Opinion: Why Toni Morrison’s Works Should be Read, Re-Read; Celebrated

The author lays on the floor surrounded by a halo of books around her head, with the novel “Beloved” covering her face.

Opinion: Why Toni Morrison’s Works Should be Read, Re-Read; Celebrated

February 5, 2025 Sophia Valchine 0

Content warning: Spoilers for “Beloved” (1987) ahead. “Beloved” (1987) by Toni Morrison is the most transformative novel I have ever read. Morrison’s words dove straight […]

Seven young adults walk around a large purple and gold painted rock outside. Surrounding the rock there is snow on the ground. Two of the people hold a Mexican flag between them, and two others hold cardboard signs; one of the signs reads “F— I.C.E.”

Students Protest ICE on the Quad Following Recent Executive Orders

February 3, 2025 Jocelyn Kincaid-Beal 0

On Wednesday afternoon, students gathered on the quad to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Students chanted and marched around “The Rock,” some holding […]

A variety of colorful board and card games, including a poker set, Scrabble, Cribbage, Catan, Five Crowns, Cards Against Humanity, Uno and more lie in a stacked pile on a carpeted floor, in front of a bookshelf. Some boards tilted to face the camera, including the Scrabble board which reads “The Pleiad Loves Board Games.”

Staff Recs: Beat the Cold with the Best Board Games

February 3, 2025 Pleiad Staff 0

It’s below zero outside. The wind howls, and snow flurries whip against your window. There’s no way you’re leaving the warmth of your dorm room […]

A desktop with a Dell monitor showing multiple open windows and an Apple keyboard sit on a wooden desk.

Albion Today Platform Faces Technical Struggles

January 31, 2025 Killian Altayeb 0

Since what Director of Information Technology Eric Beadle said has “been the better part of 20 years,” Albion Today has served as a central hub […]

A woman in a black and white patterned shirt with a red rose smiles as she stands behind a podium that reads “Albion College.” A microphone is positioned in front of her and a spotlight illuminates a circle behind her.

Ketwana Schoos Speaks at Annual MLK Convocation; ‘We Are Only as Strong as Our Roots’

January 31, 2025 Heidi Faramelli 1

Family and community are often cited as integral parts of who people are, and who they grow up to become. That’s certainly true for Community […]

A young woman wearing bright yellow glasses sits at a table with a coffee cup between her ring covered hands and a perplexed look on her face. There are bookshelves behind her.

Review: Sip Happens: A Local Espresso Taste Test

January 29, 2025 Shay Athayde 1

If you know me, you know I love coffee. Do I need to have a coffee in the morning before I become a functioning person […]

A desk littered with beauty products and a mirror. There is a journal with a pen in the middle, and the photo is a bit grainy.

Opinion: The ‘High Maintenance to be Low Maintenance’ Beauty Trend is a Lie

January 29, 2025 Finn Brady 0

What would we do to spend less time on ourselves? I have rituals that make me feel beautiful, but they’re time-consuming. So when the trend […]

A young woman reads a book. Behind her is a wall decorated with hanging shelves, which hold potted plants and picture frames, and movie posters.

Opinion: You’re More Than a Student-Athlete

January 27, 2025 Bella Fabrizio 1

Coming into my first year at Albion as a student athlete, I expected soccer to be my life. And for a while, it was. The […]

The author sits in a chair reading the novel “Forging Silver into Stars,” a book with a black and purple cover.

Opinion: I Want More Fantasy in my ‘Romantasy’

January 27, 2025 Sophia Valchine 0

“Romantasy” – a genre that blends romantic stories with fantastical worlds – has gained widespread popularity from platforms such as TikTok, spawning hundreds of new […]

Same student in a wheelchair now covered in a pile of salt looking extremely annoyed saying, “My wheelchair is like a magnet for all this salt.”

Comic: Salty about Salt

January 27, 2025 Noah Guevara 0

In the foreground, a red plaque with the title “professeur” above it and “E. Yewah” written within it. Next to the plaque is a wooden door with a course offerings paper attached to it.

Albion College Dissolves French, German Programs, Professor Says ‘It Is a Discredit to Education’

January 24, 2025 Bella Bakeman 0

As of this semester, Albion College students cannot declare a major or minor in French or German. Next semester, no French or German courses will […]

A baseball player wearing a purple and gray uniform swings a bat in an indoor batting cage, standing outside the batting cage a young man observes and takes notes.

Opinion: Sports Nerds vs Celebrities, a Battle of Numbers and Spectacle

January 24, 2025 Seiji McSwain 1

Since the beginning of humankind playing sports, we’ve been able to tell if an athlete is good at their sport just by watching them play […]