KYLE SCHECKPHOTOGRAPHER EMMA FIGLEWICZSTAFF WRITER 10/24/2022 Alma College has numerous clubs and programs that allow students to connect with peers and faculty. The Interfaith program on campus seeks to bring students, staff and faculty together through the practice of spirituality, religious identity and spiritual exploration. “Alma’s Interfaith program gives students a community to activate their... Continue Reading →
RAUL RIVERAPHOTOGRAPHER CLAIRE HIPPSCOPY EDITOR 10/3/2022 Americans celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) every year from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to celebrate Americans who have ancestry traced to Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. Hispanic Heritage Week was first celebrated in 1968 under Lyndon Johnson.... Continue Reading →
MEGAN ROBERTSONHANNAH STIFFLERSTAFF WRITER 10/3/2022 Yik Yak, all drama or useful? Lately it has caused quite a stirrup on Alma College’s Campus. Yik Yak is an anonymous social media app that is used by many students here on campus to post things such as: student success, Fraternity Sorority life drama, Sports drama and dining successes... Continue Reading →
ALYSSA GALLSPORTS WRITER With sports’ seasons put on hold and social gatherings limited on campus, Alma College’s Athletic Department seeks to find new ways to keep student-athletes connected, even when they are off the field. One new way is through the use of the latest form of communication during this disconnected time: video. While student-athletes... Continue Reading →
MADDISON LUEBKECOPY EDITOR PHOTO BY LIZZY DERMODY As the school year continues, policies regarding COVID-19 have adapted both statewide and here at Alma College. While some restrictions have been eased across the state, measures from within the college have been further reinforced. At the beginning of October, news spread that a group was filing a... Continue Reading →
JORDYN BRADLEYSPORTS EDITOR PHOTO BY RAUL RIVERA On Friday, Oct. 16, President Abernathy issued a statement regarding the phasing out of certain academic programs and disciplines at Alma College due to budget cuts. The programs affected by this change are as follows: both the French and German majors and minors will be phased out, but... Continue Reading →
JORDYN BRADLEYSPORTS EDITOR If you’re an Alma student with a Twitter account, you’ve probably seen tweets shared by Alma Confessions (@scotscandals), an anonymously-run confessions page. Since its debut in January of this year, the page has been the talk of campus for multiple different “scandalous” Twitter threads that have come out of it. “It was... Continue Reading →
CHELSEA FABERSTAFF WRITER Following a review conducted by the Michigan State University Board of Trustees, President Abernathy announced on September 5 that it was discovered that Stephen Nisbet was a member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a notorious white supremist group. He went on to explain that in light of these findings, the Alma... Continue Reading →
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