JACOB SMITH STAFF WRITER Since Alma College’s founding in 1886, it has only offered undergraduate programs. However recently, the school has considered adding a select offering of graduate degrees. A MFA (Masters of Fine Arts) in Creative Writing is one of the programs and it is the farthest along in the process of being added.... Continue Reading →
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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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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.... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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