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Lake Forest, Ill – The Fifth Annual Student Symposium at Lake Forest College will take place on Tuesday, April 9, from 9:a.m–4:30 p.m., the public is welcome to attend. A Symposium Welcome Center will operate that day from 8:30 a.m. thru 2:30 p.m. in Young Hall, on Middle Campus, located at the corner of College and Sheridan Roads in Lake Forest. For more information visit our website at www.lakeforest.edu/symposium or call 847-735-6010. Stephen D. Schutt, the president of Lake Forest College, has said of this annual campus event: "Among the numerous things that have delighted me in my first year, none has so attracted me as the prospect of the Student Symposium. I eagerly look forward to being in the audience this spring and in many springs to come. Nothing better illustrates what lies at the heart of this very special College." Students will present research papers and creative projects regarding current events, historical and literary debates and social issues. Questions to be addressed will cover many disciplines. How does the degradation of volatile organic compounds affect global warming? Is President Bush’s war on terrorism a just war? Why have Chicago schools failed to desegregate? How is socialism converging with capitalism in China today? What role will an International Criminal Court play in our society? These important issues will be discussed by students in panels and individual presentations moderated by Lake Forest faculty. The research in physics, biology and chemistry, as well as the work of student social scientists, shows the same ambitious approach to important contemporary questions. The use of DNA, the effect of the environment on our wildlife, and new techniques in holography are just a few of the presentations to be done in posters and at panels. Sociology, anthropology and psychology students will present topics such as facial symmetry and perceived attractiveness and the social adjustment of international and American students at Lake Forest College. A presentation on artificial intelligence invites participants to try to beat the computer. Students will reevaluate figures who have occupied the world arena and perplexed historians and literary critics in presentations exploring the many images of Eva Peron, Harry S. Truman compared to Abraham Lincoln, and the relationship between Hitler and Franco. Students examine Mary Wollstonecraft’s role in reform of the education of women in the eighteenth century and Nikos Kazantzakis’ classic Zorba the Greek. Performances in the arts promise to be equally stimulating. A cabaret entitled "Cigarettes and Alcohol" draws on the Weimar cabaret and the Dada soiree to celebrate the creative process. An art history student will compare the theatrical compositions of Eduard Manet and the reconstruction of those sets by Japanese artist Yasumasa Morimura. An exhibit of student work in sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, digital imaging and mixed media as well as gallery talks by the artists will take place at the Sonnenschein Gallery of the Durand Art Institute. Of particular interest to Lake Forest residents, a student presents photos and documents relating to Ragdale, the oldest and fourth largest artists’ community in the United States. The Music Department will present a recital of student performers. Pieces will include solos and duets in a variety of styles ranging from classical to jazz. Instrumentalists include clarinet, saxophone, trombone, voice, cello, bass, piano and marimba. Performances will take place in the Reid Memorial Chapel. Music papers cover a variety of topics, including music for meditation, music and feminism and the burning issue of composers and copyrights. Real life experiences in internships, study abroad and student teaching provides the inspiration and basis for Lake Forest student research. From the Economics Department comes innovative research on child prostitution in Costa Rica, the effect of announcement or exclusion from the Dow Jones list on the value of a stock, and the "dirty economics" of Argentina. Student teachers discuss their experiences in Waukegan schools. "Unexpected Applications of Real Life" is the topic of mathematics posters, and an internship at Chicago magazine resulted in a concept for an advertising campaign. Student computer scientists have created hardware for the Physics Department and software for a local hospital to facilitate scheduling doctors’ appointments. On exhibit in the library visitors will find recent student theses receiving distinction as well as the work of students of Spanish for International Affairs who created Monopolio boards for the countries of Mexico, Colombia, Cuba and Argentina based on the popular board game. Lake Forest College is a private liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,250 students representing 44 states and 41 other countries.
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