MADDIE LEUBKE CAMPUS EDITOR The Alma College administration has been working on budget cuts to avoid the rising cost of tuition, and one of those cuts was to get rid of escrow funds for fraternities and sororities. The Interfraternity council on campus—IFC—has had many meeting concerning these decisions. In previous years, escrow funds were given […]
Month: October 2018
Telling my clothesline story
KELSEY WEISS STAFF WRITER I was assaulted when I was 13 years old, every day in 8th grade on my way to gym class. I had no option but to pass my abuser to get to class. He was popular. He was a football player. He was just trying to flirt. I should be lucky […]
Fall break brings service projects
KATE WESTPHAL STAFF WRITER The first half of the semester is over and students are back from Fall Break. Fall Break, a four-day long event, happened during the seventh week of the term and marked when classes held midterm exams. While many students went home during Fall Break, others went on an Alternative Break. Alternative […]
Elevator speech promotes change
EMILY COWLES STAFF WRITER At the beginning of fall term, Professor Henry Balfanz’s Selling/Sales Management class was given an assignment called an Elevator Speech and was instructed to write about problems in Alma’s campus community. These speeches were then presented to Alan Gatlin, chief operating officer (COO) and senior vice president for finance and administration. […]
College welcomes new provost
JORDYN BRADLEY SPORTS EDITOR Dr. Kathleen Dougherty is Alma College’s new Provost, filling the position previously held by Dr. Michael Selmon for fifteen years. Dougherty took over the position on July 1st. “I spent [many] years as a faculty member before I moved on to administration, so I spent a lot of time teaching,” said […]
Austen lives in Northanger Abbey
KELSEY TAYLOR COPY EDITOR On Thursday, October 25, Northanger Abbey opens at Strosacker Theatre. The production incorporates a cast of over 20 students, costumes in 1800s style and sets mimicking the era of Jane Austen, all of which help the novel come to life. Scott Mackenzie, director of Northanger Abbey, also adapted the original Austen […]
Should we celebrate Columbus Day?
WADE FULLERTON STAFF WRITER The annual celebration of Columbus Day, a nationally celebrated holiday since the mid-nineteenth century, is a topic of avid debate. Columbus Day–occuring on October 12th– conjures a complex story of America. Columbus Day is a holiday that is celebrated in many countries in the Americas and commemorates Columbus’s first voyage to […]
When tradition turns into hazing
HANK WICKLEY SPORTS WRITER Hazing can be defined in many ways. It is often related directly to Greek life on college campuses all over the world. Hazing spreads to athletics as well, and can come in many forms. Hazing is defined as any humiliating or strenuous act done usually as an initiation into some sort […]