College-Run Airport Shuttle Rates Changed; Some Want a Lower Price
Students using Campus Safety’s shuttle service to travel to Detroit Metropolitan Airport may have noticed a rate increase. The one-way cost per student this academic […]
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Program to Help Volunteers Appropriately Support Sexual Assault Survivors
An annual program will allow Albion College students, staff and faculty to become supporters and advocates for sexual assault survivors, regardless of whether the assault […]
‘My Friend, the Visionary’: Professor Judy Lockyer to Retire After 34 Years at Albion
In 1984, English professor Mary Collar and then-English professor Charles Crupi had narrowed down their 150 applicants for a position in the English department to […]
Best, Worst and In-Between Albums of 2018
Hey, everyone. Andthony Wittano here, the Pleiad’s busiest music nerd. It’s time for my yearly review of what I thought were the best, worst and […]
Kindness, Invisible Hardship and Raccoons: Maya Noble’s Story of Homelessness
Maya Noble is a bubbly, intelligent, kind and well-dressed 20-year-old woman. At a glance, many don’t realize that she sleeps on park benches, brushes her […]
Albion’s Fraternities Order 1,000 Plastic Foam Cups Each Week. Some Members Want to Change That
Five fraternities on Albion College’s campus use plastic foam cups as their main source to carry their beverages outside the house. About 1,000 cups are […]
Opinion: Confronting Winter
Winter is tough. Last week when we received our first grass-covering snowfall, I was reminded of the season’s complications. It was a heavy, wet snow […]
Why Human Connection Matters to Poli-Sci Professor Carrie Booth Walling
On Nov. 28, political science department chair Carrie Booth Walling told diners of Upper Baldwin about topics that mattered to her. What Matters to Me […]
Mental Health Handbook: The Truths and Falsities of Common Mental Disorder Definitions
Our daily language is littered with misapplied psychiatric jargon, like “OCD,” “bipolar” and “depressed.” While using such terms has become mainstreamed, it actually has more […]
You Are Your Laptop Sticker
The Albion College student body is a diverse one and can be shown through laptop stickers. Some people can read a person by their body […]
What Proposal 1’s Passing Means For NCAA Athletes
On Nov. 6, Michigan voters comfortably passed Proposal 1, which declared the sale, distribution and use of recreational marijuana legal. Adult marijuana users will be […]
Community and College Paint Public Pop Art of Albionites
Albion shares a connection with its sister cities in France, Noisy-le-Roi and Bailly. These two exurbs of Paris have something called the Impressionist Walk, where […]