HANK WICKLEY SPORTS WRITER The volleyball team is on a hot streak thus far, and it doesn’t look like there are any plans of slowing down. The team has a record of 14-2, with the two losses to conference opponents Calvin College and Hope College. Most notable, the team has had a few comeback wins... Continue Reading →
Alma’s thoughts on the outside world: Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court appointment
SAM NELSON POLITICS In the summer of 1982, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford alleged that Justice Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her at a house party. In 2018, Dr. Ford wrote to her Senator, Diane Feinstein, about this incident in a letter she hoped to keep private. Senator Feinstein gave the letter to the FBI, and... Continue Reading →
Kiltie Marching Band hosts the Kiltie Invitational
MADDIE LEUBKE CAMPUS EDITOR This past Saturday, the Kiltie Marching Band— KMB—hosted their annual Kiltie Invitational. During this event, high school marching bands travel to Alma College to compete against each other. It is an all-day event for the band and many different aspects go into the running of the invitational. There were 9 bands... Continue Reading →
Community and grad assistants replace RAs
KAYDEE HALL BUSINESS MANAGER Alma College has recently undergone several staff changes, many of which were in the Student Life Department. One such change has been the hiring of Graduate and Community Assistants to replace some Resident Assistant positions. Graduate Assistants are students at Central Michigan University that study Student Affairs and are employed by... Continue Reading →
Alma pilots google classes
TREY NICHOLS STAFF WRITER There are different ways to learn on campus. Professors teach groups of students in classrooms about subjects pertaining to students’ majors. A form of teaching that is appearing more often is the Google Classroom setting. Classes that are taught in Google Classroom styles perform the same functions, but they include students... Continue Reading →
Freshmen modernize 1918 flu
KATE WESTPHAL STAFF WRITER The Spanish flu is coming back to Alma, but not in the form of the annual bouts of the Alma Plague. A First Year Seminar, led by Associate Professor of History Kristin Olbertson, is taking a look one hundred years back in history to the Spanish flu epidemic that arrived in... Continue Reading →
New king and queen crowned at game
EMILY COWLES STAFF WRITER Alma’s 2018 Homecoming Court, announced in the week prior to Homecoming, rode through the parade and onto Bahlke Field where the King, Christopher Nolan (‘19), and Queen, Najelle Gilmore (‘19), were announced. This year’s court consisted of 10 nominees, five each for King and Queen: Ben Elliot (’19), Eric Ferrara (’19),... Continue Reading →
Alma’s thoughts on the outside world (Vote or Lose)
SAM NELSON POLITICS I am exhausted. We are exhausted. Our education is costly. Our labor feels undervalued. We are taunted by the complaints and threats of a generation that took advantage of every opportunity available to white America in the post-World War II way of life, all while we must live in a society they... Continue Reading →
