Anne McIlree Noble

In addition to his studies, Chris Bell, ’20, gives back to the Albion community as part of the College’s Build Albion Fellows Program. Little did he know that he also would have a month-long opportunity this year to give back to Albion’s sister cities, Noisy-le-Roi and Bailly, France.
The fact that he didn’t speak or read French did not stop Bell from jumping right in when he arrived in France in May. First assigned to the youth center in Bailly, Bell not only met French students and made con...

As aging baby boomers look in the mirror, there is a good chance they might not like what they see.
Wrinkles. Cleverly called "laugh lines" and "crow's feet," wrinkles are not a laughing matter — and so, boomers are doing something about it.
In 2010, 13.1 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures — including those that are minimally invasive or surgical — were performed in the U.S., according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. That's a 5 percent increase from 2009. Face-lifts rose...

MCT News Service file photoMark Soderbeck examines an IBM Selectric two electric typewriter brought to his repair shop for cleaning in April 2008 in Richfield, Minn. Many of today's children and teens might have never seen an electric typewriter, let alone a manual typewriter. The same goes for film, top, because many people rely on their cell phones or digital cameras rather than cameras that use film.

By Anne Noble

For the Citizen Patriot

Your term paper is due? Haul out that electric typew...

For the Citizen Patriot
What is close to the hue of a dose of Pepto-Bismol, but is named after a plant species with more than 180 varieties ranging from vines to shrubs?
Associated PressBed Bath and Beyond shows its Hummingbird Cream pillow. Bright red-pink honeysuckle is expected to dominate home decor trends this year.
It’s Honeysuckle, the 2011 color of the year, so named by Pantone LLC, a self-proclaimed “global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the desig...

“You can’t bring the dead back to life, but you are bringing the dead back to history.”
Jocelyn McWhirter, the Stanley S. Kresge Professor of Religious Studies, is referring to the College’s upcoming Holocaust Studies Service-Learning Project in Poland. It’s the 10th biennial trip the College has sponsored.
The group leaves Sunday, May 5, for Wrocaw, Poland, where students will work to uncover and restore graves of Holocaust victims and others buried at the 40-acre Lotnicza Street Jewish Ceme...

Students enrolled in the Carl A. Gerstacker Institute for Business and Management recently learned more about the institute’s namesake during a visit to Midland, 130 miles north of Albion, where Carl A. Gerstacker made his home and served as chairman of the board of Dow.
Gerstacker rose to lead Dow during a long and eventful career. During his time there he had many duties, from washing test tubes in 1938, to holding the position of chairman from 1960-76. Retiring in 1981, Gerstacker had been...