The Stentor

God doesn't always give you what you want, but he often gives you what you need. My gay son is one of the four greatest gifts God ever bestowed on me. He is gay and the only thing I would change is the way other people treat him because of it. I'll be the first to admit that I used to live in hermetically-sealed mayonnaise jar.

I recently wrote a piece in The Stentor about the City of Lake Forest's plans to bring new stores and eateries downtown. Retailers such as J.Crew and restaurants like Chipotle Mexican Grille and Corner Bakery Cafe soon could become tenants along Deerpath Road and Western Avenue.

I learned a lot about my country on election night. I saw a country that came together for a brief moment to stand up against political monotony that had lasted eight years. But, most importantly, I saw a country that was very easily deceived. What the American people-particularly the young ones-demonstrated on that historical night was that they are very easily convinced.

When I was in sixth grade, I genuinely believed that I would meet and fall in love with Leonardo DiCaprio. I believed it fully and unabashedly. I knew that I embodied the cliché of the twelve-year-old girl so completely that someday I would be ashamed, but no matter; Leonardo would understand.

Since Ron Paul was elected President last week, there has been a change in the air.  It seems a lot cooler, Russia seems angrier, the sunset is prettier, dancers dance more often, and the economy is more capricious.  Mary Volk, however, remains as malevolent as Ann Coulter herself.

"I occasionally pick up a copy and read it, usually when I have some time to kill." - Curtis Baker '12 "I don't usually read The Stentor, but I did this week because Obama was on the front page. If I do read the paper, I flip through the pages and see what's interesting.

I read Lubko Berezowsky's letter last week and I'm glad to see how much maintaining the beauty of our campus means to him. And not only him. The pride the community takes in our Campus is clearly evident to me and my staff everyday. For example, I'm happy to say that, due to increase participation in the recycling program, the College has had to add another recycling pick up day.

The November 6th article "Carefully managing the genetic revolution," may mislead consumers about high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup, sugar, and several fruit juices are all nutritionally the same. High fructose corn syrup has the same number of calories as sugar and is handled similarly by the body.

I must apologize to the members of the Alpha Phi fraternity for comments made in my letter to the editor last week, "Take your straw and shovel it". In the letter, I chastised them for not cleaning up the straw splayed about the volleyball court on South Campus, which they used for a muddy tug-of-war.