Spectrum

Renovated cafeteria opens to rave reviews

Construction was completed on a much-anticipated expansion of the Margie and Gus Hart Dining Hall. Despite area-wide power failures and excessive heat during the summer, construction was completed in time to welcome new and returning Foresters to campus.

“The renovated cafeteria is just another example of the College’s dedi- cation to making the student experience here as wonderful as possible,” said Student Government President Elise Beckman ’13.

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Cafeteria archive

Here’s a selection of photos from the College’s Archive from the cafeteria, way before the new upgrade. Share your favorite memories (or help us identify your friends) in the comments section below!

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College welcomes 477 new students

This fall, the College welcomed 406 first-year students and 71 transfer students, selected from a pool of more than 3,400 applicants representing 35 states and 41 countries.

The College continues its commitment to enrolling a national and interna- tional student body that will provide cross-cultural learning opportunities broadening all students’ experiences. Of the 170 males and 236 females in the first-year class, 38 percent are either international or ethnic-minority students, and nearly 48 languages are spoken. Academically, the incoming class is a strong one, with an average high school grade point average of 3.6, with 58 percent graduating in the top-20 percent of their high school class.

Professor, students help Lakota Sioux learn animation

For two weeks this summer, Assistant Professor of Art Tracy Taylor, Caitlyn Pickens ’11, and Anica Lin ’13  taught computer animation, including art, math, creative-writing, science, and computer skills, to middle schoolers on the Pine Ridge Reservation, located in one of the nation’s poorest neighborhoods.

Alcohol abuse and drug addiction are rampant among the Oglala Lakota Sioux on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, also home to Porcupine Day School (located a short distance from where the Wounded Knee massacre took place in 1890).

The poverty is decimating: unemployment eclipses 80 percent, with nearly half the community living below the federal poverty line on an average income of $6,286 (less than room and board for a year at Lake Forest College). The life expectancy is worse than in Haiti, otherwise the lowest in the Western Hemisphere. “It was a life-changing experience,” said Lin, who grew up in Swaziland, of her two weeks on the reservation.

Pickens, far left, Taylor, second from right, and Lin, far right, met with the tribal council of the Lakota Sioux tribe, including President John Yellowbird Stelle.

Photo courtesy of Caitlyn Pickens ‘11

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Students visit South Dakota to help middle schoolers learn computer animation

For two weeks this summer, Assistant Professor of Art Tracy Taylor, Caitlyn Pickens ‘11, and Anica Lin ‘13 taught computer animation, including necessary art, math, creative writing, science, and computer skills, to middle schoolers on the Pine Ridge Reservation, located in one of the nation’s poorest neighborhoods.

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Dlabay publishes popular finance textbooks

Professor of Business Les Dlabay recently published updated editions of three widely-used business and finance textbooks.

Personal Finance, 10th Edition, published by McGraw-Hill, is the top-selling college book for learning personal financial planning, having been used by more than 800 schools in its various editions. International editions of the book have been published in Canada, India, and Singapore. Business and Personal Finance, 3rd Edition, is a high- school adaptation of the book. Principles of Business, 8th Edition, published by South-Western/Cengage, is the market-leading high school book for students to learn about the fundamentals of business operations, finance, marketing, technology, and management. With publication of these books, Dlabay has authored or helped publish adaptations of 40 books.