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Student Group Shows Their TALONS — Student group forms in reaction to BOT mandate

MacKenzie Burger - April 1, 2010 [ News ]
Student Group Shows Their TALONS — Student group forms in reaction to BOT mandate

While protective vertebrate adaptations such as horns, claws and antlers have always been commonplace in Kresge laboratories, a new apex predator wielding epidermal defense has been sighted campus-wide.
Formed following the BOT rejection of the faculty motion, student group Tenured Advocacy Legion of Non-apathetic Students (TALONS) is on the prowl for professors’ sake, according to Emma [...]

Big Show Announced — Sugarcult to headline spring concert

MacKenzie Burger - March 30, 2010 [ News ]
Big Show Announced — Sugarcult to headline spring concert

On April 23, Albion College students will be bouncing off the walls to “Bouncing off the Walls.”
Sugarcult will headline this year’s April 23 Big Show, Union Board announced tonight.  Formed in 1999 in Santa Barbara, Cali, the band’s hit singles include “Memory,” “Pretty Girl” and “Bouncing off the Walls.”
Sugarcult was chosen after Union Board polled [...]

Eating Good(rich) — Students host dinner for faculty members

MacKenzie Burger - March 30, 2010 [ Features ]
Eating Good(rich) — Students host dinner for faculty members

A group of faculty members met last weekend at the Goodrich Club, but it wasn’t for something as formal as a committee meeting.
On Saturday, March 27, 13 professors and their guests dined on a homemade meal prepared by the residents of Goodrich Club.
“An annual faculty dinner used to be a time honored tradition at [...]

News Update — Faculty cuts by the book

MacKenzie Burger - February 26, 2010 [ Lead ]

In a press release issued on Feb. 23, Albion College announced that the Board of Trustees (BOT) voted to eliminate the equivalent of 15 full-time faculty positions, nearly 10 percent of the total faculty.
Currently, 162 total faculty members are employed, with 137 full time equivalent (FTE) positions. The elimination of 15 full-time equivalent positions would result [...]

Exclusive News Update — decision made by board of trustees to cut 15 full-time faculty positions

MacKenzie Burger - February 23, 2010 [ Lead ]

In a press release issued on Feb. 23, Albion College announced that the Board of Trustees voted to eliminate the equivalent of 15 full-time faculty positions, nearly 10 percent of the total faculty. Faculty cuts, including tenured and tenure-track professors ,will be made through a voluntary early retirement program and the elimination of both full-and [...]

Run this town tonight- Albion student a candidate for state representative

MacKenzie Burger - February 13, 2010 [ Lead ]
Run this town tonight- Albion student a candidate for state representative

Chris Atallah, Farmington Hills junior, is currently running as a Republican candidate for the state representative of the 37th district of Michigan. Photo by Chris Amos.

In loving memory: Kim Rogers

MacKenzie Burger - February 5, 2010 [ Lead ]
In loving memory: Kim Rogers

Photo courtesy of the Rogers family

The Pleiad: 2010 outlook

MacKenzie Burger - February 3, 2010 [ Lead ]
The Pleiad: 2010 outlook

The Pleiad Web site is undergoing a redesign, which is scheduled for a public launch on Feb. 15.

Search is on — library offers free trials of databases

MacKenzie Burger - December 1, 2009 [ News ]

The library is currently offering several new full-text online databases on the library Web site, with free trials available until Dec. 8.
According to Mike VanHouten, associate director and reference librarian, the library typically runs database trials once a semester.
“We typically only run a trial if the database seems likely to be of use to Albion [...]

Broken promises-Promise Scholarship cut

MacKenzie Burger - November 19, 2009 [ Lead ]
Broken promises-Promise Scholarship cut

Michigan Promise Scholarship cut affects 893 students

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CAMPUS SAFETY

According to Ken Snyder, Director of Campus Safety,

Campus Safety...

- works to provide and promote a safe living, learning, and working environment for all members and guests of the College community.

- is the primary (but not sole) office on campus that responds to violations of the community standards-practices, expectations, and regulations- of the Albion College community.

April 22 3:14 am

ASSIST ADPS:  A report that a student had parked his vehicle on the train tracks.  The car was removed.

April 18 4:45 pm

SUSPICIOUS SITUATION:  A student reported that she heard someone running in the Herrick Center and it was suppose to be empty.  Officers did a walkthrough and everything was alright.

April 17 3:11 pm

SUSPICIOUS PERSON:  A report of someone with a bucket outside Mitchell Towers.  Officers did a walkthrough and found no one around but a janitor was seen earlier washing windows.