BAILEY LANGBO DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Kaitlin Bennett, dubbed as “gun girl” on Twitter, first became prominent in 2018 when she graduated from Kent State University. Normally, times like these are cause for celebration, but Bennett received mostly negative publicity from across the world when her graduation pictures went viral because she was shown carrying an AR-10... Continue Reading →
DYLAN COUR STAFF WRITER On the morning of January 17th, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a bill that will allow religious adoption agencies to deny any service to LGBTQ+ couples. The law took effect immediately and allows any and all adoption agencies the right to refuse to take place in child placement if doing so... Continue Reading →
BRETT JENKINS STAFF WRITER Last semester, 21 students of Professor Joanne Gilbert’s Performing Advocacy class, in collaboration with Professor Gilbert, created a script based on interviews they conducted, original creative work, and research. The result of their work is a script, entitled “Gunplay,” which seeks to explore the vast and varied dialogue surrounding guns and... Continue Reading →
JACOB SMITH STAFF WRITER Since Alma College’s founding in 1886, it has only offered undergraduate programs. However recently, the school has considered adding a select offering of graduate degrees. A MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) in Creative Writing is one of the programs and it is the farthest along in the process of being added.... Continue Reading →
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ALYSSA GALL SPORTS WRITER Athletes prepare to spring into the new season With the beginning of the new semester starting, Alma College’s 2020 Spring sports teams prepare to kick off their seasons within the next upcoming weeks. While Fall and Winter sports’ teams dominated much of the Fall semester, the new winter semester welcomes the... Continue Reading →
BRETT JENKINS STAFF WRITER When I first arrived at Alma College as a transfer student, I had no idea what was in store for me. I was nervous and excited, and I was dreading the Michigan winter, which had a reputation that preceded it all the way back to August. Now, with a semester under... Continue Reading →
EMILY HENDERSON STAFF WRITER January marks the midway point of influenza season, but that doesn’t mean that the infection rate of this illness will slow down. Winter is prime cold and flu season, but that’s not the only ailment that may affect the students of this campus. As daylight hours lessen and become overrun with... Continue Reading →
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