Albion Pleiad

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Photo courtesy of the Rogers family

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

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 [...]

Michigan Promise Scholarship cut affects 893 students