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Students Display Diverse Talents at Lake Forest College Lake Forest, Ill.—Lake Forest College will celebrate its students’ academic achievements and creative talents by sponsoring its seventh annual Student Symposium on April 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Throughout the day, students will present the best of their work in a variety of venues and forums. The public is welcome to attend, and admission is free. A Symposium Welcome Center will operate that day from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Young Hall, on Middle Campus, located at the corner of College and Sheridan Roads in Lake Forest. More information can be found on our Web site at www.lakeforest.edu/symposium/ or by calling 847-735-5121. “This annual event is a highlight of the academic year at Lake Forest College and illustrates the breadth and depth of our intellectual community. Students from every academic discipline present the fruits of many hours of research and scholarship to audiences of their peers and mentors in a truly inspiring display of talent,” says Stephen D. Schutt, president of Lake Forest College. Presentations will cover a wide variety of academic disciplines. Students will present research papers and creative projects about current events, historical and philosophical debates, and social issues. Is September 11 responsible for the post-Cold War decline in Franco-American relations? What does the philosophy of Aristotle imply about the morality of euthanasia? Is Vedic Mathematics, based on ancient Hindu Sutras, superior to western forms of computation? These practical and theoretical questions illustrate the fascinating issues to be discussed by students in panels and individual presentations moderated by Lake Forest faculty. Student research in the sciences shows an ambitious approach to contemporary questions. Topics from the natural sciences include the fertility patterns of polyandrous female guppies, the use of genetic markers to determine the sex of birds, and the cellular pathology of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. From the social sciences, questions to be addressed include emerging social norms and customs for cell phone use among college students, and correlations between musical preferences and patterns of deviant behavior. Students will consider interesting historical as well as contemporary issues. Historical topics for this year include a study of Eisenhower’s ambivalent attitude towards the civil rights movements and an assessment of the “common soldier’s perspective” in the Battle of Bunker Hill, based on memoirs of those who had first-hand experience of that famous battle. In the arts, presentations, performances, and exhibits should prove equally stimulating. There will be a recital held in the Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel to showcase students’ musical talents. In Durand Art Institute, there will be exhibits and presentations in various media, including sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, digital imaging, and mixed media. The arts, too, will be represented by individual and panel presentations on topics ranging from the linoleum printmaking process in visual art to images of “classic masculinity” in literature by and about Beat writer Jack Kerouac. Of particular interest to Lake Forest residents is a paper comparing the Vietnam War response of Lake Forest College students to that of other Midwestern college students in the 1960s. Lake Forest College is a private, liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,300 students representing 46 states and 50 other countries.
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