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For a Build Albion Fellow, Service Extends to Sister Cities
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...
Baby boomers take extreme measures to erase those wrinkles
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...
Technology highlights generational differences
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...
Honeysuckle, the color of year, brightens the mood
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...
Ikpemesi Ogundare, ’20, Soars in Her Opera Pursuit
Prestigious program in Austria awaits this summer.
Westerville, Ohio’s Pem Ogundare, ’20, performs during her junior recital last month in Goodrich Chapel, accompanied on piano by Nicholas Laban, ’11. Ogundare will perform the Countess’s arias, “Porgi Amor” and “Dove Sono,” from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro on Thursday, April 18, at 2 p.m. in Towsley Lecture Hall/Norris 101 as part of the 30th annual Elkin R. Isaac Student Research Symposium.
Sing with your whole heart.
That’s the goal of Ikpe...
Students, Faculty, Staff Head Out on Holocaust Studies Service-Learning Project
“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...
Gerstacker Students Learn About Institute’s Namesake in Midland Trip
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...
Gay Rights Activists Applaud Colorado Ruling
Gay rights activists are encouraged by a a ruling by the Colorado State Supreme Court
Acid Leak Drives Hundreds to Hospital
California acid emergency stems from train car leak.
Photo Marketing Magazine
Cover story of a trade publication for the photo industry
Love of Profession Brings Welcome Challenges
This is one of many profiles I wrote for the construction magazine The Builder's Journal
Teacher Transforms
This is a story about Dr. Gail Griffin for the alumni magazine of Kalamazoo College - Lux Esto.