AUBREY SEGERGRAPHIC DESIGNER DARCY DAENZERLAYOUT EDITOR NAYONIKAA SINGHAALSTAFF WRITER 10/9/2023 Tennis players– Coco Gauff, 19, and Ben Shelton, 20– recently made an impressive showing at the annual U.S. Open. Gauff became the youngest American woman to win the tournament since Serena Williams in 1999, and Shelton became the youngest American man to reach the final four […]
LEIA LEHRERGRAPHIC DESIGNER DARCY CAENZERLAYOUT EDITOR 9/25/2023 On Sep. 6, the Biden administration announced they would cancel all drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska that were approved during the Trump administration. While the decision also prohibits drilling in 13 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve, it does not, however, “stop […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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,” […]
