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St. Paul talks rent control, again
Basil DiBenedetto, Associate News Editor • May 1, 2025

On May 7, the St. Paul City Council will hold a final vote on a new rent stabilization ordinance that will eliminate what is often referred to as “rent control” for housing...

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[Comic] 1. Smile 2. No smoking 3. Birthday wish
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This Week In Sports: 5-3-25
Mandy Week and Olivia Worcester May 1, 2025

Softball toss-up: Softball’s doubleheader this past Saturday against Bethel University began poorly with a 2-5 loss in the first game despite Sophie Futchko’s ’25...

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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Putting the sappy back in soft rock: Bon Iver’s “SABLE, fABLE”
Putting the sappy back in soft rock: Bon Iver’s “SABLE, fABLE”
Quin Hafner-Orange, Contributing Writer • May 1, 2025

I mean, he told you to be patient. It’s been six years since Justin Bon Iver Vernon’s last album, and while that may have left some fans...

Wind symphony ushers in spring
Wind symphony ushers in spring
Sam Kennedy, Features Editor • May 1, 2025

On April 26, the Macalester College Wind Symphony gathered in Mairs Concert Hall for their biannual end-of-semester concert. An array of woodwind,...

Charli XCX stuns the crowd at her Target Center show.
I don’t care — but we actually do: Charli XCX Minneapolis concert
Allie Dodero and Srila Shrestha May 1, 2025

On Saturday, April 26, the millennials, girls and gays amassed at the Target Center in Minneapolis, waiting for the arrival of one of pop’s...

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...