Albion Pleiad

Sarah Slipped, Jackson junior, used to kick it in her boots with the fur and apple-bottom jeans combo around campus. Not anymore. Since the spring 2011 semester began, there has been a 300 percent increase in the amount of slips and falls reported on campus. According to campus safety, the majority of fall victims were [...]

Editorial jobs: Editor in chief The editor in chief oversees all aspects of the Pleiad, including planning stories, editing multimedia, updating the website, managing staff and working with the business manager. The editor in chief also represents the Pleiad when interacting with the community, and is ultimately responsible for all content on the site. Managing [...]

Before entering the dim warehouse, contractors in hazardous materials suits duct-taped their sleeves as an extra precaution. Breathing through respirators, they approached hundreds of metal canisters and organized the drums according to the reactivity and pH of their contents. Pickens Plating Inc., a family-owned zinc plating company, closed in March after Calhoun County foreclosed on [...]

When Sarah Russell, Glenview, Ill. senior, developed a cough this month, she originally attributed it to a cold. However, when her roommate Adrianna Thibault, New Baltimore senior, developed a respiratory reaction and congestion, both women noticed that they did not seem to be contagious. They believed that the cause of irritation was not due to [...]

On Sept. 21, Student Senate approved a recommendation for Euphonics, the co-ed a capella student organization, that preserved special exemption status and required debt to be paid within two semesters. Last week, Euphonics members met with Student Senate to address a budget deficit of $1,237 accumulated during the 2009-2010 fiscal year. The Senate’s action was [...]

On June 6, 2010, Charles Crupi, emeritus professor of English passed away after 35 years of teaching British Literature, Shakespeare, and Greek & Roman Literature, leaving a lasting legacy for generations of Albion students. During his Albion College tenure, he also directed plays, served as English department chair for 19 years and was continually active [...]

On Aug. 23, www.mastersdegreeonline.com, a website that provides college accreditation statistics and rankings, published a list of the 100 best campus newspapers online nation-wide. The Pleiad ranked 65th overall and finished first among Michigan newspapers, beating out seven other Michigan college papers that made the list, including University of Michigan’s The Michigan Daily and Michigan State University’s State News. While [...]

Today at 5:00, the publishing of articles by Pleiad staff members will discontinue until classes begin for the fall 2010 semester. This also means that any comments posted on the Web site will not be approved or made public until regular Pleiad operations resume in August. For The Pleiad, summer publishing was a first. Albion [...]

Trevor Fisher, Tipton junior, knows from experience the impact that medical first responders can have. A licensed emergency medical technician (EMT), Fisher responded to a situation where a patient was undergoing cardiac arrest. “Anytime there is a possibility of cardiac arrest or major trauma, stress goes through the roof,” Fisher said. “The patient became stabilized [...]

This past spring, the Curriculum and Resources Committee (C&RC) was responsible for submitting a recommendation of program eliminations to the Board of Trustees. Casey Hoffman, Menominee junior and Student Senate president, sat down with The Pleiad to discuss his role as one of two student members on the C&RC staff during the program review. When [...]