Review: ‘The Aliens’ Are Real and They’re Just Like Us

Two male cast members sit next to each other on a wooden picnic table. They are both dressed in ordinary day clothes, one with a lighter color scheme than the other. The stage itself is modeled to represent a dingy alley behind a restaurant, complete with faux graffiti on the walls and miscellaneous brown cardboard boxes.

Review: ‘The Aliens’ Are Real and They’re Just Like Us

September 26, 2025 Kyla Lawrence 0

Content Warning: This article contains spoilers for Albion College’s production of “The Aliens.” Aliens. A word that carries so many connotations and ideologies. Whether it’s […]

Text reads, “Guevara was an Argentinian-Cuban revolutionary and guerilla leader who believed in the liberation of Latin America. He was a prominent figure in the Cuban revolution, and traveled to assist other countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight for their freedom.” On the left side there is an illustration of Che Guevara using an assortment of colors with large paint streaks and paint splatters behind him. On the right side there is an illustration of two flags. The top right flag is the Argentinean flag and the bottom right flag is the Cuban flag.

COMIC: Voices of Resistance: Celebrating Latino Leaders

September 24, 2025 Noah Guevara 0

Editorial: The Pleiad Supports Our Hispanic, International Communities; Condemns ICE Actions

September 17, 2025 Pleiad Editorial Board 0

On Sept. 8, according to the New York Times, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a federal judge’s order, and in doing so decided that Immigrations […]

In a classroom, a Black female stands at a large whiteboard, writing with a blue Expo marker. On the whiteboard reads ‘Class Do and Don’t’ followed by a list of behaviors and actions that should and should not be seen in the classroom.

Opinion: What We’re All Thinking About Classroom Etiquette

September 15, 2025 Kyla Lawrence 0

Being in college means that I don’t always know what the right thing to do in a classroom setting is. College is already not nearly […]

Photos of various media displayed on a light pink background. In the middle of the image is written, “SUMMER MEDIA”.

Pleiad Staff Recs: What the Heck Did We Watch This Summer?

September 12, 2025 Pleiad Staff 0

As staffers of a multi-media publication, it should come as no surprise that our summers are as much about consuming stories as they are about […]

A KitchenAid mixer stands on the left with cookie batter inside. To the right are ingredients for chocolate chip cookies: eggs, vanilla, sugar, flour, brown sugar, chocolate chips, baking powder and baking soda.

Opinion: Procrastibaking With Bakeman: Chocolate Chip Cookies

September 12, 2025 Bella Bakeman 0

Download the recipe here! Last year I was busy from the moment I woke up, until I wasn’t anymore. Sometimes I’d leave my apartment at […]

A watercolor illustration of a young woman in a gray T-shirt with her head laid against her arm on a table. With her other hand, she reaches out with a finger to a smaller, striped black, gray, white and purple heart, which sits on a table covered with blurry newsprint.

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 […]

A white and muted green banner stands in the front of a countertop with the words, “Pure and simple” and “Fresh, Delicious, Allergen-free Dining” printed on it. In the background is a stack of plates on a lower shelf and placed above it on the counter are roasted Yukon potatoes, garlic green beans and Montreal Roasted Eye Round. Out of focus, there is a paper displaying the menu and a small kitchen area.

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 […]

A young white woman with short brown hair sits behind a table covered with a black table cloth and several papers and packages of colorful candy. The woman has her arms crossed sitting on the table, and looks to the right, smiling. Behind her are several other tables in the distance, and in the foreground there is a cork board with photos of other people and a note reading “Meet the Pleiad Staff on our Quirky Cork Board!”

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 […]

A black and white image of a young woman in a black graduation cap and tassel sits at a table looking to the right. In front of her is a notebook and newspapers spread across the table in a half circle. Behind her are posters hung on a slanting wall.

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 […]

A woman wearing a white sweater with a black top and pants and brown boots stands on the cement outside of an apartment building. Behind her are a set of cement stairs leading up the building, and two large white pillars at the top of them.

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 […]

A comic of a person with dark and curly hair and square glasses, studying at a table before a tour group comes up beside her and she gets confused. Next, the author is eating in the dining hall and drops a french fry mid bite before seeing a second group and wondering if they’re multiplying. Finally, the author carries two big bags back to her dorm before seeing the final tour group and screaming in frustration.

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

April 23, 2025 Sophia Valchine 0

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