Jon Beerbower Sports

Coach Couch ditches the kilt

KYLE SCHECKPHOTOGRAPHER JON BEERBOWERSTAFF WRITER 4/1/2024 Last Thursday, shocking news swept the campus when 2023 MIAA Coach of the Year winner Jason Couch,better known as Coach Couch around campus, announced he was taking over the same position at the rivaling school, Albion College.  While it seems illogical for such a successful coach to make a complete […]

Jordan Fox Thoughts/Opinions

New dress code in Sherman facility

LIATHANO RAMIREZGRAPHIC DESIGNER JORDAN FOXCOPY EDITOR 4/1/2024 Rumor of a new rule regarding apparel was confirmed by the athletic department on March 26. This new rule states that “all skin from the neck down must be covered,” including fingers, wrists and ankles. Several members of the Alma College track team, including myself, have mixed feelings […]

Thoughts/Opinions Weston Hirvela

Third “Morb-ing” time’s the charm

LEIA LEHRERGRAPHIC DESIGNER WESTON HIRVELASTAFF WRITER 4/1/2024 Perhaps the greatest upset in Oscars history, is “Morbius” (2022) having a third release. Now I know what you might be thinking, “How could this third release of the movie that everyone agrees is terrible sweep the Oscars?” The answer lies in that this is the six-hour original vision […]

Darcy Daenzer National

Pigs take to the sky

ALEX GILLIESGRAPHIC DESIGNER DARCY DAENZERLAYOUT EDITOR 4/1/2024 On March 25, the Association for the Flying Of Once-Flightless Livestock (AFOOL) announced that pigs have finally gained the ability to fly. What has been the work of countless physicists and flightless animal enthusiasts has become a reality, giving these traditionally confined animals the freedom they have desired […]

Bronwyn McAlindon National

The U.P. goes its own way

LIATHANO RAMIREZGRAPHIC DESIGNER BRONWYN MCALINDONSTAFF WRITER 4/1/2024 The Upper Peninsula has decided to secede from the Lower Peninsula in pursuit of becoming its own state. Over the past few weeks, deliberations have been held between both the Michigan and Federal governments because the citizens of the Upper Peninsula have petitioned to secede from the Lower […]