Albion Pleiad

Dear Albion Students (more specifically the female population), I’d like to start off with a memorable quote from everyone’s favorite chick flick, Mean Girls. “In the regular world, Halloween is when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In Girl World, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress [...]

As the Albion College community (hopefully) knows, the “Year of Wellness” is up and running. All students may not whole-heartedly embrace it, but the effort put into this initiative is far more impressive than last year’s attempt at sustainability. One can simply compare what has happened to our food and campus involvement in order to [...]

The cultural phenomenon of Harry Potter, “the boy who lived” began in 1998 when J. K. Rowling wrote “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” With each of Rowling’s book, people of all ages entered into a magical world filled with Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans, potions classes and Quidditch games. After pulling in $125.1 million in US [...]

After Albion College President Donna Randall issued a statement on Nov. 10 regarding the gay pride flag burning, the Pleiad received several responses from faculty, students and organizations on campus. Here are a few that were submitted.  W. Jeffrey Wilson, professor of psychology, had his own view of the proceedings as a faculty member:  “The [...]

I hate Taylor Swift. “Hate” may be a strong word, but in this context, it is appropriate.  Screaming teen girls across the country and the globe were probably hyperventilating as they waited in line to get their paws on her new album a few weeks ago.  My question is simply, “Why?” The main reason people [...]

Last year, two students at Northwestern University ran into some trouble after dressing up in blackface for a Halloween party. This year, college dean Burgwell Howard isn’t taking chances and recently sent an email out to the entire student body (see the letter here). There’s a lot in this email worth discussing. However, I’m not [...]

When I think back to the 2008 November election one of the biggest issues I remember was the pressure to register to vote. I was a senior in high school at the time and most of my teachers told me the same thing: Just go register, voting is one of the most important things a [...]

Two weeks ago, I tried searching for the last time Kalamazoo College beat Albion on the football field. I was unable to find it. The Brits made my job a lot easier though during their Homecoming game. It was unexpected to say the least. Nobody anticipated Albion bowing down to the Hornets, especially on Homecoming. [...]

In spring 2010, Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell started a blog called ‘Chris Armstrong Watch’ to attack the current and first openly gay student body president of the University of Michigan, Chris Armstrong. This is not your average protest. In Shirvell’s opening description, he calls Armstrong a “radical homosexual activist, racist, elitist and liar.” He has [...]

MIAA play opens this Saturday, Oct. 2 for Briton football with their homecoming game against Kalamazoo College. After starting their season 1-3, there are several areas that the team will need to improve on to live up to the preseason hype of ranking second in the conference. The Britons have started their season well below [...]