KYLE SCHECKPHOTOGRAPHER JON BEERBOWERSTAFF WRITER 4/10/2023 As the academic year wraps up and spring sports seasons are in full swing, it can only mean one thing: The Scotty Awards are once again making their way back to campus. For those who may not know, Scotty’s is a yearly formal awards ceremony put on by the […]
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Insight into the resigning Alma College faculty
KYLE SCHECKPHOTOGRAPHER EMMA FIGLEWICZPHOTO EDITOR 4/10/2023 As the school year wraps up, Alma College is saying goodbye to many professors and staff. Though their time on campus may be coming to an end, the impact and memory of their contributions to the college will never be forgotten. Many professors and staff have not made their […]
Alma College Women’s Lacrosse off to 6-0 start
ZACH CARPENTERSTAFF WRITER 3/27/2023 Alma College Women’s Lacrosse is off to a great start to their season, starting 6-0. Across the six-game win streak, the Scots have been able to play games across three states. “Our team had a breakthrough season overall last year and we have taken that momentum forward into our 2023 season,” […]
Alma College STUNT team has successful season
ALIVIA GILESLAYOUT EDITOR 3/13/2023 Following their most recent games on Sat., Feb. 25 and Sun., Feb. 26, the Alma College STUNT team has had a successful season. On Sat., the STUNT team took on Concordia University Ann Arbor, winning with a final score of 18 to zero. The Scots lost against Davenport University, with a […]
Shonda Buchanan visits Alma College
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 […]
Supportive or intrusive: there’s a “Fine Line”
ALIVIA GILESLAYOUT EDITOR 2/20/2023 With out-of-the-box red-carpet looks and energetic performances, Harry Styles finds himself the center of attention at most music award shows. This year at the Grammys though, a comment Styles made had many fans making assumptions about the artist’s gender identity and sexual orientation, which are, frankly, nobody’s businesses. In his acceptance […]
Taking a ‘Wrecking Ball’ to double standards
LEIA LEHRERGRAPHIC DESIGNER ALIVIA GILESLAYOUT EDITOR 2/6/2023 Following album releases from Taylor Swift and SZA and Miley Cyrus’s single, ‘Flowers,’ women are dominating the music charts and breaking records. Often though, the public’s focus is not on the art itself, but rather on the personal lives of the artists. When Miley Cyrus released ‘Flowers,’ a […]
Alma College basketball update
KYLE SCHECKPHOTOGRAPHER MEGAN NEELEYCOPY EDITOR 1/23/2023 Out with the old and in with the new. Scots, it’s time for some basketball. Now that football – with its season full of victories – is over, the time has come to focus on the triumphs of Alma College basketball. The Alma College Men’s Basketball team has had many […]