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

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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 […]

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

September 3, 2025 Finn Brady 0

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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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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Comic: Campus Tours: They’re Right Behind Me, Aren’t They?

April 23, 2025 Sophia 0

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Opinion: Learning How to Say Goodbye to the Class of ‘25

April 21, 2025 Bonnie Lord 0

Starting college isn’t easy. You’re on your own in a new place, taking on new responsibilities and you don’t go home at the end of […]

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Staff Recs: Our Favorite Comfort Foods for Finals Season

April 18, 2025 Pleiad Staff 0

As finals season rapidly approaches and our health, both mental and physical, plummets, we often find ourselves turning to our favorite comfort foods. Whether it’s […]

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Review: ‘True West,’ A Story Where Boys Will Be Boys Apparently

April 16, 2025 Kyla Lawrence 0

Content Warning: Contains spoilers for Albion College’s production of “True West.” Siblings. If you have them, you’re likely more than familiar with the different dynamics […]

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Opinion: The Woes of Watching International Sports

April 14, 2025 Gabriela Popa 0

“It’s lights out and away we go,” is a sentence I only get to hear live once in a while. And when I say “live” […]

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Comic: What Did You Just Ask Me?

April 14, 2025 Noah Guevara 0

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Review: ‘A Minecraft Movie’ is Pure Cinema (Not Really)

April 11, 2025 Sophia 0

Content warning: Spoilers for “A Minecraft Movie” ahead. “A Minecraft Movie” was the best comedy I have seen in a long time. There were many […]