KYLEE LARYPHOTOGRAPHER DARCY DAENZERLAYOUT EDITOR 9/11/2023 Alma College has been going through some changes recently and a big part of those changes is the 14 new professors. This includes Professors Bowers and Mondlak in the Psychology department, Professor Brown in Theatre, Professor Campbell in Philosophy, Professor Davis in Dance, Professors Doggett and Talbert in Communication, […]
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Loch Lomond open for business
KYLEE LARYPHOTOGRAPHER DARCY DAENZERLAYOUT EDITOR 9/11/2023 After much anticipation, the Loch Lomond café featuring Qdoba and Mac’s Grill is open in the Learning Commons. As with the old Joe’s, one half of the Loch Lomond café is also a convenience store, offering snacks, drinks and products that allow for a quick and easy-to-make meal. While […]
Detroit and Toledo zoos increase security after animal disappearances around the U.S.
LIATHANO RAMIREZGRAPHIC DESIGNER DARCY DAENZERLAYOUT EDITOR 4/10/2023 Within the past year, the Dallas, Louisiana and New York zoos have all had animals taken or released from their respective facilities. Taking this potential threat to their animals seriously, the Detroit and Toledo zoos have increased their security to prevent something similar from happening. While no animal […]
President Putin backs out of nuclear arms treaty
LIATHANO RAMIREZGRAPHIC DESIGNER DARCY DAENZERLAYOUT EDITOR 3/13/2023 In Russian President Putin’s state of the nation address on Feb. 21, he announced that Russia would be suspending its participation in the New START nuclear arms treaty with the U.S. The New START treaty (which is short for Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) is “the last remaining pact […]
Deadliest earthquake occurs in Turkey and Syria in over 20 years
LEIA LEHRERGRAPHIC DESIGNER DARCY DAENZERLAYOUT EDITOR 2/20/2023 On Feb. 6, a seven-point- eight magnitude earthquake has left at least 35,000 people dead. The epicenter of the earthquakeoccurred near the Turkey-Syrian border and the unusually high six-point-seven, seven-point-five and six-point-zero magnitudeaftershocks occurred just hours after the initial quake, further increasing the death toll. On the Richter Scale, a measurement […]
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,” […]
Travel spring terms back in full force
LEIA LEHRERGRAPHIC DESIGNER DARCY DAENZERLAYOUT WRITER 1/23/2023 For the first time in over two years, spring terms are in full swing as the number of options students have to choose either a domestic or abroad spring term has increased to pre-COVID standards. Restrictions in response to COVID-19 made it so that Alma College, as well as many other institutions, […]
World Cup in Qatar sparks controversy
DARCY DAENZRSTAFF WRITER 12/5/2022 The World Cup, which is being held in Qatar for the first time, began on Nov. 20 and has been fraught with controversy from the beginning. Starting with the selection process in 2010, it has been said that FIFA took over one million dollars in bribes to vote for Qatar to be the […]