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Event helps students dress to impress
September 29, 2019
Regina Ivy, Editor-in-Chief
What is the Suit-Up event? The JCPenney Suit-Up Event is a one-day event forLLCC students to shop at the JCPenney for professional...
Books cost less, but remain expensive
September 26, 2019
Alicia Blood, Lamp Staff
$400 for textbook sounds like a lot of money, but bookstore officials say students are paying less than in previous years. Andrew...
Love is blind: Blind LLCC students married with prof officiating
September 25, 2019
Cam Boyer, Lamp Staff
SPRINGFIELD – Anne-Marie Andersen didn’t think she would ever get married, and after...
Ag Building opens in groundbreaking ceremony
September 24, 2019
Regina Ivy, Editor-in-Chief
History was made at LLCC on Thursday, Sept. 19. It was not just a regular school...
English Studies Club Awakes From Year-Long Sleep
September 23, 2019
Paul Watson, Lamp Staff
Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic, wrote in his book, “Invisible Man,” “Please, a definition: A hibernation...

October 4, 2019 • No Comments

Imagine you’re attending a family reunion, and one of your relatives brags about how her daughter will be attending Yale University. Then,...

LLCC student gets first White House tour after 9/11

Austin Sanderfield, Lamp Staff

October 3, 2019 • No Comments

Kala Grigg was at volleyball practice on a Tuesday morning in 2001. The eighth-grader from Aurora said it was interrupted when the coach came...

Redefining the “nontraditional student”

Regina Ivy and Regina Ivy

October 1, 2019 • No Comments

Bruce Beard found himself back in college while much older than his classmates, but he came back because he wanted to help his son with the math...

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Opinion

Saved by the bell

Blossom Smith, Lamp Staff

October 3, 2019

It has taken so long for me to even realize what I want to do. Now that I know the things that I would love to accomplish, I feel so revitalized. It is an amazing feeling claiming my education that I need...

Review: Ivas John Concert combines comedy and music in two set concert

Paul Watson, Lamp Staff

September 27, 2019

Acoustic music, singing, laughter, and applause filled the Thorne Deuel Auditorium in the basement of the Illinois State Museum. Ivas John and Brian Curran performed original compositions...

Tips for distance learning

Regina Faircloth, Lamp staff

September 10, 2019

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Event helps students dress to impress

Regina Ivy, Editor-in-Chief

September 29, 2019

What is the Suit-Up event? The JCPenney Suit-Up Event is a one-day event forLLCC students to shop at the JCPenney for professional dress apparel and accessories with...

AP: Springfield to consider cannabis zoning, taxes

Associated Press

September 11, 2019

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Officials in Illinois' capital city will begin debating regulations on growing and selling recreational marijuana before it becomes legal Jan. 1. The (Springfield)...

Trade schools offers alternative education

Quinn Brown, Lamp staff

September 11, 2019

In just nine months, Ethan Windell plans to have a certificate in hand and a job lined up. Windell is one of many students choosing trade schools over the traditional college...

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