For this year's final center spread, The Stentor asked the Class of 2008 Senior 25 two questions about Lake Forest and their future: What will you take away from Lake Forest College? Where do you see yourself in five years? Elizabeth Birnbaum I could never have predicted who I would become during my four years here, but now, through all my experiences, I am a better person then when I came in.
A good friend of mine by the name of Jack Bauer is fond of the phrase, "We're running out of time!" Well, seniors, these last few days of college are the ultimate representation of that line. Our time at Lake Forest College has come to an end.
I doubt many of us wondered what it would be like to stand at the graduation podium as we parked on campus in August of 2004; we had more important questions to answer like: "Where is McClure Hall?" "When are my other roommates going to show up?" and, "How do those guys think they're going to get that couch up three flights of stairs?" Freshman year was one of orientation, awkwardness and figuring out just how many cookie bars we could eat in the cafeteria before feeling sick.
When senior Caitlin Fergus was asked about her favorite memory at Lake Forest College, she said "Performance Art class with Eli Robb."
A number of old computers were about to be thrown out by the science department and Robb collected them for a performance art piece.
Assistant Dean of Students Chris Waugh has worked closely with a number of seniors throughout the years, including the five senior members of e.team: Katharine Otto, Elizabeth Birnbaum, Chelsea Wade, Jared Bieschke, and Gregory Reger. Waugh credits these five with four outstanding years of e.
From Jared Bieschke: "Be kind to everyone, but choose your friends carefully. Make sure you have an advisor you can talk to, and don't wear sweatpants to class." From Stephanie Rymsza: "I would say that underclassmen should work hard, but make time to have some fun and enjoy their college years before it's over.
If you watch any television at all, you've probably seen a preview for Ben Stiller's new farcical caricature of Hollywood lunacy. But even if you haven't, chances are you've heard about Robert Downey Junior's black-faced role. Along with Tom Cruise's cameo appearance as a chubby, bald movie mogul, Downey's role as over-the-top method-actor Kirk Lazarus has predominantly driven buzz for the frat-pack comedy Tropic Thunder.
