LOTTIE CARMANHOROSCOPES Aries (March 21st-April 19th) After a long and hectic month, February is a new start for Aries. Now is the time that you are finally feeling settled down with some sort of structure in your life. Be ready for luck to favor your direction thanks to the power of Jupiter. Taurus (April 20th-May […]
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Thinx period underwear faces lawsuit
SALEM GRAYSTAFF WRITER 2/6/2023 Near the end of last year, a class-action lawsuit was settled against Thinx period- absorbing underwear. Class members accused the company of lying to customers by advertising their underwear as a non-toxic and safe alternative to traditional period productsdespite the presence of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) in their products. The lawsuit was filed in May […]
Classified documents found in the home of former Vice President
CLAIRE WITTLIEFFLAYOUT EDITOR 2/6/2023 On Jan. 16, former Vice President Mike Pence requested a group of lawyers to investigate his private residence in Indiana after classified documents were found in the Delaware home of President Joe Biden. Pence’s lawyers indeed found documents in the former Vice President’s safe that contained sensitive or classified information. Mike Pence’s counsel, Greg […]
College takes steps to hire new professors
EMMA FIGLEWICZPHOTOGRAPHER ZACH CARPENTERCOPY EDITOR 2/6/2023 Alma College has multiple openings for professors that are either active or in the process of being filled for the upcoming 2023-24 school year. These openings result from various movements within departments including retirement, professors taking positions at other institutions and departments hoping to expand to better serve future generations of students. […]
National Girls & Women in Sports Day
JON BEERBOWERSPORTS WRITER 2/6/2023 On Jan 28., Alma College celebrated the 37th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day during a women’s basketball victory and a women’s swim meet both against Kalamazoo College. National Girls and Women in Sports Day is a celebration of females in all levels of sports put on by the Women’s Sport Foundation […]
Alma College celebrates Black History Month
LIATHANO RAMIREZGRAPHIC DESIGNER JORDAN FOXSTAFF WRITER 2/6/2023 February is dedicated to Black History Month, and the Diversity and Inclusion Office is hosting several exciting events on campus to commemorate it. To start the month, the DI Office threw a “Black History Month Kick-off” on Feb. 1 in the Tyler van Dusen Rotunda. They played a game of […]
Students perform in annual choreography concert
DARCY DAENZERLAYOUT EDITOR 2/6/2023 This past weekend, Feb. 3 to Feb. 5, dancers participated in the annual student choreography concert featuring original choreography from Alma students. “Last winter semester, the co-director, Athelia Gray (’23), and I began to set the concert up by creating an auditionprocess–forms that both dancers and choreographers fill out–communicating with faculty advisors and creating rehearsal schedules,” […]