JACOB SMITH STAFF WRITER Twitter backfires on Facebook’s “hands off stance” by banning all political ads on their platform. Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, spoke out recently and said that political ads can be misleading and present challenges to society. Dorsey tweeted, “We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe […]
Month: November 2019
The Bolivian coup is a rerun
ATULYA DORA-LASKEY STAFF WRITER Reading the news regarding Bolivia over the past couple of weeks has left me thinking a lot about Jurassic Park. More specifically what the author of Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, coined as Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. Crichton described this effect as “You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you […]
China’s re-education camps
EMILY HENDERSON STAFF WRITER Since 2014, China has been placing Uyghur Muslims in re-education camps in an attempt to curb extreme terrorist acts within the country. China has been one of too few countries that have not experienced many actions of terrorism in their recent history, and has often felt pride in that. That pride […]
Concerts cover campus calendar
BAILEY LANGBO STAFF WRITER Photo by DYLAN COUR As the semester comes to a close, groups across campus are gearing up to present what they’ve worked on for the past few months to their peers. Over the next few weeks, performances have been and will be taking place for both the campus and the public […]
‘OK Boomer’ takes the internet by storm
DYLAN COUR STAFF WRITER Graphic by ALLISON WOODLAND Many are saying that 2019 marks the year in which friendly generational communication comes to a close. Generation Z has coined a new phrase aimed specifically at the older generation known as “OK Boomer.” The phrase has taken the internet by storm and is most frequently used […]
Deadly virus coming from Arctic icecaps
BAILEY LANGBO STAFF WRITER Climate change is a subject that has long been circulating through the news and world politics. Although there are countless side effects of climate change, researchers have recently discovered another phenomenon occurring: key marine animal species across the globe are dying due to a virus being released from melting icecaps. Phocine […]
Football team honors fallen veteran
JACOB SMITH SPORTS WRITER Alma College Football faced off against Olivet on Saturday Nov. 9. The team suffered a loss on the field but they secured a win through the honor they showed in this memorial game to a fallen veteran and football alumni. Chris O’Connor was a 1985 graduate of Alma College and former member of the football team. […]
Women’s basketball starts off strong
ALYSSA GALL STAFF WRITER On Saturday, November 9, Alma College’s Women’s Basketball team tipped off their season to not only a great start with a 60-44 win over Oberlin College, but new Head Coach Samantha Stormont’s first collegiate win. This win set the tone for the season and expectations after coming off of a successful 2018-2019 season […]