WGSS, Ethnic Studies Merge; Faculty Hope to Build Community, Stability

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WGSS, Ethnic Studies Merge; Faculty Hope to Build Community, Stability

September 10, 2025 Jocelyn Kincaid-Beal 0

Ethnic studies and women’s, gender and sexuality studies (WGSS) are two of the youngest and smallest departments at Albion. Despite only having 12 majors and […]

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Fall Sports Kickoff: The Brits Are Back

September 8, 2025 Kyla Lawrence 0

On Aug. 29 through Aug. 31, six of Albion’s fall sports kicked and threw themselves into gear. Both the women’s and men’s soccer teams started […]

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Community Table of Albion Faces Federal Budget Cuts

September 8, 2025 Sophia Valchine 0

The Community Table of Albion, a program by the Albion Healthcare Alliance that provides food to Albion residents who need it, is facing budget cuts […]

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Opinion: Finding My Place at The End of The LGBTQIA+ Acronym

September 5, 2025 Bonnie Lord 1

When I was in seventh grade, I started dating a classmate. Of course, in middle school, dating meant calling each other “girlfriend” or “boyfriend” and […]

Albion’s Model UN Heads to D.C. for National Conference

September 5, 2025 Heidi Faramelli 0

A zombie apocalypse would be an international problem, should it occur. Fear not, for Albion’s Model United Nations (UN) club has discussed such a scenario, […]

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Opinion: Pure + Simple, Baldwin’s New Allergen-Free Section Fails to Feed Me

September 3, 2025 Finn Brady 1

Editor’s Note – 10:25 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7: Albion College Metz Dining General Manager Jeff Davis said in an interview after publication that gluten-free food […]

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Campus Upgrades Arrive: The Brit Pit, Amazon Lockers, Air Conditioning

September 3, 2025 Killian Altayeb 0

As students returned to campus for the start of this academic year, changed by the summer, they may have noticed a few changes in campus […]

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Taran McZee Named Albion College Title IX Coordinator

August 29, 2025 Bonnie Lord 1

Title IX is a 1972 law which “prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance,” according to the U.S. Department […]

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Letter From the Editor: Earning Trust Through Responsibility

August 29, 2025 Bonnie Lord 1

I’ve been on the Pleiad for four years now. That’s roughly six semesters, not including the two semesters I plan to finish my undergraduate career […]

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Letter From the Editor: Saying Goodbye to My Dream Job

April 23, 2025 Bella Bakeman 1

For the first time in my Pleiad career, I don’t want to start writing. Because writing this means my time as editor-in-chief has come to […]

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From Spectator to Storyteller: Advice for First Time Apartment Livers on Campus

April 23, 2025 Rhiannon Slotnick 0

I’ve romanticized the idea of living in an apartment since my first-year at Albion. After getting a taste for being on my own in the […]

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What Would President Wayne Webster Do?

April 23, 2025 Finn Brady 0

This time of the year is a whirlwind of laughter, sadness and the kind of exhaustion only finals can bring. Not to mention holding back […]