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1500 WEST KENNEDY ROAD, LAKE FOREST, IL 60045
VOLUME 91 NUMBER 2
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OCTOBER 26, 2012
Featured Stories NEWS
SIBS created to bond Freshmen and Senior Classes
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Photo courtesy of LFA Flickr
LFA students help lift boxes of school supplies during this year’s first kick off event of the newly-changed Harvest Hope.
FEATURES
Nationwide Math Anxiety affects LFA
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Winter Musical: Carousel
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OPINION AND EDITORIAL
Other Preps versus LFA: visitation in opposite sex dorms
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Harvesting Hope changes its name, cancels Harvest Run By Yakov Shapiro Staff Writer
The popular social service club Interact announced that it has changed the name of its largest and most well-known service project, Harvesting Hope, and that it will not be sponsoring its highly popular Harvest Run this year due to numerous complications. The LFA service program will now be called “Harvest Hope,” a name considered more suited to the activities of LFA participants. “With Harvesting Hope, there was a connotation that the communities we were
helping didn’t have hope before we started helping them. We made the change to avoid the connotation and keep everyone happy,” explained Harvest Hope leader Bailey Ayers. Although no complaints were made against the name, the proposition to alter it was made to avoid potentially offending those who receive aid from the service program. The service group will now be called “Harvest Hope”, a name that leaders believe will be free of negative connotation. Last year, LFA graduate Spencer Friske thundered past the finish line of the last Harvest Run to come away
Police investigate LFA theft By Jenna Selati Arts & Entertainment Editor
SPORTS
Prep Hockey adjusts to a younger team
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THE ORANGE
Check out the Caxy Match of Will Lavezzorio and Benny from Sandlot
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Lake Forest Academy’s hallways are often cluttered with the sports duffels, backpacks, and personal items of students. Most have never questioned the safety of the community, and LFA’s four pillars of Character, Scholarship, Citizenship, and Responsibility justify that security. However, recent incidents of theft have stained the trust of LFA students, faculty, and staff. Belongings have been snatched from the hallways and dorms, resulting in countless emails to and from the Dean of Students office reporting missing items. TI calculators, jewelry, electronics, and clothing are just a few of the items that have been stolen, and one incident in the dorms reported the theft of several thousand dollars. “It is not uncommon to have minor theft, but the incident in the dorms certainly isn’t
minor,” said Dean of Students Chris Tennyson. “It’s scary.” Theft not only results in heavy consequences from LFA’s Disciplinary Committee, but also serious charges outside of school. The Lake Forest Police are currently involved in the investigation of the dorm theft; they have taken the fingerprints of dorm students, but no significant breakthrough on the theft has been revealed yet. “As an institution we have to do our due diligence,” said Tennyson. “That’s the main reason we involved the Lake Forest Police. At this point (the theft) is so significant that we really needed to ask for their assistance.” Theft crimes at LFA not only jeopardize students’ roles in the community, but also their possible admission—or spot if they’ve already been admitted—to colleges and universities. Students’ college continued on page 4
with the first place trophy. Roaring applause greeted Friske at the finish line. According to run organizers, however, the friendly atmosphere surrounding the event concealed the unfortunate fact that the Harvest Run was not a successful fundraiser. “When you have a course that is open to the public, it has to be in perfect shape and very safe... preparing the course for a run takes quite a lot of money. Especially with construction on campus, getting a safe course set up is very expensive and very continued on page 4
Mock election:
Obama wins LFA By John Luttig Managing Editor
More than 300 students at LFA voted for their U.S. Presidential candidate of choice in a mock election held via survey on Oct. 8th. Incumbent Barack Obama won the election, with slightly more than half the votes, which emphasizes how important the independent or undecided voters may be in the real election in November. Equal numbers of male and females voters cast their ballots between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., but 60% of all voters were day students and 25% of all voters were international students. For those non-U.S. residents, this may have been their only chance to vote in a continued on page 8