ALYSSA GALL SPORT WRITER Photo by Dylan Cour Homecoming at Alma College is a special time of year for Alma students. It is a time for celebrating the Alma pride and recognizing the legacy of the college. Alumni from all over the country, and each graduating class, come back to support the college that shaped […]
Month: September 2019
Students strike for climate change awareness
KATE WESTPHAL CAMPUS EDITOR Photo by Isaac Tessman Climate change awareness has been growing in the news due to several reports detailing the effects of climate change and how long Earth will be habitable because of its effects. An international climate change strike occurred on September 20th to bring awareness about the effects of climate […]
Sharing your travel: Ghana
JAKE HOLT STAFF WRITER Ghana, a country located on the coast of West Africa, has twenty nationally recognized languages. “Ghana” in Soninke, an African language, means “Warrior King.” This name dates back to the Medieval period where Ghana was an empire that stretched north into what is present-day Guinea. Garett Heaney (’20) visited Ghana and […]
Contaminated soybeans raise a larger issue
CHELSEA FABER STAFF WRITER Photo by Emma Grossbauer Michigan grown soybeans have been ordered by state officials to be destroyed after discovering a portion of the crop had been grown on contaminated land. These beans were grown in an area that contained soils dredged from the Kalamazoo River Superfund site. The Kalamazoo river has its […]
Union and disunion
ATULYA DORA-LASKEY STAFF WRITER Graphic by Merek Alam On Sept. 15th, nearly 50,00 General Motors employees left their stations in order to form a picket line outside of their factories. The union responsible for the strike is the United Automobile Workers (UAW), and they have a long history with Michigan. “I would say that they […]
Michigan government shut down
BAILEY LANGBO STAFF WRITER Michigan’s state budget has recently been cause for concern as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state lawmakers have continuously disagreed over the issue. Agreeing on the budget, which is supposed to be set in place on Oct. 1, would prevent the partial government shutdown and possibly stop roughly 30,000 state employees from […]
Nestle Extracts Water from Michigan
TREY NICHOLS COPY EDITOR Photo by Emma Grossbauer Nestle, the largest food and beverage food conglomeration in the United States, has been extracting groundwater from Michigan, and people are not happy about it. In July of last year, there was a zoning dispute between Osceola Township and Nestle Waters North America. Nestle wanted to build […]
Schools address gun violence
SYDNEY BOSSIDIS STAFF WRITER Graphic by Merek Alam Apr. 19, 2019 was the 20- year anniversary of the school shooting at Columbine High School. Since then there have been over 200 incidents national wide. With students returning to school, questions on gun control and safety in classrooms have been raised. On Sept. 18, Sandy Hook […]