MADDIE LEUBKE COPY EDITOR While students were home for the summer, Alma College made significant changes to both their parking policy and their decorating policy. As emails went out to students notifying people of the changes, some students were upset with the new policies. The changes to the parking policy include many of the individual... Continue Reading →
MADDIE LEUBKE STAFF WRITER Career Week for second semester is coming up in the end of January. Students are encouraged to attend these events in order to broaden career prospects and gain interview skills—among other things. “There is a wide variety of events. Mock interviewing with alumni, an opportunity to purchase business attire at JcPenney... Continue Reading →
MADDISON LEUBKE COPY EDITOR Alma College students were notified through Student Congress last semester about changes in the tobacco policies on campus. There have been questions about what falls under this policy and how it will take effect. According to The American Cancer Society, of the roughly 20 million college and university students in the... Continue Reading →
MADDIE LUEBKE CAMPUS EDITOR A huge debate in the political sphere recently is concerning politically correct speech. Many public figures are being called out online for their potentially offensive language and their ignorance when refusing to adapt their language to an ever-changing world. Mistakes can be made, especially when one is raised in a different... Continue Reading →
MADDIE LEUBKE CAMPUS EDITOR “Glory Sound Prep” is Jon Bellion’s sophomore album, and it truly solidifies his alternative pop sound in a way that he hasn’t touched yet, proving that Bellion is an innovator in the industry. Jon Bellion’s album “Glory Sound Prep”—GSP—was released on November 9, 2018. He had been leaking and releasing songs... Continue Reading →
MADDISON LUEBKE CAMPUS EDITOR In the first weekend of November, the Alma College Pipe Band competed at the Charleston Highland Games held on Boone Hall Plantation in South Carolina. They took first in their division— known as Grade 4—as well as challenging and placing first in Grade 3. Piping is divided into divisions known as... Continue Reading →
MADDISON LUEBKE CAMPUS EDITOR A new non-profit organization on campus is helping people who don’t have access to technology both nationally and around the world. The Five North project aims to give students a chance to experience more hands-on learning in communities that don’t typically have access to these sort of experiences. The Five North... Continue Reading →
MADDIE LEUBKE CAMPUS EDITOR The Alma College administration has been working on budget cuts to avoid the rising cost of tuition, and one of those cuts was to get rid of escrow funds for fraternities and sororities. The Interfraternity council on campus—IFC—has had many meeting concerning these decisions. In previous years, escrow funds were given... Continue Reading →
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