KATE WESTPHALCOPY EDITOR The Signs as Discontinued Fast Food Items Aries: Little Caesar’s Pepperoni Crazy Bread. An appetizer, you often hold out for the next best thing to come along. Realize that sometimes nothing appears and you need to make do with what you have. Taurus: Pizza Hut’s Taco Pizza. Combining two favorites may sound […]
March 15, 2021
Disability visibility on campus
EMILY HENDERSONSTAFF WRITER March is Disability Awareness month. Alma College hasn’t always offered a plethora of information on disability awareness, but this year may be different. This semester the Center for Student Opportunity has created a reading club for faculty and students. The material concerns disability visibility. The subject matter for this group was Disability […]
Education during a pandemic
TAYLOR PEPITONESTAFF WRITER COVID-19 has affected every aspect of daily life. Many people lost their jobs, lost their homes, lost their family members and even lost out on educational opportunities. Weforum.org stated that globally, over 1.2 billion students were moved out of the classroom and into a virtual world of learning. Education has changed drastically […]
Syrian Civil War reaches decade mark
ZACH CARPENTERSTAFF WRITER WESTON HIRVELAGRAPHIC DESIGNER Following a recent escalation in violence Syria is again in the spotlight of world politics. On Feb. 27 President Joe Biden ordered an airstrike on two locations in Syria in response to an attack carried out by Iran against U.S. backed forces in Iraq. One of the two airstrikes […]
Covid-19 Relief Bill set to pass
ELLA BRIGHTSTAFF WRITER The United States Senate voted 50-49 in favor of passing the final version of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on Saturday, Mar. 6. The voting session lasted for 24 hours. Of all the votes, every single Democrat in the Senate voted for the bill, and every single Republican in the […]
Weekly Comic 3/15/21
COMIC BY WESTON HIRVELA
Gossip Squirrel 3/15/21
Dear GossipSquirrel,I feel like I did so awful on my midterms and just feel like me being in college during a hugepandemic was such a mistake. I started school not being in a pandemic, so I don’t really want tohalt my college experience. How do I stay motivated to be in college? -Covid College Student […]