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August 2007

The Wall Street Journal featured Lake Forest College in an August 28 article about non-alumni who graduated from elite schools but give major donations to colleges with less resources. MORE>

College Archivist Arthur Miller was featured on WTTW's public affairs show Chicago Tonight in a segment about a 19th-century Lake Forest home that is for sale. The episode aired August 22.

The Associated Press cited Lake Forest College's Donnelley and Lee Library in an article about how renovated college libraries provide modern amenities such as cafes and new spaces for students to interact.

Vice President of Admissions BILL MOTZER was quoted in an August 12 Chicago Tribune Sunday magazine article on trends in searching for a college in the annual "College Issue." He discussed how Lake Forest College's application requires a high school paper instead of an essay to get a better sense of how a student writes and noted the increase in international students, who "bring interesting perspectives from cultures and experiences and political backgrounds," he said.  

The Chicago Sun Times featured CRIS NOLAN '08 in it's "This Much I Know" column on August 9 about the question he submitted to the YouTube presidential debate in July. MORE>

July 2007

The Daily Herald featured CRIS NOLAN '08 in a July 31 article about a question he asked to the Democratic presidential candidates in the "YouTube" debate. Nolan's question was one of 38 selected from a pool of nearly 3,000 people who submitted videos.

A July 29 New York Times special educational section article on how colleges help students who are homesick featured the experience of Lake Forest College student MARY VOLK '09. MORE > 

Head swim coach DAN SHELLEY was named Athlete of the Month in the July 2007 issue of Windy City Sports, a magazine that covers sports in the Chicago area. Shelley, an Ironman triathalete, has coached 44 conference champions, 14 All Americans, three national champions, and three olympians in his 10-year career.

Professor of History, Emeritus, MICHAEL H. EBNER published the article "North Shore Town and Gown" in the summer 2007 issue of Chicago History, the magazine of the Chicago History Museum.

College Archivist ARTHUR MILLER lamented the purchase of an historic Lake Bluff estate that will be subdivided and developed into more homes in a July 12 Chicago Tribune article.

June 2007

The Wall Street Journal quoted Professor of Economics ROBERT BAADE on his research that found no correlation between economic development and stadium construction. The article, which appeared in the June 11 issue, was about the development of San Diego's Petco Park.

April 2007

Associate Professor of English ROBERT ARCHAMBEAU was featured in the April 26 issue of the Evanston Review in an article about suburban poets.

Financial Aid Director JERRY CEBRZYNSKI discusses how to compare financial aid packages in the April 27 issue of USA Today. MORE >

Director of Admissions WILLIAM G. MOTZER Jr. discusses why Lake Forest College uses a graded paper instead of a personal essay duirng the application process in the April 27 Chronicle of Higher Education.

Professor of Economics ROBERT BAADE was featured on WTTW's Chicago Tonight about the benefits to Chicago if selected to host the 2016 Olympics.

The day before the U.S. Olympic Committee decides whether to recommend Chicago or Los Angeles to host the 2016 Olympics, Associate Professor of English DAVIS SCHNEIDERMAN published an article in EconoCulture about his own plan for hosting the Olympics in Chicago.

The Chicago Tribune published a news obituary about Professor of Music, Emeritus, FRANK E. KIRBY, on April 2.

Professor of Economics ROBERT BAADE commented  on the possibility that Chicago would go over budget if awarded the 2016 Olympics in an April 1 Chicago Tribune article.

March 2007

A March 29 article in the Lake County News Sun featured Lake Forest College student SYED KARIM '07 and the charity search engine, Searchkindly.org, that he developed.

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology HOLLY SWYERS was quoted in the March/April 2007 issue of Psychology Today on the why Cubs fans continue to support a losing team. "The more you suffer at the hands of the Cubs, the deeper the ties you feel to the people who have suffered along with you," she said.

February 2007

Composer-in-Residence RAMI LEVIN received positive reviews in the Jan/Feb 2007 issue of Fanfare Magazine for her work Anima/Breath of Life which is on the recently released CD Volume 18 of MMC's "New Century" series. MORE>

James D. Vail III Professor of History MICHAEL H. EBNER was quoted on the chances of a mayor being elected president of the United States in a February 16 New York Times  "History and Guiliani's Run: There's Good News and Bad News."

The New York Times featured the longtime achievements of Lake Forest College's handball team in the February 14 article "4 Walls, 28 Championships for Lake Forest College." MORE >

President STEPHEN D. SCHUTT commented on the caliber of female Ivy League presidents in a February 14 Bloomberg news story "Princeton, Penn, Brown Leaders Set Standards for Harvard's Faust." MORE >

January 2007

Professor of Economics ROBERT BAADE commented on the economic impact of the Super Bowl in a January 27 Associated Press article that appeared in the Miami Herald.

In a January 25 article, the Daily Herald covered the panel discussion "Preserving Lake Forest: The Heritage of the City's Oldest Institutions" that kicked off the College's sesquicentennial events.

Assistant Professor of Economics KRISTINA M. LYBECKER highlighted the debate of whether the federal government should negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies and questions if women would pay more in a January 23 Chicago Tribune Op-Ed piece "'Savings' on drugs may cost women."

Professor of Scoiology and Anthropology AHMAD SADRI was interviewed on the January 11 Chicago Public Radio program Worldview about U.S. policy in Iran and Iraq. MORE > 

The Chicago Tribune paid tribute to Professor of English, Emerita, ANN LOUISE HENTZ, in a January 8 news obituary "Ann Louise Hentz: 1921-2006, Ex-English professor at Lake Forest College."

James D. Vail III Professor of History MICHAEL H. EBNER contributed his first of many columns to the Lake Forester to commemorate the College's sesquicentennial year. His first installment addressed the many contributions of the Farwell family.