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VOLUME 93 NUMBER 1
1500 WEST KENNEDY ROAD, LAKE FOREST, IL 60045
Featured Stories NEWS
Numerous additions to faculty arrive on campus
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NEWS
Former Freshman Foundation of the Arts removed from LFA curriculum page 3 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A masterpiece re-written for female actors to be performed
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Rant & Rave: Corbin renovations spark reactions among students
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SPORTS
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge washes over nation and the LFA community page 15
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
Breaking developments in iPad theft, former LFA security guard arrested By Romaer Chopra Editor-in-Chief
The Lake Forest Police department has arrested three men who they believe were responsible for the theft of more than 400 iPads from the Lake Forest Academy campus last June. The police believe that Nicholas Roiniotis, a former security guard at the school, was one of the three men responsible for the crime. Roiniotis was a former employee of Securitas, LFA’s current security company, who quit his job two months after the theft occurred. His supposed accomplices, who had no relation to LFA, were Natan Khanania and Anam Qadri. Although Roiniotis was a former member of the Securitas, LFA school officials said the school has not experienced any problems with Securitas service before or since the incident. According to Ms. Cathy Morrison, LFA’s Dean of Communications, LFA has remained hard at work to make sure that members of its communities are in the safest environment possible. “Safety and security for all our students, faculty, staff and campus residents is one of our highest priorities, and we take that responsibility very seriously,” said Morrison. “To that end, we conduct regular safety and security audits. In the immediate wake of the theft, we reviewed policies and procedures, and made changes in both. With the new information in
Photo courtesy of ABC News
The mugshots of the three iPad suspects. Roiniotis, left, was a security guard at LFA.
this case, we will continue to monitor and evaluate our arrangements, consider how other boarding schools manage safety and security, and make sure that we have best practices in place here at LFA.” The iPad robbery came as an enormous shock to both the LFA and greater Lake Forest community. According to Lake Forest Police Chief Karl Walldorf, there is sufficient evidence suggesting that the suspects were in communication before, throughout, and after the crime was committed. This suggests that the three might have been planning the crime for some time.
“It was devastating and disappointing for the whole community,” said Morrison when describing the original theft to a member of the Chicago Tribune. Calls to the Lake Forest Police were not returned by deadline. However, an article in the Chicago Tribune reported that Roiniotis is being held in custody on a $500,000 bond, and is due to appear in court later this month. Meanwhile, Khanania and Qadri are both free on bonds of $300,000 and $200,000, respectively. However, they both await future court dates.
Mission accomplished: renovation of Corbin and Korhumel cap Lake Forest Academy’s redesign By Michael Phillips Managing Editor
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Eleven years in the making, the renovation of the academic space in Upper Corbin and Lower Korhumel has finally been completed. In just 82 days over last summer, the upper floor of Corbin, as well as the first floor of Korhumel, has been completely renovated, providing less cluttered rooms, ample hallway space for studying, and state-of-the-art technology in the classrooms. According to Chief Financial Officer Andy Kerr, the plans of renovation have been in process for more than a decade. “This is really the final element to the Campaign for LFA,” said Kerr. “Everything in the Strategic Plan of 2003 that we identified as being things that we needed to do to stay in the forefront of independent school education we have [now] done.” Back in 2003, the Campaign for LFA was initiated in order to renovate many buildings on campus, with Upper Corbin and Lower Korhumel being the final steps in the renovation of LFA. Using community feedback from the construction of the
Science Center and renovation of lower Corbin in 2013, Kerr hopes that everyone’s suggestions, including anti-glare projectors and “Diamond Dust” privacy screens, were dually noted and can now be found in Upper Corbin. “We love the space—it’s very exciting,” said Stephen Ryder, Department Head of
Modern and Classical Languages. “It’s changed the whole atmosphere of the department…we’re all very pleased and grateful.” Ryder also alerted students to be on the lookout in the next few weeks for decorations in the hallways of upper Corbin that continued on page 4
Photo by Amanda Bozorgi
Senior Sophie Hanson works in a part of the newly renovated Lower Korhumel.