To begin the meeting, Academic Affairs Committee (AAC) Chair and MCSG president-elect Joel Sadofsky ’25 and committee-appointed student member Riley Hodin ’25 presented updates on the Educational ...

Say you were born into privilege, born into a well-educated and financially stable family. Say you chose to attend a private high school. How do you reconcile your upbringing with your fight for ...

More than eight years after Macalester students first launched an organized fossil fuel divestment campaign, the Macalester Board of Trustees has decided to end all college investments in publicly ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a student with an invisible physical disability, I am no stranger to the ever-present ableism that exists within society. I am used to dealing with intrusive questions about injuries, inaccessible ...

Brian D. Lozenski is an associate professor of urban and multicultural education in the educational studies department. His research explores the intersections of critical participatory action ...

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 ...

As the Israeli public begins its ninth week of massive protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s concentration of power, the far-right government is murdering Palestinians in the cities of ...

In October, an estimated 200 students participated in a sit-in in Weyerhaeuser Hall to encourage the Macalester Board of Trustees to divest from fossil fuel investments. In contrast, there’s regularly ...

Content Warning: This article contains mentions of abusive relationships, murder and the death penalty. Macalester students are famous for their hatred of country music. Since my first year here, I ...

In accordance with tradition, we sat down with The Mac Weekly’s graduating seniors, both those still on staff and those who parted prematurely, to hear about their time working for the paper and their ...