Review: Mad Men season six premieres
Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men is the perfect Old Fashioned cocktail. It’s two dashes of 1960s sartorial genius, ¼ ounce of feminism, ½ teaspoon of politics […]
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Brief: Tuition raised by 4.84 percent
According to The College Board, the average cost of a college education at a four-year private institution is $29,056. Tuition at Albion College was raised […]
Randall steps down as 15th president
Albion College’s President Donna Randall announced March 28 that she would be stepping down form her position. Randall, who became the college’s first female president […]
Downton Abbey to film season four at Baldwin
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) announced on March 30 that it would be postponing its production of Downton Abbey. Because of the new renovations in […]
Sequester cuts funding for research
In the beginning of 2013, Congress passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff and allowed sequester cuts to begin on March 1. Because the Joint […]
Snyder appoints financial administrator to Detroit
Between 2000 and 2010, the number of vacant houses in Detroit increased by 106.1 percent. In that same time, the population dropped by 25 percent. […]
How the modern student affords the modern tuition
The modern student is defined by unsettling job reports and rising college costs. The history of higher education in the United States is curious, considering […]
How to prevent heart disease at an early age
February is American Heart Month, and more students should be keeping that in mind. Actually, in a recent survey of 4,000 young adults, 65 percent […]
The link between vasopressin and Valentine’s
GQ brought you A Brief History of the Booty. Esquire brought you the V-Day Gift Guide. Now, the Pleiad is bringing you the science of […]
Athlete diagnosed with MRSA, efforts to stop spread
In January, a student athlete contracted Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and was hospitalized at Oaklawn Hospital after visiting Student Health Services. It is unknown exactly […]
Foundation donates $250,000 to library renovation
The second phase of the Stockwell library renovation is not likely to start before December 2013 and it is part of a 20-year-plan to re-model […]
Professors attend conference, develop CSE
Two professors attended a conference in France for the College’s Center for Sustainability and the Environment (CSE) from Oct. 17-19. Dr. Andrew French and Dr. […]