A Final Farewell With Dr. Brian Watkins
Recently The Pleiad had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Brian Watkins of the Anthropology and Sociology Department to chat about his experiences at Albion College. Dr. Watkins […]
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Chipping paint for a good cause
“I think people do community service for a diversity of reasons, but they find common ground in the personal joy and personal satisfaction they find […]
Albion celebrates 43rd Earth Day
Nothing is as rewarding as helping the Earth and reducing your carbon footprint. Earth Day was celebrated nationally on April 22. Multiple student organizations on […]
2012-13: The year in review
IT upgrades campus WiFi “We were hearing from students that they are bringing this equipment and want wireless, and we wanted to be able to […]
Confessions of a college student
It is hard to deny social media’s effect on modern day life. Most people, especially students, cannot go a day without checking their Facebook or […]
Mike Frandsen named Albion’s interim president
After President Randall’s announced she’d move to Chancellor of the school and Albion would be looking for its 16th president students and faculty were left […]
Graffiti covers campus, Kappa Delta
Greek Week ’13 ended with campus vandalism on Friday, April 12. The letters “GDI” were spray-painted in black on Kappa Delta’s sorority house. The same […]
Summer School: Classroom and online opportunities
Not too many years ago, the concept of summer school seemed, for most of us, an abomination—some unholy punishment that would disrupt the sacrament of […]
Intro to Game Design
Every Wednesday at 1:00 p.m., a small group of students meet in the Learning Café in Olin to collaborate on a multi-semester project. Some of […]
Review: Mad Men season six premieres
Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men is the perfect Old Fashioned cocktail. It’s two dashes of 1960s sartorial genius, ¼ ounce of feminism, ½ teaspoon of politics […]
Brief: Tuition raised by 4.84 percent
According to The College Board, the average cost of a college education at a four-year private institution is $29,056. Tuition at Albion College was raised […]
Randall steps down as 15th president
Albion College’s President Donna Randall announced March 28 that she would be stepping down form her position. Randall, who became the college’s first female president […]