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Macalester staff push to unionize
Ella Stern, Basil DiBenedetto, and Rylan Mueller April 24, 2025

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...

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[Comic] 1. Smile 2. No smoking 3. Birthday wish
Andrew Dong, Staff Cartoonist
Philadelphia’s Commercebank Classic 2008. Photo courtesy of Kate Riccardi P ’25.
The Armstrong effect: American cycling’s tainted history
Xander Lytle, Contributing Writer • April 24, 2025

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...

Niko Medved, former Mac assistant coach. Photo courtesy of University of Minnesota Athletics.
Niko Medved: How new Gophers HC changed Mac basketball
Daniel Graham, Sports Editor • April 24, 2025

When Curt Kietzer assumed the mantle of head coach for Macalester men’s basketball in 1997, he needed an assistant coach. The team was in the midst of one of its frequent...

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This Week In Sports: 4-25-25
Harlan Grady, Staff Writer • April 23, 2025

Men’s golf limps through Le Sueur The Mac men’s golfers headed out to Le Sueur Country Club last Friday and Saturday to take on 14 other schools at the Bobby Krig...

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The cover of the EP “Seeing the Trees for the Leaves.” Photo courtesy of Anna Devine ’24.
Mac alum Anna Devine ’24 releases first EP
Yvonne Moreira-Andrade, Contributing Writer • April 23, 2025

Thursday nights, in a small music classroom with large windows and a chalkboard crammed with music notes and scores, we practiced for the now...

The cast acknowledges the tech crew during bows. Photo courtesy of Ally Mueller '26
Spring dance concert performs “In Communion”
Lucy Wing, Ad Manager • April 18, 2025

A spotlight shone on a single dancer in the center of the stage, their shoulders shaking in time to the music, threading a psychedelic dream...

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Dust off winter blues in time for Springfest
Natalie Mazey, Arts Editor • April 18, 2025

Are your allergies in full swing as you cross your fingers that Minnesota won’t hit us with an impromptu spring snow? You know what that means...

Students capture the semester’s first big snow
Students capture the semester’s first big snow
Allie Dodero, Associate Photo Editor • March 13, 2025

  Last Wednesday, the Twin Cities woke up to streets blanketed with snow. After experiencing a long and cold winter, students ventured...

Photo story: snowstorm snowball fight
Photo story: snowstorm snowball fight
Rory Donaghy, Photo Editor • March 2, 2023

Last Wednesday, Feb. 22, the Macalester Outing Club extended an invite to other clubs and members of the Macalester community across campus to...

Felicia Winfrey ‘25 and friends on Overalls @Mac Day. Photo by Grace Xue ‘23
Student’s idea thrives on campus: overalls at Mac
Grace (Ziyue) Xue, Staff Writer • October 27, 2022

Blue denim, brown corduroy, pink and white floral patterns, flannel jumpsuits … overalls of all kinds of fabrics and designs bloomed all over...