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Q&A: Chief André Flaubert Nana tours college, community

Q&A: Chief André Flaubert Nana tours college, community

From April 28 to May 1, Chief André Flaubert Nana (above left, with French Professors Dianne Guenin-Lelle and Emmanuel Yewah) paid a humanitarian visit to Albion College to help celebrate the year of Global Diversity.  He traveled [...]

2012-13: The year in review

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 do that,” Stephen said. “I’m really pleased that we have gotten [...]

Q&A: Student claims knowledge of vandalism

Q&A: Student claims knowledge of vandalism

A student who chose to remain anonymous approached The Pleiad to discuss the campus vandalism after our recent publication. Our source claims to know the individuals who spray-painted the college’s property, Kappa Delta’s house and a [...]

Graffiti covers campus, Kappa Delta after Greek Week ‘13

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 markings were found on “the rock,” which was painted for Alpha [...]

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 and one lemon wedge on the rocks. Sunday’s season six premiere [...]

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 by 4.68 percent to $43,884 for the 2012-13 year. Now, tuition [...]

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 in 2007, will end her term on June 30, 2013. “After [...]

Downton Abbey to film season 4 at Baldwin

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) announced on March 30 that it would be postponing its production of Downton Abbey. Because of the new renovations in Baldwin, where the crew planned to film, season four will not [...]

Sequester cuts funding for research

In the beginning of 2013, Congress passed legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff and allowed sequester cuts to begin on March 1. Because the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction did not come to a deal [...]

Snyder appoints financial administrator to Detroit

Between 2000 and 2010, the number of vacant houses in Detroit increased by 106.1 percent. In that same time, the population dropped by 25 percent. Some believe it’s a city plagued with racial tension and a [...]