JASMINE D’ARCANGELIS STAFF WRITER Sigma Chi recently hosted their annual week-long philanthropy fundraiser, otherwise known as “Derby Days.” The fundraising events were held starting on Oct. 21 and ran through Oct. 25. Derby Days started in 1933 with Sigma Chi’s Alpha Beta chapter at the University of California Berkley as a series of skits done by active brothers. Since […]
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Choir and orchestra honor the classics
JASMINE D’ARCENGELIS STAFF WRITER Photo by EMMA GROSSBAUER On October 27, 2019, the Alma College Choirs and Alma Symphony Orchestra presented a collaborative concert featuring the famous Mozart piece “Vesperae solennes de confessore” and Dvorak’s New World Symphony. “It’s been a long learning process for both choirs and the orchestra,” said Bennett Dubois (‘19). Dubois […]
Amber Guyger on trial
JASMINE D’ARCANGELIS STAFF WRITER In Sept. of 2018, fired Dallas police officer Amber Guyger entered the apartment of Botham Jean. She had mistaken Jean’s apartment for her own. Guyger assumed that Jean was an intruder, and fired two fatal shots into his chest. A few days later, an arrest warrant was issued for the arrest […]
Alma advocates for suicide
JASMINE D’ARCANGELIS STAFF WRITER Photo by RAUL RIVERA As we move into the future, more awareness is being brought toward mental health. This advocacy for mental health not only includes Mental Health Awareness month in May, but also Suicide Prevention Week. While National Suicide Prevention Week was the week prior, this past week the campus […]
Crossover: What’s the point?
JASMINE D’ARCANGELIS STAFF WRITER Crossover is Alma College’s take on a university’s “Welcome Weekend.” Upperclassmen begin festivities on the evening of Labor Day, and Freshman are not to cross on to South Campus until midnight. While the concept of Crossover is brilliant, the marketing and execution are all wrong. Crossover is not being used to […]
Smollett assaulted in hate crime
JASMINE D’ARCANGELIS STAFF WRITER Jussie Smollett, actor on the Fox Series “Empire,” was hospitalized earlier this month after being assaulted in what is being possibly investigated as a hate crime. The assaulters attacked Smollett on the streets in Chicago, and allegedly tied a noose around his neck while dousing him with an unknown chemical. The […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes waves
JASMINE D’ARCANGELIS STAFF WRITER Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the recently-elected democratic representative of the 14th congressional district of New York. Ocasio-Cortez was elected into Congress on June 26, 2018. She was endorsed by several progressive and civil rights-based organizations and didn’t accept funding from major corporations. Ocasio-Cortez is a self described democratic socialist. Her political positions […]
Alternative breaks encourage service
JASMINE D’ARCANGELIS STAFF WRITER Alma College offers students the opportunity to participate in Alternative Breaks. Alternative Breaks allow students to perform community service in lieu of going home for major breaks. These community service opportunities can vary from working with the homeless to providing disaster relief. According to the Alma College website, most alternative breaks […]