Albion Pleiad

The New England Patriots and the New York Football Giants will line up this Sunday for Superbowl XLVI. The game has a myriad of stoylines, so the Pleiad is here to breakdown the important stuff. The Matchup: Giant’s Offense vs. Patriot’s Defense Eli Manning is having his best year as an NFL quarterback as he [...]

The Detroit Tigers made big headlines this offseason by signing free-agent slugger Prince Fielder. Fielder surprised a lot of people by signing a nine-year, $254 million contract with the Tigers.  The deal was unexpected as the Tigers were not one of the teams thought to be interested a long-term contract with Fielder. His signing helps [...]

The desk at the Dow may not receive a lot of questions, but Nick Lusk, Columbiaville senior, has noticed a common theme. “All the time, lots of people complain about the field house being tied up,” Lusk said. During the winter months, some Albion College athletic teams are forced to practice inside the Dow. The [...]

The Albion College women’s basketball team’s 11 game win streak came to an abrupt end this past Wednesday with a humbling 106-59 loss to No. 4 ranked Calvin. Calvin was on fire from behind the arc, hitting an astonishing 16 of 27 three pointers.  Calvin’s Kelsey Irwin was a perfect 5 of 5 on three-point [...]

Beaches, the ocean, swimming.  For many students, this is what a standard winter break consists of.  But for the Albion College Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams, their trip to Florida was not just a vacation. Instead of lounging around and enjoying the sun, the teams spent much of their day training to maintain [...]

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 [...]

From uniforms to regulated skirt lengths; from bans on ripped jeans to shirts saying “Up yours!” most of us are familiar with dress codes–But what about at the college level? Admittedly, it’s a short list of colleges in America that impose dress codes on its students. While it’s become an accepted practice for business schools, [...]

Many Albion College athletic teams will be competing this weekend. Here’s a preview of what to expect from the Britons. Women’s Swimming and Diving The Britons will travel to Grand Rapids on Saturday to face off against the Calvin College Knights.  It will be the second to last meet for the Britons before the MIAA [...]

This year, Hollywood felt the nostalgia. Oscar nominations were announced early Tuesday morning, with Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo leading the pack with 10 and 11 nods, respectively. Both films are, in some fashion, love letters to the ‘Glory Days’ of movies: The Artist is an homage to the silent film era, [...]

Point guard is widely considered the most important position in basketball. They must protect the ball, run the team’s offense, and provide leadership on the court. So when starting point guard Anthony Wash, Redford junior, went down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament against Olivet on Jan. 4, it was a huge blow for the [...]