taken by others who
do not share the moral belief that taking
something that belongs to someone else
is wrong,” Cohen wrote in his email.
If residents don’t take the
individual responsibility of locking
their doors and keeping their property
safe, there is little the College can do,
other than make an official report.
“If members of the Lake Forest
College community become victims
of a crime, they should report it
immediately to the Department of
Public Safety, regardless of how small
the incident may seem. Any suspicious
persons or activities should always be
reported immediately to the Public
Safety,” Cohen said.
To make a report of a crime, an
emergency, or of any sort of suspicious
activity, please call Public Safety at
847-735-5555.
‘Greek life’ — continued from Page 1
Another fraternity allows for
more options for men looking for a
fraternal experience and will attract
men who the two current chapters
might not necessarily attract.
We have a very tight-knit Greek
community at Lake Forest and the
addition of another chapter will
allow us to make our community
even stronger,” he said.
John Snider ’16 of the Delta Chi
fraternity agreed, saying, “The new
Greek organization will be a great
addition to our campus and alter
Greek life for the better.”
There are students at Lake Forest
College who wish to see the number
of Greek life organizations further
increase, but Rachel Lertzman ’16
feels there is more to improving
Greek life than expansion.
“I think that Greek life should
expand on campus not necessarily in
the amount of Greek organizations
but in the degree of involvement.
I think that events that Greek
organizations put on should receive
more attention by the school and I
also think that Greek housing would
add a lot to the experience,” said
Lertzman.
With a new fraternity on campus,
there will inevitably be an increase
in the number of students involved
in Greek life at the College. Despite
the generally positive experience
of being in a fraternity on campus,
Banville offered a word of advice to
students planning on joining a Greek
life organization.
“My advice is to not jump in
blindly to any organization. Learn
about their values and objectives.
Get to know the guys in the chapter.
A chapter at Lake Forest is most
likely different than a chapter at
the University of Illinois, which
is different from a chapter at USC.
The men and women who are in
our chapters create the chapter’s
unique environment. You will be the
happiest in an organization in which
the men or women share your goals
and ideals,” Banville said.
Alpha Tau Omega is likely
going to be the only addition to
Greek life at Lake Forest for the time
being.
“Currently, there are no
further plans for additional growth
of the Greek community at Lake
Forest. However, should there be
additional interest in bringing more
groups to campus, that plan can be
reevaluated,” Snider said.
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Lake Forest College Stentor
Arts and Entertainment
November 5, 2013
The user’s guide to Lake
Forest College
First-year student offers insight about her
challenge to become more involved
ANNA HARRIS, '17
COLUMNIST
[email protected]
Katie Wright, Kimiko Fujioka Guillermo, Maggie DeVries and Kelly Callen, four of the five founding members of the new
women’s a cappella group, the Sirens, are pictured here (not pictured: Rachael Hussar). The group met for the first time at
the end of October to begin planning.
New A cappella group emerges on campus
KELLY CALLEN , '15
COLUMNIST
[email protected]
Last year as I sat in Women’s Chorus, a student stood up and asked if anyone would be interested in forming an
all-women’s A cappella group on campus.
Close to 25 of my classmates and I stayed
after class and discussed songs we would
love to sing and how awesome being in an
A cappella group would be.
The interest in such a group was
there, but there was no quick start solution
at the time.
The Sirens group was the brainchild
of five students, Katie Wright, Kimiko
Fujioka Guillermo, Rachael Hussar, Maggie DeVries and myself. The group went
through much evolution over the past year,
especially on the topic of group name.
Many names were mulled over, such
as names making use of musical puns and
names attempting to involve aspects of the
College. Somehow we got to the idea of a
name that would involve the Muses from
Greek mythology, as they are the goddesses of the fine arts, but nothing was really
sticking.
Then, in a midnight brainstorm session, we remembered another Greek tale:
the story about women stranded on an island that would draw sailors in through
song that was so pleasant no sailor could
stop listening once the melody was heard.
This, of course, is the tale of the Sirens, the name that we finally decided to
adopt.
So far, many students and staff on
campus have been very interested in and
supportive of the group. At the music
workshop we held on Oct. 23, we had
more than 20 ladies in attendance, all of
which sang beautifully and added to the
anticipation for the future of the group.
Then, on Oct. 27, the first round of
auditions was held. Again, we got to sing
with several incredibly talented women
who showed much potential.
As DeVries said, “I was very pleased
with the number and talent of the girls, and
I’m very excited to start this group with
them.”
We are so excited for the upcoming
semesters that will allow us to see where
this group will go.
