Albion Pleiad

A team’s ability to finish a game might be the key to their success.  It is proven that the teams who keep victory within reach until the final minutes and play their best when the clock is winding down are the ones who win on a consistent basis.
Unfortunately for the Albion women’s basketball team, it [...]

Photo courtesy of Mark Kluk.

Sure, DR sent out a carefully worded memorandum regarding the faculty cuts.  But what was she really thinking?  Check out the bold.
To: Faculty, Staff, and Students
From: President Donna Randall
Date: February 22, 2010
Re: Important Anouncement from the Albion College Board of Trustees
As I have noted in previous communications (I’ve warned you that what I’m about [...]

Kyle Francis, staff writer, weighs in on Albion sports in his weekly column, Breaking the Press.

There is no sense in setting ourselves up for failure by creating a nationalized healthcare system. The United States already provides healthcare that is regarded as being among the best in the world, making it irrational to model a new system after programs that are substandard to our own.
It’s no secret that the U.S. government [...]

As somewhat of a self-proclaimed political junkie, I have always taken a strong interest in all things government. I grew up with my family switching between the local news, CNN and driving around with NPR on. So as I watched the news and listened to the radio this summer, anything and everything that involved the [...]

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   Nerves gather in the bottom of my stomach, even if I don’t let it show. I’ve got my poker face on, Lady Gaga pulsing through my brain while I move into the dorm, say hi to new neighbors, and watch my parents walking to their car with their credit cards and without me.
   It’s [...]

Where did the Wild Things go?

On September 5, Cinderella, dressed in purple and yellow, went to Butler University to play the Bulldogs of the Division I Horizon League. Unfortunately, the Albion College football team fell 39 points shy of finding their fairytale ending.
It may be the heartbreak, the triumph or the sheer disbelief of a Cinderella team that captures the [...]

Are you tired of reading two week old news? Do you find yourself frustrated trying to fold up large, floppy pages of paper? Are you sick of seeing old newspapers lying around Baldwin or in your Friday morning classrooms?
Hi, Kyle Gillis here, and I’m here to tell you about the new online Pleiad. For no [...]