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S P E C TAT O R VOLUME 91 NUMBER 1
1500 WEST KENNEDY ROAD, LAKE FOREST, IL 60045
Featured Stories NEWS
Updates on science wing construction
SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
Seniors lose their parking spots in Cressey & Atlass By Mary Kate Patton News Editor
page 2 With the start of the new school year, one of hottest topics and concerns on campus has been parking. Lake Forest Academy’s growing staff, faculty, and student body have taken up almost every spot available on campus, leaving a limited number of extra spaces open for guests and visitors. Continuous construction on the new science wing, which has eliminated several parking spots in front of Cressey,
FEATURES
More local students now boarding page 5
Atlass, and all parking along Caxy Drive, has left a daily scramble for parking among all of LFA’s commuting constituencies. “When you take a look at the loss of Cressey [parking], by about October, we will have lost about 12 spaces total,” said LFA’s Chief Financial Officer, Andy Kerr. “When we counted up all the cars that we needed to park - faculty, staff, students, and those who were residential faculty with other cars - everything would still fit. The only compromise was we had to shove student parking to Fitz and Warner.
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Fall play announced: The Laramie Project, 10 Years Later
Photo by Lauren Clamage
Senior Ally Dunne is told she must park in Warner or Fitz lots.
In order to accommodate everyone, we just
that the Warner lot has been expanded 25
slid everybody down. This seemed to be the right year, there seemed to be enough disruption going on, to bite the bullet
spots, so only two permanent spaces were lost from the original 27 along Caxy Drive. “Our biggest concern is that [the
and take away the Caxy Drive parking.” According to Kerr, the school’s future plans include moving more spots behind
parking situation] is safe,” said Kerr, “so students can get to and from their vehicles without any risks.”
the ice rink to help open space up for athletic event parking that is often crowded. Along with these possible changes, Kerr explained
“It’s affecting us a little,” said Athletic Continued on page 4
HOS symposium: Explorations of the economy and environment in Brazil
page 12
Photo By Hannah Vivienne Thuroff
The Iguazu Falls in Brazil.
OPINION AND EDITORIAL
The Spectator introduces LFA versus Other Preps page 10
Darrin Madeley, Athletic Director page 14
By Zunaira Arshad and Carina Baker Staff Writers Throughout this school year Lake Forest Academy‘s students will be exploring Brazil through the new Head of School Symposium. “The idea is to provide a theme for the school throughout the year which would advance the mission, particularly the notion of global pluralism,” said Head of School Dr. John Strudwick. Previous symposium topics included religious pluralism and the Indian subcontinent. Although Strudwick chose the symposium, he described himself as a “hands-off” leader, preferring to leave the symposium’s chairpersons in charge. For this symposium, the chairpersons are Señora Noëlle Balson and Dr. Stephen Johnson. Balson has lived in San Juan and Johnson has spent significant time in Manaus; both have knowledge of Portuguese.
Each year, while choosing the symposium topic, Strudwick alternates the symposium topic between a theme and a location. The 2012-2013 symposium, following last year’s theme of religious pluralism, is a region. “I thought it would be an opportune time for us to do somewhere in South America,” he said, citing the country’s significant challenge of hosting both the upcoming World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, along with the country’s large emerging economy, as part of the rationale behind his choice. “Brazil is growing in terms of its political presence,” said Johnson, calling the country “under-represented.” With Brazil as this year’s topic, plans for a spring break trip to Brazil are going to be finalized later this semester. Johnson and Balson are considering Manaus, Bahia, and Iguazu Falls as parts of the itinerary. The annual Symposium Reading List is posted on the LFA website, under the academics link. Included on the list is a
title called The Throes of Democracy: Brazil Since 1989 written by Bryan McCann. McCann, who serves as Associate Professor of Latin American History at Georgetown University, will be visiting to speak to the LFA community. The Chairs of the symposium have decided on a wealth of aspects that the students will have an opportunity to study. Major areas of focus this year will include Brazil’s growing significance as an economic and political power, along with its environmental impact on the world. “Our hope, as we work on the symposium this year, is that the symposium helps to enhance the interdisciplinary studies at the school and dialogue among departments,” said Johnson. The “umbrella goal,” according to Dr. Johnson, is to “instill in students and the academic community a global perspective.”