Campus Sep 19, 2022

Women’s wrestling to begin in November

9/19/2022 EMMA FIGLEWICZPHOTOGRAPHER DANIELLE NYKANENSTAFF WRITER As winter athletes get excited for the start of their seasons, a new team will be preparing for their first season ever. In December 2021 Alma athletics announced that women’s wrestling would be added to the athletics program as the 28th varsity sport. With practices starting on October 10th, […]

Campus Sep 19, 2022

Kiltie Marching Band celebrates 100 years

CLAIRE WITTLIEFFSTAFF WRITER 9/19/2022 This fall season, Alma College’s Kiltie Marching Band celebrates its 100th anniversary. The band held its first performance of the season at the Alma College football game against Manchester University on Saturday, September 10. Dr. David Zerbe, Alma College’s Director of Bands and Percussion Studies, began his career at Alma in 1988. […]

Campus Claire Hipps Sep 19, 2022

As library evolves, history is uncovered

KYLE SCHECKPHOTOGRAPHER CLAIRE HIPPSCOPY EDITOR 9/19/2022 Among Alma’s distinguished faculty and staff is Matthew Collins, the director of the Alma College Library and occasional adjunct faculty member in the religious studies department, where he specializes in disambiguating the meaning of the New Testament. The library-to-Learning Commons renovations have posed some challenges for the library staff. […]

Alivia GIles Sep 19, 2022

Noah Schnapp faces campus safety concerns

ALIVIA GILESLAYOUT EDITOR 9/19/2022 Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp recently began his first year at the University of Pennsylvania. Concerning images, including screenshots of what appear to be other students’ private conversations about Schnapp, have surfaced on Twitter. This has caused fans to worry about the actor’s safety. Since starting school, images of the 17-year-old […]

Campus Sep 19, 2022

South campus neglected

REYNA EDWARDSSTAFF WRITER 9/19/2022 Alma College’s campus has been experiencing Michigan’s 5th season, construction, for countless months now; however, the college is not focusing on the actual problem at hand south of Superior St.  Many students believe that South campus housing has been neglected by the school. While the learning commons and the chapel are […]