justice, these women have lived impressive lives that inspire the current generation of Macalester women. We hope that this article will become the first in a series spotlighting impressive alumni ...

The Federal Work-Study (FWS) program was developed during the 1960s to help colleges provide students with meaningful employment. Upon passing a 1967 bill to amend the program, President Lyndon B.

Mac students were especially songful in 2024; the listening average increased from 46,670 minutes when The Mac Weekly did this survey in 2023, even though that year’s average included a monster ...

With all the talk about this year’s contentious presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, down-ballot elections often go overlooked. According to ...

At its core, Macalester College aspires to be a place where students engage critically with the world, where learning happens through exposure to diverse, radical perspectives and where global ...

Emblazoned over the entryway to a building, carved into a wooden sign outside a dorm, etched into a stone plaza. Nearly every hall, atrium and meeting room at Macalester is marked with the name of a ...

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 ...

Associate Professor Scott Legge, Risa Luther ’16, and Cecilia Mayer ’16 pose at the 2016 American Association of Physical Anthropologists meeting in Atlanta with their research posters. Photo courtesy ...

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 ...

Colleges and universities across America are at a tipping point. Macalester is pushing for an ambitious strategic plan, but a nationwide shift in demographics and changing attitudes toward higher ...

After four years of attending a school without the resources to support them as a non-binary student, Nico Lipman ’26 anticipated expressing their authentic self at Macalester — using the bathroom ...

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 ...