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Photo EditorRory Donaghy 24′ is the photo editor, from St. Paul, MN. He’s a computer science major that picked up a studio art minor to sound less boring in class introductions. He spends half of his ...
Dear reader, have you ever dreamt of Olympic glory? After extensive research, I have compiled a list of the easiest Olympic sports ordered from easy to extremely easy. Capitalize on this opportunity ...
More than eight years after Macalester students first launched an organized fossil fuel divestment campaign, the Macalester Board of Trustees has decided to end all college investments in publicly ...
“Israel has a right to exist.” If you are confused about what exactly a “right to exist” is, we assure you that you are not alone. This myth is wrapped up in a larger debate over Zionism—the belief ...
In honor of Women’s History Month, Macalester recently welcomed acclaimed investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to a Zoom talk and Q&A session. Hannah-Jones spoke about her experience reporting ...
Edward Duffield Neill, the founder and first president of Macalester College, was a white supremacist and eager participant in the settler-colonization of Minnesota. Neill moved to St. Paul in 1849 as ...
On Sept. 13, men’s soccer opened their MIAC schedule with a match against Saint John’s University. The Scots came out firing, and within 14 minutes Cody Da’s ’27 calm finishing touch sent the Scots in ...
(Spoiler Alert, CW: sexual assault and suicide) Sitting in the AMC theater, Icee in hand, I had no idea I would be watching one of my new favorite movies. I went into “Poor Things” with very little ...
In celebration of the current Women’s History Month, The Mac Weekly interviewed six of Macalester’s notable female alumni about their studies and careers. From the lab to social justice, these women ...
Former “A Prairie Home Companion” host Garrison Keillor wrote a sexually charged limerick about a Macalester student on the whiteboard behind the counter at his bookstore, Common Good Books, in 2012, ...
For two and a half years, some staff members at Macalester have been organizing a union under the banner of the Macalester Advocacy Coalition of Employees (MACE). As MACE’s unionization efforts ...
“LUNG SHAN RESTAURANT FOOD TO GO FREE DELIVERY” the yellow awning above the forbidding barred windows said. There was a youngish blonde man standing outside in a t-shirt and dark jeans, nonchalantly ...