Lake Forest College - Forester Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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Jackie Gleason was among some of the Hollywood greats to leave us this year. in Reagan was further diminished . . . Then Reagan didn't fare any better with his second nominee, Douglas Ginsburg, who hastily withdrew after routine ques- tions drew the response that in the past he had sometimes smoked marijuana . . . The ridiculed president, after two bad swings, was very careful to not strike out. His third nominee, Anthony Kennedy, was appointed to the Supreme Court . . . Support for Reagan had dipped so low in 1987 that he was blamed by many for the worst financial disaster in recent history -the October 18 crash on Wall Street, when the stock market plunged a record 508 points, causing world stock prices to collapse also. Many Americans felt that Reagan finally did something tight for a change when he was able to negotiate a summit meeting with Soviet leader Gorbachev in Washington D.C. The two leaders signed a historic nuclear arms reduction treaty which eliminated medium-range missles and more important- ly opened the door to what many anticipated as a new and better era in U.S.- Soviet relations . . . Epilogue f 19871: Fred Astaire kicked up his heels for the last time on June 22 . . . Jackie Gleason from Honeymooners fame died of cancer June 24. , , Henry Ford II, legendary auto king, died in September, 1987 . . . And finally, closer to home, Chicago Mayor Harold Washington died suddenly from a heart attack, stunning the city and throwing its govemment into turmoil . . . AIDS swept across the nation infecting over 3 million people, baffled the experts, and continued to be a deadly killer without cure . . . This is what shaped the class of 188. Dow's 500-point crash H 3, 13 - 'x .- Apwzf- z Xxx . X51 V, A . g ' I . ,- 1 ., X HR- 2 1 is -115, X 1 si .X: V I ,K ,X ,,.h5s,c- Ai i g - ' , 173s.41' Dow Jones industnal is H , average, Monday Q Fridays iOa.m. Noon Y 2 p.rn.m TT 4 pm, CVOSD ' ' '- qi Qi Pope John Paul ll greets a crowd in Miami, Florida.

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Lake Forest College Republicans Throughout the school year the College Republicans continued to show its strength as one of LFC's most exciting and active groups. Under the leadership of the group's Executive Committee which in- cluded President Chris Hilden, Vice-President Michael Murray, Sec- retary Paul Grabowski, Treasurer Brandt Hooker, and Public Re- lations Chairmen Davenport Crocker and Terry Ashby, the group was able to become involved in many GOP. activities throughout the county and state. The College Republicans attended dinners with U.S. Secretary of l I t , I . 5 A- V , - X '. ' I .H'fj '.. H -A . ':,x,.h A V ,g - I-,cf-IVML Q , . ..-sg-' st flat- Affi- ?i?iT fY ' ' 5 Transportation Elizabeth Dole, lllinois Secretary of State Jim Edgar, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Verna Walters, to name a few. ln addition, the LFC Republicans participated in leadership institutes and strategy schools and served as interns for State Senator David Barkhausen. The group assisted in the campaigns of each of the G.O.P. presiden- tial candidates, with many students sewing as campus co-ordinators. As such, they traveled to official announcements and to Des Moines, Iowa for the G.O.P. caucuses. Front: Papp, Ashby, Wood, J. Phillips. Back: Hilden, Murray, Hooker, Crocker, Grabowski. Lake Forest College Democrats Founded to provide a forum for political discus- sion and participation, the Lake Forest College Democrats has been an active, diverse, and progressive group during the past year. The organization sponsored forums on issues and candidates, ran information tables to provide materials to the College community, and 8 went on various trips to hear candidates for the 1988 Presidential nomi- nation. Members of the organization have taken an active role in the campaigns of the Democratic Presidential aspirants and the organiz- ation has been gearing up to play an active role in the 1988 campaign at Lake Forest College.