COMIC BY JORDIE BIRD
Jan 20 2020
Athletes prepare to spring into new season
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 […]
Small fish, big pond: how transfer students adapt
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 […]
Campus prepares for winter months
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 […]
Winter recruitment is among us
BAILEY LANGBO DISTIBUTION MANAGER In the coming weeks, sororities and fraternities all over campus will be anxiously awaiting the arrival of their new members. Sorority recruitment started on Saturday, Jan. 18, and will conclude with walkouts on Friday, Jan. 24. Fraternity recruitment starts on Jan. 22 and goes through Feb. 5. Runouts is on Feb. […]
No more war nerds
ATULYA DORA-LASKEY STAFF WRITER Graphic by ALLISON WOODLAND Do you feel clueless about what’s currently happening in Iran? Have you felt confused about why the US is even involved in the middle east for almost your entire life? When you were young and people told you that soldiers fight for our freedom, were you ever […]
Climate change versus industry
COURTNEY SMITH STAFF WRITER As of Jan. 3rd, the Trump Administration ruled that industries no longer need to account for climate change when assessing the environmental effects of major infrastructure projects. Previously, the half-a-century old National Environmental Policy Act served to both limit the entry of planet-warming greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, as well as […]
UMC proposes split
CHELSEA FABER STAFF WRITER The United Methodist Church has announced a proposal to separate into two denominations, a decision stemming from a 2019 vote regarding same sex marriage and LGBTQ+ clergy. The plan was announced on Jan. 3 and is set to be voted on at the General Conference in May 2020. Passage of the […]