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The Student News Site of Macalester College

The Mac Weekly
Ella Stern

Ella Stern, Features Editor

Ella Stern ’27 (she/her) is a Political Science major and History minor from Natick, MA. She has a notes app list of her favorite words, none of which she has ever used in an article (yet).

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The Mac Weekly seniors. Back row, left to right: Nick Miller, Rylan Mueller, Noah Riccardi. Front row, left to right: Gabby Simpson, Olivia Worcester, Mandy Week, Justine Ballard, Lauren Petro. Not pictured: Kaliana Andriamananjara.

Celebrating The Mac Weekly’s class of 2025

Ella Stern and Sam Kennedy
May 1, 2025
Graphic by Gabby Simpson '25

Macalester staff push to unionize

Ella Stern, Basil DiBenedetto, and Rylan Mueller
April 24, 2025
Photo courtesy of UAW

MUWU members vote to affiliate with the UAW

Ella Stern and Basil DiBenedetto
April 24, 2025
Graphic by Gabby Simpson ’25.

Legal concerns: work-study, hour cuts

Ella Stern and Basil DiBenedetto
April 18, 2025
Catzen Coffee

“Achoo!”: an allergic perspective on Catzen Coffee

Callisto Martinez and Ella Stern
April 9, 2025
WEB.By Ella Stern - Gold Line

[Photo] Metro Transit opens up the Gold Line

Basil DiBenedetto and Yoni Conn
April 3, 2025
Pi Sigma Alpha hosts 19th annual political science conference

Pi Sigma Alpha hosts 19th annual political science conference

Viktorie Spurná, Ella Stern, and Yoni Conn
April 3, 2025
Rally at the Rotunda

Mac students lobby for reproductive freedom at Minnesota Capitol

Ella Stern and Eleanor Bader Lazaroff
March 27, 2025
Graphic by Gabby Simpson '25

LB talks fundraising, Scot Ball, bylaws and Ramadan

Sayuri Cumaranatunge and Ella Stern
March 27, 2025
Photo courtesy of Theo Bilski

Three Bon Appétit chefs turned “cooks” demand higher wages, new title

Ella Stern and Basil DiBenedetto
March 13, 2025
The rock advertised the MUWU election

Macalester students unionize in landslide election

Ella Stern, Features Editor
February 27, 2025
2025 J-Term Live It Fund grant recipients. Photo courtesy of Erik Halaas.

Mac students work toward better futures in J-Term Live It Fund

Ella Stern and Sam Kennedy
February 13, 2025
“The Orchard,” designed by Literary Publishing.

Literary Publishing unveils their third anthology

Ella Stern and Natalie Mazey
February 6, 2025
Graphic by Zander Leong '26.

Following last-minute agreement, MUWU to hold union election

Ella Stern, Features Editor
January 30, 2025
Cafe Mac workers release demands; SLT won’t hold meeting

Cafe Mac workers release demands; SLT won’t hold meeting

Ella Stern, Paul Wallace
December 5, 2024
“We just want to survive:” FGLI students’ experiences and activism

“We just want to survive:” FGLI students’ experiences and activism

Ella Stern, Features Editor
December 5, 2024
Minneapolis NLRB office. Courtesy of Eliot Berk '26

MUWU files for election, NLRB hearing likely

Ella Stern, Features Editor
December 5, 2024
Inside Macalester’s class on Palestine

Inside Macalester’s class on Palestine

Ella Stern and Molly Friedrichs
December 5, 2024
Graphic by Gabby Simpson ’25.

What else is on the ballot this Tuesday?

Ella Stern and Basil DiBenedetto
October 31, 2024
History department event explores and uplifts reparations

History department event explores and uplifts reparations

Ella Stern and Sam Kennedy
October 9, 2024
Milana Krishnevsky '28 working at Cafe Mac.

Dining hall student workers raise workplace concerns

Ella Stern and Paul Wallace
October 3, 2024
Graphic provided my MUWU

MUWU left disappointed after negotiations with SLT

Ella Stern, Features Editor
September 19, 2024
Oscar Reza Bautista and Brandon Flowers on stage at Lollapalooza

Mac student drums with The Killers at Lollapalooza

Ella Stern and Yoni Conn
September 19, 2024
Graphic by Scarlet Dunning ’26.

Why 10 Mac profs delayed compliance with new background check policy

Callisto Martinez, Viktorie Spurná, and Ella Stern
April 25, 2024
FSU raises awareness, demands action about planned Cultural House demolition

FSU raises awareness, demands action about planned Cultural House demolition

Ella Stern, Associate Features Editor
April 18, 2024
Two student workers at the Grille. Photo by Rory Donaghy ’24.

Bon App workers unionize in pursuit of better working conditions

Ella Stern, Associate Features Editor
April 11, 2024
Reproductive justice work: a collective struggle

Reproductive justice work: a collective struggle

Ella Stern and Viktorie Spurná
March 28, 2024
Highlighting notable women in Mac herstory

Highlighting notable women in Mac herstory

Ella Stern, Viktorie Spurná, and Emma Farrer
March 7, 2024
MUWU fires up crowd at rally

MUWU fires up crowd at rally

Ella Stern and Viktorie Spurná
March 7, 2024
Photo courtesy of Omar Wasow.

Protest narratives and political change: Omar Wasow delivers Mitau lecture

Ella Stern, Associate Features Editor
February 29, 2024
Abby White ’26 with recovered food. Photo by Lucy Wing ’26.

Macalester Food Recovery aims to combat food issues on and off campus

Lucy Wing, Justine Ballard, and Ella Stern
February 22, 2024
Photo courtesy of MUWU.

Macalester community reacts to student unionization efforts

Ella Stern, Associate Features Editor
February 15, 2024
MCSG discusses input for Board of Trustees

MCSG discusses input for Board of Trustees

Ella Stern, Associate Features Editor
February 8, 2024
Macalester Undergrad Workers’ Union (MUWU) banner hung in the Campus Center. Photo by Rory Donaghy ’24.

Push underway for Macalester’s first-ever student union

Ella Stern, Associate Features Editor
February 8, 2024
"All of you are heroes, sheroes, and theyroes," Dylan Boyer of the Aliveness Project said as he kicked off the run. Photo by Ella Stern '27.

Advocacy and Underwear on Full Display at Red Undie Run

Viktorie Spurná and Ella Stern
December 7, 2023
Photo by Rory Donaghy '24.

2023 St. Paul Election Results

Zak Yudhishthu and Ella Stern
November 9, 2023
What’s on the ballot this Tuesday?

What’s on the ballot this Tuesday?

Ella Stern, Staff Writer
November 2, 2023
MCSG fails to meet quorum, holds informal meeting

MCSG fails to meet quorum, holds informal meeting

Ella Stern, Staff Writer
October 19, 2023
Ryan Cotter '24 (left) and Oli Tierney '24 (right) in the Gender and Sexuality Commons in Kagin.

Students Document LGBTQ+ History at Macalester

Ella Stern, Contributing Writer
October 12, 2023
Photo courtesy of Troy Barksdale's website.

Troy Barksdale ’23 is on the ballot for City Council

Ella Stern, Contributing Writer
September 28, 2023
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