SYDNEY BOSSIDIS STAFF WRITER On Jan. 25, President Trump and Congressional leaders were able to reach a deal which would reopen the government temporarily, ending the shutdown. The shutdown started on Dec. 22, 2018, when a new budget had not been approved by Trump because it did not include a budget for the border wall... Continue Reading →
DYLAN COUR STAFF WRITER The Michigan Music Conference (MMC) is an annual conference for music educators and those who plan to become educators that takes place in Grand Rapids, MI every year. On Jan. 24, the college sent six students and four faculty members to the conference. “I’ve been attending MMC, and its predecessor The... Continue Reading →
HANK WICKLEY SPORTS WRITER On Friday, Jan. 18, director of athletics Steven Rackley announced that Alma College alumni Madison Smith would take over the volleyball program as head coach. Smith, who graduated in 2017, was a four-year member of the volleyball team, and spent the past two years as an assistant coach at Tufts University.... Continue Reading →
WADE FULLERTON STAFF WRITER Dr. Donnesha A. Blake–the new director of diversity and inclusion on campus–began her career in the Center of Student Opportunity this Winter Semester. She has received a positive response from those on campus, and her plans as the new director of diversity and inclusion will be an improvement for the Alma... Continue Reading →
KATE WESTPHAL CAMPUS EDITOR Winter has finally arrived on Alma College’s campus, and in a frigid way. Temperatures dipped as low as -14° Fahrenheit during the week of 20 Jan. and are expected to stay low as we enter February. One large reason for the late and exceptionally cold winter is global warming and how... Continue Reading →
SYDNEY BOSSIDIS STAFF WRITER On January 20, Alma students took part in the Women’s March in different cities to exercise their first amendment right to free speech. The McCurdy House assisted students in getting to Lansing for the march on Michigan State University’s campus. Colleen Loftus (’21) and Eryn Corinth (’21)were leaders in helping set... Continue Reading →
JORDYN BRADLEY SPORTS EDITOR On Friday, January 18, March for Life was held in Washington, D.C. March for Life is meant to be non-violent and give a voice to the voiceless, but a controversy has arisen as a result of clashing voices. A group of male students from Covington Catholic School in Park Hills, Kentucky... Continue Reading →
DYLAN COUR STAFF WRITER Martin Luther King Jr. Day (MLK Day) has been a national holiday for 33 years now. The process of creating the national holiday, however, was not one of the easiest processes. The call for a holiday was first raised in late 1968, not too long after his assassination. After much debate... Continue Reading →
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