The team of Chen Chen, '11, of Jiangsu, China, Yang Chen, '11, of Wuhan, China, and Mingjia Yang, '13, of Chengdu, China, finished fourth out of 50 teams from 20 colleges in six states entered in the Michigan Autumn Take-Home (MATH) Challenge. The Britons received 66 points out of a possible 100.

Michael Fentin, ’10, will have an incredible opportunity to show off his talent and leadership ability as he directs Betty’s Summer Vacation, the theatre department’s upcoming mainstage production. A graduate of Grosse Pointe South High School, Fentin had previously directed a student workshop production.

“We read Betty . . . and had talked about doing it last year,” he added. “I loved it immediately because it was one of the only plays I had ever read that made me laugh out loud when I was reading it to myself. When the faculty brought up the possibility of me directing they asked me what plays I’d be interested in and this was the first one that popped into my head.”

Betty’s Summer Vacation will hit the Herrick Stage Nov. 18-21 with shows beginning at 8 p.m. each evening. Tickets, $4 for the general public; $3 for faculty, staff, students and seniors, are available by calling theatre department secretary Nikole Lee at 517/629-0344.

The Albion College British Eighth Marching Band took the stage of Goodrich Chapel Sunday for its annual indoor concert which reviewed the fall 2009 season. Please click the 'read more' link to play a video as Samuel McIlhagga, associate professor of music and director of bands, and Angie Johnston, president of the British Eighth, talk about what makes the band distinctive. Tommy Kraft, '13, produced the project.

According to theatre department chair Royal Ward, the production at Albion was one of the first productions of Albee's play done by amateurs and outside of New York City. Zoo builds on Albee's 1958 classic The Zoo Story, including the addition of a new first act.