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Albion College’s most successful sports team isn’t a team at all. It’s a club. And they’ve done something that no Albion sports or even any other college’s team has ever done – win the National Championship every single year it’s been put on. Albion College’s Canoe club came back from North Carolina this weekend with [...]

Monday March 26 marked a special occasion in the Pleiad’s illustrious history. The Pleiad was awarded the first ever “Best Newspaper Ever” award as well as “Most Read Newspaper.”  The awards were given out by a coalition of the mothers of Pleiad’s staff’ members. “I know our readership is mostly our mothers, but this is [...]

Could you give people who don’t know who you are a short bio on you? Graduated from Rochester Adams High School 02′ Graduated from University of Michigan 06′ Hometown: Rochester, MI 2-time Olympian 04′ and 08′ 3-time medalist, 2 gold (4×200), one bronze (200 free) Currently lives in Gainesville, FL What are your favorite and [...]

Freshman year in Wesley, there is an ice breaker game played like speed-dating. The men form a giant ring on the outside and the women form a ring on the inside, moving every two minutes to the next man.It is this very event that inspired the Office for Intercultural Affairs to put on their own [...]

“Do it for Cosby. Do it for the cause.” This is the tagline for the new volunteer group on campus, affectionately named Cosby Sweater Mondays (CSM). Sophomore Don Strite of Ann Arbor and four other cross country runners started a trend that began as a joke and turned it into something for a cause. Through [...]

Through encouragement from members of his community, Cody Bailey, Garden City senior, is running for State Representative in his hometown, the 11th district of Michigan in the November 2012 elections. Bailey is running as a Democrat; his platform is based on small business growth. “Small businesses create 70 percent of jobs, so I’m focused on [...]

Following in a recent trend, Albion College Theatre Department has an athlete take center stage in their upcoming theatre production of Earl the Vampire. Following the footsteps of many current athletes performing in plays and musicals, sophomore Tre Ishmon of Milan just landed the lead role as Earl in “Earl the Vampire” and balances being [...]

Albion College Theatre department’s new play will be presented in a new way this fall. Their play, “Antigone”, a modern French version of the classic Greek play, will be done “in the round” which means audience will be seated on all four sides. The play will premieres on Wednesday Nov. 16 and will run until [...]

It was Monday. I was tired. I was stressed. To top it off, my pinkeye came back and that’s why I stopped by Student Health Services (SHS) on that dreary Halloween day. But there was a light in my dismal day; the new counseling dog was at Health Services. I sat down and got a [...]

Dear Albion Students (more specifically the female population), I’d like to start off with a memorable quote from everyone’s favorite chick flick, Mean Girls. “In the regular world, Halloween is when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In Girl World, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress [...]