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Allegheny responds to East Palestine spill

Anna Westbrook, Junior News Editor February 24, 2023

A train carrying a wide range of industrial chemicals derailed on Friday, Feb. 3, in East Palestine, Ohio — just 80 miles from Meadville. Many of the chemicals that were spilled during the wreck are...

Keep up with the news to win a prize

Anna Westbrook, Junior News Editor February 24, 2023

You could win $15 in Gator Cash by reading a short summary of international news each morning. Starting on Monday, Feb. 20, the International Studies department will host a weekly international news...

A big idea could win you money

Anna Westbrook, Junior News Editor February 17, 2023

A handful of students ate a free pizza for lunch during the first session of the Zingdale Big Idea Competition in the Quigley auditorium on Tuesday, Feb. 14. Run by the Bruce R. Thompson Center for Business...

The worlds largest rainforest, now reduced to 83% of tis original stature.

The precipice of disaster

Anna Westbrook, Junior News Editor February 16, 2023

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If an entire soccer field filled with trees fell down every minute, would anyone notice? The Amazon rainforest is currently...

A sign in front of Alden Hall advertising the blood drive.

Roll up a sleeve, save a life

Anna Westbrook, Junior News Editor February 10, 2023

Signs bearing witty phrases like, “You’re someone’s type. Give blood today!” were scattered on the college’s snowy lawns in the days leading up to a blood drive run by the Allegheny chapter of...

Arabic Language Teaching Assistant Ghofrane Essaied serves traditional Middle Eastern food to Nic Ingerson, ’25, during The Watan Band performance. Attendees were given rice, falafel, beef kebab, hummus and pita bread.

Islamic Awareness Week

Anna Westbrook, Junior News Editor February 3, 2023

Though the weather may be getting colder, the semester is only heating up. Twenty-six Allegheny Student Government cabinet members and senators trekked to the Henderson Campus Center for general assembly...

Unitarian Universalists score solar panels with grant

Anna Westbrook, Junior News Editor February 2, 2023

The Unitarian Universalist Church in Meadville will now get most of its electricity from energy generated by the solar panels on its roof, thanks to the efforts of a small group of Allegheny students and...

Cleaning up the Mississippi River

Anna Westbrook, Junior News Editor January 27, 2023

Imagine spending long days soaking wet, sweaty and smelling like trash; that’s how Assistant Dean for Student Leadership and Engagement Eric Stolar described the upcoming Alternative Spring Break trip...

Dean for Student Experience Ian Binnington addresses the Allegheny Student Government General Assembly on Tuesday, Jan. 24.

[Photo] ASG, Binnington talk counseling, dining

January 27, 2023

Dean for Student Experience Ian Binnington addresses the Allegheny Student Government General Assembly on Tuesday, Jan. 24.

Built in 1923, the Theta Chi house has been home to Allegheny’s Beta Chi chapter brothers since 1942.

Theta Chi to sell house before next academic year

Anna Westbrook, Junior News Editor January 20, 2023

The Theta Chi fraternity house has been listed for sale for $175,000 on Zillow since Dec. 14, 2022. Built in 1923, the house has been home to Allegheny’s Theta Chi brothers — the Beta Chi chapter —...

Students to pay for room lockouts

Anna Westbrook, Junior News Editor January 20, 2023

The Student Life Team announced that there will now be a limited number of dormitory lockout requests per student before they are charged a fine, according to a campus-wide email sent out on Jan. 17, 2023. “If...

Gators now able to register for orientation leader positions

Anna Westbrook, Staff Writer December 9, 2022

Applications for 2023-24 orientation leaders for first-year orientation week are now open to students until March 4, 2023. Orientation leaders guide first-years through the newly-developed Week of Welcome,...

Envisioning land acknowledgement

Anna Westbrook, Staff Writer November 18, 2022

Students and faculty gathered in Grounds for Change for the fourth installment of the DEEPly Sustainable series on Friday, Nov. 11. Hosted during Native American Heritage Month, this section sought to...

Reis Hall, as seen from Brooks Walk. The hall was initally constructed in the early 20th century to serve as the college’s library.

Reis renovation, future projects accelerated by state funding

Anna Westbrook, Staff Writer November 11, 2022

Allegheny College is the recipient of a “$2 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” read an email sent to the community on Oct. 27. The...

Wi-Fi difficulties plague campus

Anna Westbrook, Contributing Writer November 4, 2022

A plan to reboot Allegheny’s wireless network was announced in an email sent out on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 7:47 a.m. The reboot aimed to address the recent difficulties students experienced...

A day of ‘future-ing’

Anna Westbrook, Staff Writer October 28, 2022

All classes were canceled on Tuesday, Oct. 25, for Gator Day, an annual event aimed at providing students with “valuable professional development knowledge and skills,” according to the Allegheny College...

New tuition support announced

Anna Westbrook, Contributing Writer October 14, 2022

Allegheny announced its new Commitment to Access Program, which will be implemented starting in the 2023-24 academic year, in an email to the community on Thursday, Oct. 6. The program “will cover 100...

President Ron Cole, ’87, speaks to students during the Sept. 22 listening session.

President Cole hosts open student sessions

Anna Westbrook, Contributing Writer September 30, 2022

The newly-appointed Acting President of Allegheny College Ron Cole, ’87, held two events on Wednesday, Sept. 21, and Thursday, Sept. 22, for students to get to know him, ask questions and bring issues...

Professors, students weigh in on students registering to vote

Anna Westbrook, Contributing Writer September 30, 2022

Pennsylvania voters will go to the polls on Nov. 8, for the 2022 Midterm elections, during which voters will elect candidates to the offices of Pennsylvania governor and lieutenant governor, U.S. Senate,...

Bingo night teaches students about campus resources

Bingo night teaches students about campus resources

Anna Westbrook, Contributing Writer September 23, 2022

Rows of tables stretched the length of the Henderson Campus Center on Friday, Sept. 16, for the Resource Fair Bingo Night. The table on stage was stacked high with Allegheny merchandise, drawing students...

How Allegheny fell short during first-year orientation

Sam Heilmann and Anna Westbrook September 16, 2022
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