Albion Pleiad

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for 2012 sold out last week in a record breaking three hours. Coachella is the largest music festival in the country drawing in 75,000 people over three days in the hot desert of Indio, California to listen to hundreds of top artists. This year Coachella will take place [...]

The winter season is upon us and with the winter, comes the inevitable hibernation of one of the planet’s most majestic creatures: the black squirrel. Being a very prominent and much adored animal species, the hibernation of these animals have crippled the morale of the student body, many of whom chose to attend this college [...]

I know what you’re probably thinking: “who is this guy and why is he talking to me about satire?” The answers to these two questions are quite simple, my name is Chris and I’m beginning a satirical blog on the Pleiad. After some pretty intense bouts of crippling boredom and a brief stint on this [...]

The sorority chapters welcomed their newest chapter presidents and vice presidents these past few weeks. Alpha Chi Omega Mariah Fiorillo, Lake Isabella junior When did you join Alpha Chi Omega? I joined Alpha Chi Omega as a freshman during formal recruitment. Have you held any other positions in the house? How did that influence you accept [...]

Let’s face it: Albion isn’t exactly a classic example of a college town.  There are some good restaurants and bars, but that’s pretty much it.  For the most part, students don’t wander around the town for new adventures and if they do, it’s on a very low income.  Most students stay on campus and look [...]

The Bohm Theatre Update For the Friends of the Bohm, the group dedicated to saving the Bohm Theatre in Albion’s historic downtown, rain is their worst enemy, and unfortunately this week has been full of it. The biggest boon to reviving the Bohm Theatre that closed in November of 2008, is water damage coming in [...]

The “Rock” sat on the quad  for nearly 100 years and before mysteriously vanishing in 1992. The original “Rock”, which was never painted, was a class gift from the class of 1900 and the “Rock” we know today is its colorful successor. The original was allegedly moved to accomodate the extensive renovations of Robinson Hall [...]

“We are the 99 percent,” rang out through the streets of Lansing on Oct. 15. Accompanied by a police escort, nearly 500 people gathered at the Michigan Capitol building to participate in Occupy Lansing, a spin off of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has been going on for over a month. Families, union workers, [...]

I think what I missed most was Facebook. As I sat on my futon reading my biology textbook, I could only imagine scrolling through the endless news feed, reading futile status updates and creeping on embarrassing photos. Oh how I yearned to post on people’s walls. How many more rapping toddlers were attempting Nicki Minaj [...]

(Note: This is a featured blog post from a Pleiad staff writer) College names new mascot “Brit”. Entire student body collectively says “meh” and continues to go about their business. All hail the mighty Brit.  Albion College announced the first mascot in 176 years, begging the question, what is a “Brit”? Whether by email, Facebook [...]