Albion Pleiad

Sarah Slipped, Jackson junior, used to kick it in her boots with the fur and apple-bottom jeans combo around campus. Not anymore. Since the spring 2011 semester began, there has been a 300 percent increase in the amount of slips and falls reported on campus. According to campus safety, the majority of fall victims were [...]

Head: Schedule Shift Dek: Classes move to block scheduling for fall 2011 WC: 500ish Media theory, chemistry, photography, economics. Drop media theory, add study of lit. That doesn’t fit. Add American lit instead. Now economics doesn’t fit. Time to start over. Scheduling for the 2011-12 school year at Albion College will work differently than it [...]

On April 8, 2011, get ready to have some fun, fun, fun, fun at Albion College. Albion had originally planned to play host to Sean Kingston for the 2011 Big Show, but after hearing Rebecca Black’s hit single “Friday”, Campus Programs and Organizations (CPO) decided to contact her instead. Black will now be performing at [...]

They came, they frolicked, and they conquered. A black squirrel was selected by the administration and student body as the mascot for Albion College after a campus-wide vote was distributed via email to the student body this week.  The ballot included a British knight, a British king, a British guard, and a black squirrel figure. President [...]

Taylor Slow, Bad Axe first-year applied to only one school, Albion. She had no other option. “My parents saw that Albion had a new program called the Albion advantage, and since they knew I wasn’t going to get a job they said that they would only pay for me to go to Albion,” Slow said.  “That [...]

Break out the armor and sharpen your lance—jousting is coming to Albion College. Beginning in Fall 2011, the Albion College Equestrian Program will add a jousting team. The squad will compete in the Midwest Jousting Conference. Albion is following the example of other schools around the state. “It’s the next logical step for our program [...]

Mold spores and fungal particles will be closer to Albion student apartments than usual. This year, it’s a good thing. Albion College received notification on April 1 that they were awarded a grant from National Institute of Health (NIH). The $1,000,000 grant will allow them cultivate the fungi into penicillin for medicinal use. Student health services plans to  prescribe the locally-grown [...]

If you aren’t sure about where to take your life after high school, come to Albion College. We aren’t sure where we will be in the next few years, either, so together, maybe there will be a chance that we can figure out where we want to be. (Click on picture to view video.)

A recent survey conducted by the Albion Procrastination Club found these results regarding Campus Safety’s time use. Chart by Claire Tallerico, Allison Navarra, Sarah Morris

Following months of deliberation, suggestions and fundraising, the senior class can toast to the last change in senior gift. The senior gift committee has debated everything from a scholarship to a robot professor who doesn’t require salary, but on April 1, committee members voted unanimously in support of a chalice to accompany the originally proposed [...]