JACKSON POLLARDPHOTOGRAPHER MEGAN NEELEYCOPY EDITOR KYLE CHOKASSTAFF WRITER 10/9/2023 The Alma College Homecoming weekend kicked off at 8 p.m. on Sept. 29 with a wide variety of festivities throughout the following weekend that were to accompany the big football game against Trine University. With Homecoming rallying in alumni, old and new, the Alma campus and... Continue Reading →
KYLEE LARYPHOTOGRAPHER MEGAN NEELEYLAYOUT EDITOR 9/25/2023 With the introduction of many new coaches to the Scots’ athletic staff, the Alma College community would like to welcome the following coaches and wish them luck in their upcoming seasons. Alister Newby, joining Alma from Wabash College, is the new head coach of the Men’s Soccer Team. For... Continue Reading →
JACKSON POLLARDPHOTOGRAPHER MEGAN NEELEYCOPY EDITOR 9/11/2023 After a record-breaking season, the football team is unmissable on campus with its 184-man roster, up from 127 in 2018, sparking interest in the advantages sheer numbers may bring to a sports team in comparison to those with only around 30 players at a time– the norm for most... Continue Reading →
KYLEE LARYPHOTOGRAPHER MEGAN NEELEYCOPY EDITOR 4/10/2023 Alma College admissions rates have been on the rise with the campus seeing a 20% increase in applications and a 22.7% increase in admittance from Fall 2022 according to Rachel Plasche, the Assistant Director of Admissions and Coordinator of Diversity Recruitment. More students will also be transferring to Alma... Continue Reading →
KYLE SCHECKPHOTOGRAPHER MEGAN NEELEYCOPY EDITOR 3/27/2023 With many college students being deeply interested in sustainability, it is important to note the sustainability efforts being made by Alma College’s recent planning, services and rural initiatives. Previously written on was the topic of the new recycling program partnership with Granger Waste Services coming to Alma College’s campus. Granger was... Continue Reading →
LIATHANO RAMERIEZPHOTOGRAPHER MEGAN NEELEYCOPY EDITOR 3/13/2023 Professors have expressed students’ hunger for Shonda Buchanan’s literary works. Buchanan, an award-winning poet and educator, is now working for the Master Fine Arts program in Creative Writing here at Alma College. Among her most accomplished works is her memoir, Black Indian, an intergenerational telling of Buchanan’s “large extended family... Continue Reading →
MEGAN NEELEYCOPY EDITOR 2/20/2023 The Three D’s: Discover, Develop and Dedicate, according to the official website of NCAA Division III sports, specifies student athletes should be “encouraged to pursue their interests and passions beyond the classroom and field of play... to discover themselves.” The NCAA Division III website also relays that the “emphasis on participating... Continue Reading →
LIATHANO RAMIREZPHOTOGRAPHER MEGAN NEELEYCOPY EDITOR 2/6/2023 With practices for spring sports beginning in late January, student-athletes participating in men’s and women’s lacrosse, baseball, softball and men’s and women’s track and fi eld are getting busier and busier. On Jan. 23, the men’s lacrosse team’s full practice schedule commenced for the 2023 spring season with a week full of winter... Continue Reading →
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