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WEBThe Mac Weekly (@ macweekly) • Instagram photos and videos. [Comic] The first week of school. Gabby Simpson, Staff Cartoonist • September 19, 2024. Sports. “This team wants more:” women’s soccer prepares for the season. Noah Riccardi, Sports Editor • …
Mac ranked 27th best liberal arts college: why do we care?
WEBSep 19, 2024 · October 19, 2023. Graphic by Zander Leong ’26. For the fourth year in a row, the U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) ranked Macalester College as the 27th best liberal arts college nationwide. However, with increased questions and criticism from universities regarding the validity and importance of the report, Macalester itself is wondering how ...
How the meaning of Friday the 13th has changed over time
WEBOct 12, 2023 · Freyja, the Norse goddess of love and witchcraft, also has an association with Friday the 13th. Freyja, which literally translates to “lady,” is associated with death, beauty, magic and warfare. She leads the Valkyries, the all-female warrior battalion that could fly and were known to have the power to bring death to warriors they did not ...
The men Macalester immortalized - The Mac Weekly
WEBOct 31, 2019 · The men Macalester immortalized. Edwin Kagin and DeWitt Wallace. Photo from The Mac Weekly archive. Margaret Moran and Hannah Catlin October 31, 2019. 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 ...
Mac community works with St. Paul city council member Saura Jost
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Features. Mac community works with St. Paul city council member Saura Jost. Zak Yudhishthu, Managing Editor. April 25, 2024. Mac students with Saura Jost and St. Paul mayor Melvin Carter. Photo courtesy of Hufsa Ahmed ’24. Last November, Macalester voters — the majority of whom live in St. Paul’s Ward 3 …
MCSG debates resolutions discussing Israel and Palestine
WEBSep 12, 2024 · November 30, 2023. On Thursday, Nov. 16, Macalester College Student Government (MCSG) held their weekly meeting, largely focused on discussing and voting on two resolutions pertaining to the Israel-Hamas war. Before the discussion, President Mariah Loeffler-Kemp ’24 addressed the discussion that was going to take place.
Remembering Kai Davis - The Mac Weekly
WEBOct 2, 2020 · Confident, driven and honest, Kai Davis was the type of person people just wanted to be around. Last week, Davis, a member of the class of 2021, passed away. President Suzanne Rivera announced the loss on Monday, Sept. 21. That day, the college hosted a memorial in his honor. On Friday, Rivera cancelled classes and announced a candlelight vigil ...
Women’s lacrosse begins first season as Division I club
WEB2 days ago · March 7, 2024. Women’s club lacrosse poses for team photo to start season. Photo courtesy of Lucy Wing ’26. As of the spring 2024 season, women’s lacrosse holds the title of the only Division I sport on campus. The club team has competed in the North Central Women’s Lacrosse League (NCWLL) for years but bumped up to the league’s top ...
Professor Alexander Salt discusses move to Mac and foreign policy
WEBJustin Wu, Contributing WriterFebruary 20, 2020. Professor Alexander Salt is a recent addition to the Macalester faculty, with his first courses having been offered in the fall 2019 semester. He started his teaching career in 2013 and oversaw courses at the University of Manitoba and the University of Calgary, both Canadian institutions.
Estelle Timar-Wilcox Archives - The Mac Weekly
WEBEstelle Timar-Wilcox Archives - The Mac Weekly. Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Editor-in-Chief. Estelle Timar-Wilcox '22, editor-in-chief, hails from Falls Church, VA. She's an international studies major with a wild hodgepodge of minors, focuses, and concentrations. She knows how to sail, does not know how to drive, and has contracted Lyme disease twice.