Dec 5, 2024 · The average student listened to 48,059 minutes of music 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 outlier of over 443k minutes. This year’s top listener clocked in over 300,000 minutes, potentially...

Dec 5, 2024 · 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 to best respond to this ranking and narrate its...

Mar 31, 2022 · In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, streaming services have seen an uptick of usage. Specifically within the area of TV shows, many people have taken to television as a source of comfort during such stressful times. The idea of a “comfort show,” or a show you watch to ease anxiety or invoke nostalgia, has...

Nov 10, 2022 · The show at the Ordway is a part of the Broadway on Tour series, where a cast travels across the U.S. to perform at different major theaters for a short period of time. There are currently two casts on tour performing “Six! The Musical”: the Aragorn tour and the Boleyn tour, the latter being the one which performed at the Ordway.

Sep 19, 2024 · The image of a student up until 1 a.m. working on an essay has long been the representation of a traditional college experience. Macalester’s DeWitt Wallace Library aims to change this interpretation of college academic culture through adjustments to the library’s hours and spaces. New this academic year, the library’s hours of operation are from...

Dec 5, 2024 · On Friday, Feb. 9, Macalester College Student Government (MCSG) released the results of their spring special election, announcing that Norah Juzenas ’27, Liv Peterson ’27, Tristan Niedzielski ’25 and Eleanor Harden ’24 will join current members in representing their respective class years for the remainder of the semester. Students typically elect four representatives from each...

Dec 5, 2024 · Building on students’ calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank throughout the 2023–2024 academic year, the conversation surrounding the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people remains a critical one on Macalester’s campus as the fall 2024 semester begins. The review process for two proposals submitted by Mac for Palestine — one calling...

Cafe Mac workers, who have been organizing to improve their working conditions since last semester, took a major step forward on Friday, Nov. 15 when they released a petition...

Dec 5, 2024 · This fall semester, 40 students and one faculty member packed into a sociology classroom to take a course that was originally meant to be half that size. On Wednesday, Sept. 4, with a double-digit waitlist and every seat filled, Macalester sociology professor Khaldoun Samman welcomed students to his course entitled “Palestine.” For students, the start...

Dec 5, 2024 · An $8 million renovation of the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center greeted students as they returned to campus, providing the community with a remodeled cafeteria and additional lounge spaces upstairs. On the first floor, the Information Desk moved to the Grille’s previous location, with a gender-inclusive restroom taking the …