Alyssa Gall Feature Nov 26, 2019 Sports Uncategorized

Bowling makes history with big win

ALYSSA GALL SPORTS WRITER On Saturday, November 16, Alma College’s Bowling Team made history at the BGSU Falcon Classic. With some standout performances and the overall team score, both the Varsity and JV team finished the tournament in first place.   This first-place finish for both teams at a tournament is a first for the program and an indication for the rest of the season to come as the Scots […]

Courtney Smith National Nov 26, 2019 Uncategorized

Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day

COURTNEY SMITH STAFF WRITER Over the past several years, there have been many movements to replace the observation of Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in light of the acts of terrorism committed by Columbus on indigenous communities during the Age of Exploration. The origins of Columbus Day prove much more complex than many know. […]

Chelsea Faber Feature National Nov 26, 2019 Uncategorized

Supreme Court decide the future of DACA

CHELSEA FABER STAFF WRITER The Supreme Court of the United States heard the case made by the Trump Administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows undocumented individuals who entered the country as a child to remain in the United States legally.  DREAMers were those brought to the U.S. illegally as […]

Jacob Smith National Nov 26, 2019 Uncategorized

Social media policies affect the nation’s policy

JACOB SMITH STAFF WRITER Twitter backfires on Facebook’s “hands off stance” by banning all political ads on their platform. Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, spoke out recently and said that political ads can be misleading and present challenges to society. Dorsey tweeted, “We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe […]

Atulya Dora-Laskey Feature National Nov 26, 2019 Thoughts/Opinions Uncategorized

The Bolivian coup is a rerun

ATULYA DORA-LASKEY STAFF WRITER Reading the news regarding Bolivia over the past couple of weeks has left me thinking a lot about Jurassic Park. More specifically what the author of Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, coined as Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. Crichton described this effect as “You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you […]