“Our main goal with this group is
to just have a lot of fun, so I hope that
the group is successful in achieving that
goal and continues for years to comes,”
DeVries said.
You can expect some fun, toe-tapping
performances as the future of this group
progresses.
Machete Kills:
A fun, genre-savvy exploitation flick that doesn’t take
itself too seriously
KYLE STEPHANS, '14
COLUMNIST
[email protected]
Personally, I actually think Robert
Rodriguez is a diverse and underrated
filmmaker. He has not been as critically
successful as his good friend Quinten
Tarantino, but he is much more prolific;
turning out movies of from every genre.
“The Spy Kids” tetralogy (family),
“El Mariachi” Trilogy (action drama),
“From Dusk Till Dawn” (horror),
“Four Rooms” Segment (comedy),
“The Adventures of Shark Boy and
Lava Girl” (Kids), “Sin City” (Noir),
and “Machete” (exploitation). Now
honestly, tell me how many filmmakers
can claim works in this many genres (and
this is not even his full filmography!)?
“Machete Kills” is the sequel
to the exploitation hit of 2010.
Exploitation is not the exact word
though, since “Machete Kills” knows
it is an exploitation film and plays off
of the genre with a nice and knowing
wink to the audience that is present
throughout the whole movie. Before the
movie even starts, a cheesy trailer for
a sequel called “Machete Kills Again…
In Space” is promised as a follow up
episode. In Rodriguez’s first film. he
pretty much did every job himself and
with “Machete Kills” he decides to
tackle multiple jobs again despite not
having to save every penny he can on
the budget. The director/producer/cowriter/cinematographer/editor/musical
supervisor has a hands-on approach
that, unfortunately, does not exactly
help make the movie any better.
Not that the story really
matters, but the story starts when
Machete (Danny Trejo) is called by the
President of the United States (Charlie
Sheen) to stop a crazy revolutionary and
crime boss named Mendez (Demian
Bichir) from launching a deadly missile
aimed at Washington D.C. This proves
even more complicated when Machete
finds Mendez and realizes that he has a
split personality that switches between
revolutionary leader and crime boss
at the drop of a hat. Mendez also had
the bomb linked to his heart, so if his
heart stops the missile launches. Upon
discovering Mendez heart trigger, he
finds out the mastermind behind the
operation is a psychotic, megalomaniac,
arms dealer Luther Voz (Mel Gibson).
Machete is also on the run from a brothel
owner named Madame Desdemona
(Sofia Vergara) who has machine guns
on her breasts and mounted on her
prostitutes. A crafty assassin named El
Camaleon also shows up in a variety of
famous faces to take down Machete.
The plot is absolutely ludicrous,
but you did not need me to tell you
that. If you look at the cast you can
get a pretty good idea…Charlie Sheen
as the President and a brothel owner
with machine gun boobs. Other notable
cast members are Michelle Rodriguez
reprising her role as She; Amber Heard,
Lady Gaga, Cuba Gooding Jr., Antonio
Banderas, Walton Goggins, Jessica
Alba, and Vanessa Hudgens. The actor
who stands out the most in the cast is
Gibson. He takes his first role as a villain
and injects it with charisma, sleaze,
and cockiness that makes his character
three-dimensional (actually, he takes a
thankless role and makes the best of it).
Danny Trejo will always be an awesome,
bada** actor to me, so you have to
enjoy watching him kick the crap out of
his enemies in a gory fashion. My only
big problem with “Machete Kills” is
that despite its stupid premise, it needs
to take its story with a little bit more of
a serious tone. Because it merely jokes
around for the duration of the film, the
audience can’t care about the plot or
its conclusion. In “Machete Kills”, the
story was at least taken a little seriously,
but with over-the-top silliness, to make
the audience empathize and that is what
“Machete Kills” is definitely missing.
Don’t waste your money in the theatre,
because the joke wears out its welcome
quickly and doesn’t really help to move
the plot forward.
Final Grade: C-
There are those of us who
enter a new environment and
immediately find our niche, and
then there are those who walk
among us, for the most part,
alone. The straggling zombie who
just didn’t quite make it into the
characteristically slow moving
mob, not in Walking Dead or even
Warm Bodies. For those wayward
ambiguously alive/dead souls, the
world of clubs, social events, and
college can be a pretty intimidating
place.
That lonely and intimidating
place is my current residence,
although thanks to the gods of
Neutrogena and orthodontics, I can
drop the zombie comparison. I was
never one to spread those alcohol
soaked butterfly wings in High
School. I never had the sarcastic or
ditzy archetypal Best Friend, and I
certainly didn’t have the tight group
of multilingual, multicultural, and
multitalented friends featured in
the Bratz doll collection. Am I the
only one who saw that movie? It
was genuinely awful, and yes, I
do own it. Anyway, if you come
from the land of the lonely like
me, you were most likely given
the same rousing pep talks I was.
