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Spring 2004

Public Service at a Liberal Arts College
A Faculty Member's Thirty-Year Perspective
By Paul Fischer

When I arrived in the fall of 1971, Lake Forest College was steeped in the traditions of the liberal arts.  The business major had been eliminated a few years before ... MORE

Public Service: For Alumni, It's a Calling
By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein

Lake Forest alumni have taken a variety of routes to public service in the past 35 years.  Citing the profound influence of College faculty members ... MORE

Dr. Seuss Keeps Me Guessing
A Commencement Story
By President Emeritus Eugene Hotchkiss III

As Theodor Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) stepped forward to join me at the podium on a bright spring day in 1977, I began nervously to read the citation accompanying the degree the College would be awarding him on this occasion.  MORE

300 and counting

During the 2003-04 winter sports season, two coaches hit the 300-win mark.  Here, Spectrum interviews each of them about their success.  MORE

The Many Ways to Keep Up with College Athletics

Some sports fans just can't get enough.  There are highlights, tickers, hotlines, newspapers, magazines, and more.  Even Lake Forest College is keeping up with ... MORE

Nebraska's Sandhill Crane Migration Bridges the Gap between Classroom Studies and Natural World
By William Moskoff

One of the great challenges of teaching is to make the connection betwee the classroom and the real world.  There is nothing more satisfying ... MORE

Hot Chops, Cool Calculations
Tuey Connell '90 Puts Together a Musical Life
By Rand Smith

What do Earl Scruggs, Mel Torme, Wes Montgomery, and Howard Schultz have in common?  At first glance, there seems little to connect the maestro of bluegrass banjo ... MORE

 

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