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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 ...
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 ...
When Valeska Fresquet Kohan ’23 signed up to take Introduction to Econometrics this past fall, she had heard of previous students having negative experiences with the course’s professor, Gary Krueger.
Five years ago, several Macalester Bon Appétit workers started a push to unionize — one of many past attempts. All too soon, COVID-19 intervened. Some of the organizers were laid off, and union ...
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 ...
“When we went below the Wadi Gaza line, there were 35,000 internally displaced people living alongside us,” Emily Callahan, a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) nurse said in an interview with BBC. “There ...
Public funding is not the only way schools receive resources. Private donations, booster-club fundraising and parent involvement improves the quality of primary and secondary education. According to ...
“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 ...
On Thursday, April 18, the Macalester College Student Government (MCSG) held its weekly meeting in the DeWitt Wallace Library’s Harmon Room. At this meeting, the Legislative Body (LB) heard committee ...
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 ...
Despite how well-known and easily-accessible audiobooks are today, they were not always this way; rather, they have grown in popularity significantly over the past 50 years. Audiobooks were first ...