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Sunrise Twin Cities and Third Act protesters unite against Wells Fargo.
Mac students, elders demand Wells Fargo divest from fossil fuels
Callisto Martinez and Eleanor Bader Lazaroff November 21, 2024

The morning of Tuesday, Nov. 19, protesters from Sunrise Twin Cities and Third Act, a climate justice organization of activists over 60 years old, raised their voices over...

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[Comic] Inside me there are two wolves
[Comic] Inside me there are two wolves
Gabby Simpson, Media Editor
Cloepfil dribbles against St. Ben’s in 2012. That year, she scored 15 goals and was
named team MVP. Photo Courtesy of Christopher Mitchell ’01 / Sports Shot Chris.
Georgia Cloepfil ’14 A journey in soccer & writing
November 21, 2024

On Nov. 9, 2013, Macalester women’s soccer played the College of Saint Benedict in the MIAC playoff final in St. Joseph, Minn. Even at an away game, Macalester’s supporters...

Robert Grace IV ’25 drives against Wartburg. Photo ourtesy of Mac Athletics.
Men’s hoops endures difficult opening stretch
Noah Riccardi and Anya Armentrout November 20, 2024

Against University of Northwestern (MN) on Nov. 19, the Scots finished the fifth game of this new season with a loss, 83-72. A furious comeback saw them cut a 25-point deficit...

This Week In Sports: 11/15/24
Noah Riccardi, Sports Editor • November 20, 2024

Football loses final match Against College of Saint Scholastica on Nov. 16 in Championship Week, the Scots lost their final game of the season, a 44-41 shootout in Duluth.  ...

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“Pavements” brightens the corners on iconic 1990s band
Sam Kennedy, Staff Writer • November 20, 2024

Much like the band that inspired it, the 2024 film “Pavements” defies classification. The film, directed by Alex Ross Perry, provides a glimpse...

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The most mysterious song on the Internet is no longer mysterious
Linnea Joanen, Staff Writer • November 20, 2024

On one fateful day in autumn of 1984, a teenage boy named Darius S., living in Northwestern Germany, recorded a song off of the radio onto a...

Ain’t no party like a Super Mario Party Jamboree
Ain’t no party like a Super Mario Party Jamboree
Scarlet Dunning, Editor-in-Chief • November 14, 2024

After three long years, a new installment in the Mario Party franchise, Super Mario Party Jamboree (SMPJ), was released on Oct. 17, 2024. Mario...

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...