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Macalester is an institution with a 151-year history, with many buildings on the campus dating back 50 to 100 years. The age of the campus’s buildings, however, brings concerns, as time causes ...
Much as the end of summer might signal a closing of a door, it also opens another for many students each year: the beginning of their time in college. At Macalester, there has been a great deal of ...
As is our yearly tradition, we spoke with The Mac Weekly’s graduating seniors about their time on the paper. These seniors have been talented writers, editors and leaders. The following interviews ...
On May 7, the St. Paul City Council will hold a final vote on a new rent stabilization ordinance that will eliminate what is often referred to as “rent control” for housing built after 2004 in the ...
January marked 12 years since Lance Armstrong dramatically confessed to a career of doping in front of a worldwide audience, live on Oprah. After over a decade of fervent denial and immense legal ...
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 ...
Of the 41 tenure-track professors hired at Macalester since September 2019, all but three were women or people of color. According to the 2019 faculty salary audit report, there are no peer-to-peer ...
The desire to see memories in advance. The fear that you’ve lived an ordinary life. The mesmerizing nature of a nighttime drive. The human experience is marked by these little awarenesses, oftentimes ...
Frequent readers of Mac Daily may have noticed that one Macalester professor has become something of a publication mainstay. Since 2021, Political Science Professor Andrew Latham has consistently ...
There’s no way around it: “A Minecraft Movie” is absolutely ridiculous. Numerous packed rows of teenage boys erupted from their seats in feverish applause and rowdy whoops as Steve, the usually silent ...
Bob Mould ’82, alternative-rock vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, has been selected as the keynote speaker for the Class of 2025 Commencement. Mould grew up in rural New York before attending ...
When the weekends grow cold and dark in the Minnesota winter, many Macalester students pack into the A-line bus to ride the three stops up to the Charles M. Schulz-Highland Arena to watch their men’s ...