Albion Pleiad

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 presidential [...]

While protective vertebrate adaptations such as horns, claws and antlers have always been commonplace in Kresge laboratories, a new apex predator wielding epidermal defense has been sighted campus-wide.
Formed following the BOT rejection of the faculty motion, student group Tenured Advocacy Legion of Non-apathetic Students (TALONS) is on the prowl for professors’ sake, according to Emma [...]

Upon the completion of commencement ceremonies on May 8, the Board of Trustees will take the first steps – or dig the first holes – of a campus-wide moat. The moat was designed to keep intruding locals –or “townies” – off campus and to protect the privacy of the 90-acre campus.
“Really, all that we’re doing is thinking [...]

President Donna Randall recently created a Facebook account to become more social on campus. View a screenshot of her page.

When Jerome Ithinkimhood, West Bloomfield Hills senior, traveled to Detroit to see a live rap battle, the last person he expected to appear on stage was his VP Finance. But when Mark Fandsen, or as he was introduced, M. Freezee aka Money Punisher, stepped on stage sporting iced chains and a white ribbed tank top, [...]

Men’s golf coach Chip Sandtrap has always believed that understanding the mental aspect of the game is important for achieving success in golf. So when his team encountered an eight match losing streak midway through the fall season, he decided to pull his athletes off the course and into a rehabilitation center.
On October 23, Sandtrap [...]

In response to student backlash to the decision by the BOT to cut 15 FTE faculty members, Ronna Dandall and the administration announced that, while they are still moving forward with the Board’s mandate, kegs and hard liquor will be allowed on campus, effective immediately.
“We understand the toll that these cuts are taking on the [...]

Instead of traveling to Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio, Albion students will soon be able to find thrills in their own backyard.
In an effort to increase retention rates and secure the college’s fourth-place ranking in Princeton Review’s “more to do on campus” list, the construction of a rollercoaster will begin next fall in [...]