In the News

The Department of Theater's spring play 44 Plays for 44 Presidents was part of a national festival that was featured on Br...
January 28, 2013

Students, faculty, and staff made headlines.

Assistant Professor of Economics and Business Kent Grote said the recent Powerball jackpot was a way to raise revenues without increasing taxes in a November 28 article on foxbusiness.com.

Gorter Professor of Islamic World Studies and Professor of Sociology Ahmad Sadri called on the United States to “keep Iran’s feet to the fire about human rights abuses” in a November 14 article published on al-monitor.com.

The Chicago Tribune featured Leticia Gelacio ’15 and her sister Jasmine Gelacio ’16—the first in their family to go to college—in a November 4 article about their road to Lake Forest College.

Chris Banville ’14 sat on a panel with other college students on the October 26 talk show Windy City Live.

American Theatre magazine featured the Department of Theater’s production of 44 Plays for 44 Presidents, a play written by The Neo-Futurists of Chicago theater group and produced in 44 locations before the November 6 election. The inaugural production took place at Lake Forest College in April.

The Chicago Sun-Times published an article about how Lake Forest College attracts prospective stu- dents through its website, and cited the College’s new digital media design minor and Loop internship residency program as reasons for drawing web-savvy students.

Professor of English Davis Schneiderman published essays in The Huffington Post, including “How to Make it in College (If You Survive Orientation!)” on August 22 and “Penn State and the Future” on July 18.

Dennis Mae, theater department designer and technical director, discussed how he created an unusual floor out of shredded tires for the Idle Muse Theater’s production of The Monument in theatreinchicago.com.

Lakeforest.patch.com featured the local and organic produce grown in the Lake Forest College student garden on August 14.

On July 27, the Chicago Tribune quoted biology major Jeremy Boeing ’15 about a national research project that aims to map the diversity of ants in the United States. “If humans were to disappear today, the ants would keep on working,” he said in the July 27 article. “But if ants were to disappear, we would miss them. They do jobs that most people aren’t aware of—they break down dead plant material so that new plants can grow. Ants are nature’s recyclers.”