Staff column: Albion do’s and don’ts
It is customary for the Pleiad to publish an advice column every fall semester, as new first-years arrive and make the same mistakes we all […]
Articles by Guest Writer
President Ditzler’s reflections on the last day of summer
A guest column by Albion College President Mauri Ditzler In many ways, this afternoon is like so many others since I arrived on campus in […]
Review: Blue Ruin
Rich Morgan, ’14 Blue Ruin is the movie that I didn’t know I had been waiting for. It is the anti-Captain America. In a summer […]
Q&A with Paige Narins
Grace York, ’14 On March 14, I had the pleasant experience of shadowing Paige Narins, ’13 alumna, at the Detroit Economic Club [DEC]. This particular day […]
Review of Divergent
Rich Morgan ’14 If I had to summarize Divergent in a single phrase, I could sum it up thusly: it’s Harry Potter, The Hunger Games […]
Five ways to participate in philanthropy week
Casey Hoffman, ’12 alumnus and Albion College Board of Trustee member March 18-21 marks Albion College’s yearly celebration of “philanthropy week” — a time when the […]
Review of The Lego Movie
Richard Morgan, ’14 The Lego Movie has no right to be as good as it is. Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have once again […]
Review of Disney’s Frozen
Richard Morgan, ’14 I didn’t want to like this movie. My inner snob wanted to strut through it with lips pursed and nostrils flared, but […]
Reconsidering JFK’s legacy 50 years later
Jennifer McDonell, ’16 John F. Kennedy has a legacy as one of America’s great statesmen because of his death, but not necessarily because of his […]
Guest Column: Review of Blackfish
Lindy Williams, ’14 Picture this. You are placed in a dorm room with no window, no door and no way out. You have an endless […]
Only yes means yes
Bailey Beem, ‘16 If you are a woman, you’ve been told your whole life not to walk alone at night or through deserted areas. If […]
Guest Column: Solution to Government shutdown creates future problems
Austin J. Moccia is chairman of the Albion College Conservatives The government “shutdown,” as a label, is a political pejorative. In actuality only seventeen percent […]