Lake Forest College

As freshmen arrived on campus last week, Lake Forest College President Stephen Schutt proposed giving them a hands-on lesson in responsible drinking. Along with lectures and courses on the dangers of alcohol, Schutt suggested hosting an event where...

College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws encourage dangerous binge drinking on...

William Shakespeare, you're a criminal. Well, sort of. You're at least a plagiarist—borrowing characters and plots without proper attribution. Our conception of plagiarism, including using words from another source, is largely modern and academic....

William Shakespeare, you're a criminal. Well, sort of. You're at least a plagiarist--borrowing characters and plots without proper attribution. Our conception of plagiarism, including using words from another source, is largely modern and academic. It'...

For about 7,000 families, the move out of some of the city's most notorious public housing complexes held the promise of a better, safer future. One goal of the Plan for Transformation, launched in 2000, was to promote "the de-concentration of low...

Oscar-nominated actor Richard Widmark, who made a career playing bad guys and cowboys, has died. He was 93. The star, who made his film debut as the giggling villain in "Kiss of Death," died at home in Roxbury, Conn., on Monday, March 24. Widmark was...

A strange thing happened on the way to next week's primary election among the three Republicans hoping to challenge two-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean in the November general election. The mostly polite dialogue throughout the campaign turned...

A little more than a year ago, Q staff member Kelly Haramis invited readers to join her and husband Davis Schneiderman on their journey to adopt a child from China. On Nov. 30, Kelly got the call she has been waiting for: She had been matched with a baby...

As Chicago bulldozes its notorious high-rise housing developments, low-income families have moved into a growing network of private buildings with conditions sometimes as dire as public housing complexes. Families shiver through winter with inadequate...

During an exhibition last week of plans for the proposed Jets stadium, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Chairman Robert Boyle said he expected to decide who would book the stadium when it wasn't being used for sports. "I would naturally think that way,"...