“Get involved!”, “Branch out!”,
“Be open!” Much to my mother’s
chagrin, I did not take advantage
of that advice during my first two
months of college.
Instead, I became consumed
with my first serious boyfriend. It
was a first love brimming with
the requisite co-dependency and
“I love you”s. Now this isn’t just
an excuse to publicly vent about
being scorned, Taylor Swift has
done enough of that for all of us.
The point is that this is how I found
myself two months into my first
year of college, alone in my room
eating a bag of my roommate’s
popcorn.
My writing this isn’t an act
of egocentricity--how I got into
this position and the comfort food
I am gnawing on may make me
different from others, but I am not
the only one who has yet to find
“their thing”. I am writing this
for those people, because after
orientation ends and there are no
longer enthusiastic individuals
roaming around inquiring about
everyone’s hometown and favorite
food, it gets hard. It’s hard to strike
up a casual conversation with the
weary-eyed girl ordering coffee in
front of you, and it’s hard to join
a club so late in the game. That’s
why I’m here. This is why this
ambitious freshman requested a
by-line. Every week, I’m going
to take you through a new club
or social event, and in doing so;
I hope to ease the discomfort you
might feel at being the new kid.
I can already tell you that before
attending a Social Justice Club
meeting, a Google search on Micro
Loans would be helpful. So take
a deep breath. You’re not alone,
and if you’re feeling lonely around
meal times, I’m the Brunette with
the inordinate amount of beets on
her plate.
Correction from October 21 issue:
In “The Soft Whispers Picked up by Amazon,” The Stentor inadvertedly
published Pulkit Diwan’s name as “Pulkit Dalwi.” The book is now available on Amazon.com. The Stentor deeply regrets these mistakes.
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Lake Forest College Stentor
Sports
Novemeber 5, 2013
Sports Column
Sara at the blue line
How money and fame has turned
our favorite athletes into divas
PHOTO COURTESY OF SCOTT SANFORD
The Lake Forest women’s tennis team huddles up as they prepare to take on their opposing team.
A dozen and a heartbreak
Lake Forest College women’s tennis team extends their winning season 12-0 before
dropping the Conference Championship match against Grinnell College
JOSH KIM ’17
STAFF WRITER
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If the Lake Forest College women’s tennis team
could pick one match to guarantee a win, it would
be the Midwest Conference Championship match in
Rockford, Illinois against Grinnell College.
Almost a week after edging out Grinnell in a
conference match-up, the Foresters were hoping
their Championship match would have the same
winning fate.
Instead, the Foresters ran out of answers
against a relentless team. Grinnell was declared the
winner after five matches and successfully defended
their conference crown.
The Foresters were hoping to go 13-0 to win
the conference championship, and also looking to
redeem themselves from last year’s disappointing
final, in which Grinnell edged out Lake Forest
College in last year’s championship and earned a
berth to the NCAA tournament.
The Foresters’ loss here to Grinnell prevents
them from garnering an automatic berth to the
NCAA Championships.
Despite the heartbreak, Head Coach Michael
Raymond is proud of the progress the women’s
tennis program has made over the years.
“We’ve made huge strides with the program in
the past three years. We finished 5-12 two years ago,
and we are 24-10 since then with two division titles.
I’m incredibly proud of the work the players put in,
but our job still isn’t done. This coming weekend
will say a lot about who we really are, and how hard
we’re willing to dig with a championship on the
line,” Raymond said.
The Foresters will continue action in the spring
including a week tournament in Hilton Head, South
Carolina with the men’s tennis team.
quarterback won the Heisman Trophy
during his freshman year and won instant
stardom.
Then things started going downhill
from there. First came the picture of Manziel
flashing bills that he apparently won while
gambling; however, to be fair, no state laws
were broken and, don’t worry, he handled
the situation responsibly by tweeting “keep
hating”. Then came the infamous tweet
from Manziel where he threw a temper
tantrum over a parking ticket (note: the
tweet has now been deleted).
