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Rock on the Great Lawn painted with pro-Palestinian message.
Mac for Palestine proposal review process ramps up
Mandy Week and Callisto Martinez September 12, 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...

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[Comic] The first week of school
[Comic] The first week of school
Gabby Simpson, Staff Cartoonist • September 19, 2024
The Scots celebrate a goal against Northwestern.
“This team wants more:” women’s soccer prepares for the season
Noah Riccardi, Sports Editor • September 12, 2024

The women’s soccer Scots’ opening match was against University of Northwestern (MN) on Aug. 30, in front of a packed grandstand on a sunny late afternoon. It didn’t...

Sydney Ellison ’24 marked one of the Scots’ three points in their match against Bethel University on Friday. Photo courtesy of Macalester Athletics.
This Week In Sports: 4/26/24
Daniel Graham, Sports Editor • April 25, 2024

Women’s golf wins Rumble at the Ridge • Over the weekend, the Scots visited the Oneka Ridge Golf Course in White Bear Lake, Minn. for the BU Rumble at the Ridge hosted...

Pursesnatchers team. Photo courtesy of Nora de Rege ’24 and Elise Gautier ’24.
Ultimate frisbee: Pursesnatchers earn bid to Nationals
Alex Brinkman, Staff Writer • April 25, 2024

 Macalester’s women’s and gender-inclusive ultimate frisbee team, the Pursesnatchers, played in their regional tournament at St. Olaf College on April 13-14. The Snatchers...

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Weezer on Xcel Center stage.
Keepin’ it weezy: “Voyage to the Blue Planet” tour review
Colette Lawler and Linnea Joanen September 12, 2024

Honestly, they don’t look like much: four middle-aged white dudes brandishing sticker-adorned guitars and glasses, with only slight smiles...

Mac Poetry slams the competition
Mac Poetry slams the competition
Colette Lawler, Alex Brinkman, and Eleanor Lazaroff April 25, 2024

In a feat of poetic justice, Macalester’s five-person slam poetry team took home the gold at the Midwest Poetry Mashup, a regional slam poetry...

Maggie Rogers’ “Don’t Forget Me:” a testament to being a woman in your 20s
Maggie Rogers’ “Don’t Forget Me:” a testament to being a woman in your 20s
Mandy Week and Olivia Worcester April 18, 2024

 April 12 marked a glorious day for fans of sad indie-pop: the release of Maggie Rogers’ long-awaited third studio album “Don’t Forget...

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...

Our Neck of the Woods: Up North
Our Neck of the Woods: Up North
Katherine Irving, Media Editor • April 8, 2022

Wolves are everywhere and nowhere; they live on pretty much every continent in the Northern hemisphere, but only the most intrepid have seen...