ALYSSA GALL SPORTS WRITER In college, athletes are faced with various challenges throughout their four year career. From injuries to weather prohibited games, athletes have seen it all. They have learned to become adaptable when facing any obstacle. However, current athletes now have a new unexpected obstacle to face that is leaving the community buzzing.... Continue Reading →
Career week: Explore your opportunities
KAELYN WOJTYLKO STAFF WRITER Alma College has had another successful career week. Last week was full of various events to help students find insight and learn about opportunities in their career paths. Career week kicked off on Sunday, at JC Penney from 2-5 p.m. with Suit Up. Students received a discount up to 30% on... Continue Reading →
Athletes celebrate homecoming
ALYSSA GALL SPORT WRITER Photo by Dylan Cour Homecoming at Alma College is a special time of year for Alma students. It is a time for celebrating the Alma pride and recognizing the legacy of the college. Alumni from all over the country, and each graduating class, come back to support the college that shaped... Continue Reading →
Students strike for climate change awareness
KATE WESTPHAL CAMPUS EDITOR Photo by Isaac Tessman Climate change awareness has been growing in the news due to several reports detailing the effects of climate change and how long Earth will be habitable because of its effects. An international climate change strike occurred on September 20th to bring awareness about the effects of climate... Continue Reading →
Sharing your travel: Ghana
JAKE HOLT STAFF WRITER Ghana, a country located on the coast of West Africa, has twenty nationally recognized languages. “Ghana” in Soninke, an African language, means “Warrior King.” This name dates back to the Medieval period where Ghana was an empire that stretched north into what is present-day Guinea. Garett Heaney (’20) visited Ghana and... Continue Reading →
Contaminated soybeans raise a larger issue
CHELSEA FABER STAFF WRITER Photo by Emma Grossbauer Michigan grown soybeans have been ordered by state officials to be destroyed after discovering a portion of the crop had been grown on contaminated land. These beans were grown in an area that contained soils dredged from the Kalamazoo River Superfund site. The Kalamazoo river has its... Continue Reading →
Union and disunion
ATULYA DORA-LASKEY STAFF WRITER Graphic by Merek Alam On Sept. 15th, nearly 50,00 General Motors employees left their stations in order to form a picket line outside of their factories. The union responsible for the strike is the United Automobile Workers (UAW), and they have a long history with Michigan. “I would say that they... Continue Reading →
Michigan government shut down
BAILEY LANGBO STAFF WRITER Michigan’s state budget has recently been cause for concern as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state lawmakers have continuously disagreed over the issue. Agreeing on the budget, which is supposed to be set in place on Oct. 1, would prevent the partial government shutdown and possibly stop roughly 30,000 state employees from... Continue Reading →
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