Lets rattle off a little more: Manziel
SARA CHO ’15
pushed a graduate assistant out of
frustration of throwing an interception, was
SPORTS EDITOR
photographed with a fake tattoo of Texas
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A&M’s archrival the Texas Longhorns
during a spring break trip, and broke
Athletes. How can we not idolize them? NCAA rules by accepting payments for
They accomplish feats unimaginable to the his autographs. Oh yeah, then there’s that
average person all the while receiving a whole getting arrested and pleading guilty
hefty payday to buy all the fancy amenities to not properly identifying himself to the
that their heart desires.
authorities after participating in a fight. If
Of course everything good comes emoticons were an acceptable form of AP
with a whole lot of bad.
style of writing, I
What’s the backlash to living
would put on right
such a luxurious life where
here.
the toilet is made of solid
What’s
the
Money is the culprit and
gold and you have your own
solution
here?
also the moviator, and
dock in the backyard?
It’s hard to come
that’s the dynamic that
The product of too
up with one that
needs to change but never doesn’t involve not
much money is the slow
will.
transformation of a sensible
paying the athletes
person into a self righteous
and not giving them
irrational
“thing.”
The
the attention they
dictionary defines this as “a
deserve.
temperamental person; a person who takes
Money is the culprit and also the
adulation and privileged treatment as a motivator, and that’s the dynamic that
right and reacts with petulance to criticism needs to change but never will. Coaches
or inconvenience.”
can be more strict on their players and
That’s right, our favorite superstar penalize them by benching them on games
athletes are turning into grade A prima when actions bring bad press upon the team
donnas. From the top of my head the names and school.
that pop up right away are A-Rod, Chad
Unfortunately, the chances of a coach
Ochocinco, Terrell Owens, Kobe Bryant, taking a risk of losing a game because his
Sidney Crosby, Lebron James, and who star quarterback was out late drinking or
could forget Johnny Manziel.
“accidently” kicking a small dog out of
I’m focusing on Manziel because he frustration is unlikely.
is young, up and coming, and will be on
I put the responsibility on the parents
the radar for a long time (the others are to teach their children the art of being a
unfortunately a lost cause). Everyone who responsible and decent person. Just because
watches sports, college sports or not, has you make a couple million more than the
heard the name before. It’s hard not to. At rest of the population doesn’t give you the
the ripe young age of 20, the Texas A&M right to be an (insert grawlix here).
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Men’s hockey team and athletic department staff members bring
awareness to fund men’s health issues through No Shave November
Lake Forest men’s hockey team participates in No Shave November to raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer
KERRY VAN MALDERGHEM
CONTRIBUTOR
[email protected]
Each November, upper lips
around the world are filled in with
mustaches, signaling the kick-off of
“Movember.”
During the month, mustaches
grown by participants serve as a
symbol of men’s health and help raise
awareness for prostate and testicular
cancer.
Movember has been a rapidly
growing fundraising phenomena
which aims to raise money and
alert society of the cause. During
“Movember” 2012, more than $147
million was raised nationally for
prostate and testicular cancers.
Last year, the Lake Forest College
men’s hockey team officially brought
Movember to the College. The team
was joined by many other faculty
members and students who grew out
their “muzzies” and/or donated to the
“Movember” campaign.
Movember at Lake
Forest is a fun-filled
fundraising campaign
making
mamustaches
the latest trend, all the
while contributing to a very serious
men’s health issue, specifically
prostate and testicular cancer
initiatives.
About one in six American
men will be diagnosed with
prostate cancer at some point in
their lifetime. More than 240,000
new cases of prostate cancer will
be diagnosed in the United States
this year.
It’s our turn to fight back!
This is what is going to
happen: The Lake Forest College
men’s hockey team and any other
trend setters will be shaving clean The 2012-2013 Lake Forest men’s hockey team and some members of the athletic
on Wednesday, Oct. 31. For the department staff show off their impressive mustaches for Movember.
duration of “Movember” all
fine mustachery.
and awareness for all of the mustache
courageous participants (also known
Not limited to only those who growing efforts that take place during
as “Mo Bros”) will look to leave their can grow (or think they can grow) “Movember.” We rely heavily on the
mark on the month of November and facial hair, “Mo Sistas” also play an support of our Mo Sistas!
find their place in the history books of important role by helping raise funds
Aside from raising money
for cancer fighting initiatives,
Movember is also about bringing the
issue of men’s health to the forefront.
So if you see a Bro rocking his
Mo, have a chat with him about the
reasons why he is supporting such
a great cause. Join us and become a
Mo Bro by growing out your “mo”,
or by donating to our Mo-Space
page.
We will be kicking off
Movember at our home opening
game against Northland College
on Friday, November 8 at 7 p.m.
There will be a donation box at each
home game throughout the month
(November 8, 9, 16, 22, and 23).
Follow us on Twitter at @
LFCPuck and www.facebook.com/
LakeForestCollegeMensHockey for
updates,videos, pictures, contests,
and anything else “Movember”
related!