Catching a breath on one of the circular benches outside the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, Tom Hengelfelt’s Penelope is a popular face among students and the greater Mac community. She is one of ...

The recent reductions in Medicaid coverage and rising insurance costs across Minnesota are often described as targeted adjustments that will affect only low-income families. But the reality is far ...

Like every team at Macalester College, men’s soccer has known disappointment. Despite 10 straight playoff berths, including two championship games and five semifinal games, Mac found itself unable to ...

The last place we expected to find ourselves on a Friday evening was the Arab Film Festival — located in a quaint, lively cinema alongside the Mississippi River. The Main Cinema held its own quirky ...

Editor’s note: The article incorrectly states that PCRM’s billboards contained no linked petitions or ways to take action. Some billboards and trucks driving around campus included a statement asking ...

On Sept. 3, Macalester College announced the Macalester Tuition Promise. True to its name, the initiative promises a full-tuition scholarship to all admitted domestic students with a household income ...

As summer comes to its conclusion, Minnesotans are savoring the last moments of warmth and sun, spending much time outdoors. Take a look at some landscapes of the beautiful Minnehaha Falls.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...