Author: Linsa Bertels

  • Spring on Campus

      Photos by Lin Bertels lndean@lc.edu To see more photos click here.

  • Covid Update Week of February 20 – February 26, 2022

    By Linsa Dean lndean@lc.edu   Numbers are accurate as of 12pm March 1, 2022   This week in Illinois there was:         An average of 1,953 new cases reported daily.    …

  • Modes of Learning in Flux on Campus

    By Linsa Dean lndean@lc.edu The start of the spring semester excited many Lewis and Clark Community College students. Emails from the bookstore, enrollment, and professors began to trickle into email inboxes. Vice President of Student…

  • National Day of Mourning

  • With Fire in Her Eyes: Chapter 1

    By Linsa Dean lndean@lc.edu “Your highness, I’m afraid an issue has come to light regarding your daughter’s claim to the throne. It seems our beloved patron has sired an offspring in another country. The girl…

  • Minority Fair

    By Linsa Dean lndean@lc.edu On Sept. 30, 2021, The Commons hosted the first-ever LCCC Minority Fair. The bright room filled with the sound of an LC Band and the voices of participants, and soon enough…

  • The Inaccessibility of an Accessible Campus

    By Linsa Dean lndean@lc.edu March 2020 marked an important milestone in all our lives. The world stopped, confusion set in, and our pets had the best days of their lives with everyone home.  My March…

  • Lunch With Lin: Fried Pasta

    By Linsa Dean lndean@lc.edu Sometimes life hits a bit hard and we just need good, easy-to-make food. That was what inspired this recipe. I’ve been making versions of this since I was in high school…

  • Lunch With Lin: The Meatloaf that Haunted Trimpe

    By Linsa Dean   On the first day of school, Aug. 23, 2021, I was eating lunch in the second-floor student lounge of Trimpe. I had brought leftover meatloaf and microwaved it. There I was…