ISABELLE CONNPHOTOGRAPHER BRONWYN MCALINDONSTAFF WRITER 11/20/2023 From Nov. 2 to Nov. 5, Alma’s Internationally Genetically Engineered Machine (IGEM) team competed at the IGEM Grand Jamboree in Paris, France, and won gold. IGEM is a nonprofit international foundation that hosts an academic competition where more than 400 teams from across the globe participate in topics pertaining... Continue Reading →
Cabaret comes to Alma
KYLE SCHECKPHOTOGRAPHER CARTER HELMERSTAFF WRITER 11/20/2023 Cabaret has been one of the most popular musicals since first coming to Broadway in 1966, winning 10 Tony Awards and having more than 1000 Broadway performances since. After 30 years, Alma College Theatre has brought the famous musical for 5 showings between Nov. 15-19. Based on the 1951 play by... Continue Reading →
Women’s Wrestling heading into the NCAA
BRONWYN MCALINDONSTAFF WRITER 11/6/2023 The Alma College Women’s Wrestling team is coming up on an exciting first match in Art Smith Arena and in the MIAA. After their first matches last year, there is a lot of excitement in preparation for the women’s wrestling team’s first official season in the NCAA. The women’s wrestling team... Continue Reading →
City of Alma celebrates with fall festival
KYLE SCHECKPHOTOGRAPHER WILLOW NUTTSTAFF WRITER 11/6/2023 Every year, the city of Alma hosts a Fall Festival in celebration of the changing seasons. This year's festival was hosted on Oct. 26 when several different community members joined together. The vendors, merchants and Alma College’s very own campus life passed out treats and participated in all the... Continue Reading →
Tina Vivian showcases art exhibit in town
COLE PEARSONPHOTOGRAPHER CLAIRE WITTLIEFFSTAFF WRITER 11/6/2023 Walking into the Alma Community Art Center, one is immediately aware of how they are welcomed into a space. Tina Vivian, a retired costume designer from the Alma College theater department and local artist, has opened her show titled Wide Open Air: Summer 2023. Vivian, who joined the ACAC in... Continue Reading →
1989 (Taylor’s Version) Review
KYLEE LARYPHOTOGRAPHER KYLE CHOKASSTAFF WRITER 11/6/2023 Taylor Swift has been the talk of the town as of late. Recently, she released her re-recording of her well-loved bubble-gum pop debut, 1989. Over the last three years, Swift has been re-recording her older albums, from her debut album aptly named after her, to her angsty, yet heartfelt album... Continue Reading →
Campus parking: new and almost improved
JORDAN FOXCOPY EDITOR 11/6/2023 Let's be honest, parking on campus can be confusing. Kaitie Walker (‘26) who lives in FSL housing can attest to this. “One day we all go out to our cars and there’s just warning tickets on all of them. It didn’t say what they were, so you had to call… It turns... Continue Reading →
UAW negotiations begin
LIATHANO RAMIREZGRAPHIC DESIGNER BRONWYN MCALINDONSTAFF WRITER 11/6/2023 The United Autoworkers (UAW) have been leading a six-weeklong labor strike against the primary automakers in Detroit such as GM, Ford and Stellantis. After a month and a half of negotiations, deals are being struck and UAW members are being rewarded. There are new benefits emerging for nearly 150,000... Continue Reading →
