KELSEY TAYLOR As a handicapped student, I know exactly how difficult it can be to navigate campus, whether it’s about stairs in places stairs should not have to be or railroad tracks I can’t cross. I’ve spent my whole life dealing with these types of challenges all because of a virus that decided to leave […]
Oct 8, 2018
International students absorb new culture
EMILY COWLES WEB EDITOR At the beginning of the fall term, several international students, including Nino Lazariia, Anna Shokina, and Lemiao Yu, as well as the French T.A. Julie Le Sauce, started to call Alma College their home away from home for the upcoming school year. “I love [Alma] more because here people are more […]
Sibs weekend unites families
JORDAN GRINDER STAFF WRITER From Oct. 5 through 7, the Alma College Union Board put on Little Sibs Weekend, which offered students the opportunity to connect with their siblings along with participating in a variety of events over the weekend. “I think it [was] a great opportunity for students to bring siblings up, especially students […]
Domestic Violence Awareness begins
BRITTANY PIERCE HEAD EDITOR All throughout October, there will be several events on campus for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which started back in 1987. Domestic Violence Awareness Month developed from the Day of Unity Event in October of 1981 held by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence that expanded to a full week and eventually […]
Volleyball lets nobody stand in their way
HANK WICKLEY SPORTS WRITER The volleyball team is on a hot streak thus far, and it doesn’t look like there are any plans of slowing down. The team has a record of 14-2, with the two losses to conference opponents Calvin College and Hope College. Most notable, the team has had a few comeback wins […]
Alma’s thoughts on the outside world: Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court appointment
SAM NELSON POLITICS In the summer of 1982, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford alleged that Justice Brett Kavanaugh attempted to rape her at a house party. In 2018, Dr. Ford wrote to her Senator, Diane Feinstein, about this incident in a letter she hoped to keep private. Senator Feinstein gave the letter to the FBI, and […]
Kiltie Marching Band hosts the Kiltie Invitational
MADDIE LEUBKE CAMPUS EDITOR This past Saturday, the Kiltie Marching Band— KMB—hosted their annual Kiltie Invitational. During this event, high school marching bands travel to Alma College to compete against each other. It is an all-day event for the band and many different aspects go into the running of the invitational. There were 9 bands […]
Community and grad assistants replace RAs
KAYDEE HALL BUSINESS MANAGER Alma College has recently undergone several staff changes, many of which were in the Student Life Department. One such change has been the hiring of Graduate and Community Assistants to replace some Resident Assistant positions. Graduate Assistants are students at Central Michigan University that study Student Affairs and are employed by […]