“SWEAT” is a Play For Albion, the Rust Belt and America
Fall semester of my first year at Albion College, I took history professor Wes Dick’s First-Year Seminar “Albion and the American Dream.” We talked about […]
Arts/Culture
God Save the Squash
Spookiness abounds in October. Perhaps Starbucks knew this, and thought they would play the spookiest trick of all by putting a vegetable in their coffee. […]
Despite 200 Years With “Frankenstein,” a Modern Monster Still Lives
A tale of Greek mythology about the Titan Prometheus was anonymously published on the first day of 1818. Prometheus’s responsibility for creating man has been […]
Batoul Ballout Illustrates Her Identity With Ink and Oil
Throughout life, people try to discover their identities. Influences such as hometown, family, friends and hobbies all shape a person into who they will become. […]
Kicking Off Walk The Beat with The Accidentals
Traverse City, Michigan. Consistently ranked as having some of the state’s best sights, tastes and experiences. But what about the sound? Enter The Accidentals, a […]
Play Review: In ‘Topdog/Underdog,’ Fate is In the Cards
On Sept. 21, the Albion College theatre department opened Topdog/Underdog, a production of brotherly love stitched together by scam and rivalry. Written by Suzan-Lori Parks, […]
Succotash: A Seasonal Recipe For All Seasons
Let’s talk for a moment about succotash. It means “boiled whole kernels of corn” in Narragansett, an Algonquin Native American tribe and language from the […]
Dancing on Wild Rice
Most people have broken out on the dance floor or in the rain to a rhythm, but I can say I’ve danced on rice. On […]
Zuni Nation’s Ahayu’da Repatriated at Albion College
Since 1973, Albion College has unknowingly held an object of the Zuni Nation embodied with one of their spiritual protectors in storage at the Bobbitt Arts […]
The Brockett Siblings on Albums They Can’t Stop Listening To
The Brockett siblings all have music rooted in them like notes rooted onto a staff. Gabe (12) plays the bari sax in middle school band […]
‘Less Is More’ Evolves: Meet ‘FINKEL’
The first time I heard Vance Joy’s “Riptide,” was the summer of 2014, and I was driving a dust-coated 1988 Chevy pickup, left arm hanging […]
Michael Che and Ahmed Bharoocha Bring Laughter to Albion College
Michael Che, a writer-performer on Saturday Night Live and best known as co-anchor of “Weekend Update,” was the headliner for Union Board’s 2018 Big Show. In the packed Washington Gardner Auditorium, […]