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Estelle Timar-Wilcox

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Editor-in-Chief

Estelle Timar-Wilcox '22, editor-in-chief, hails from Falls Church, VA. She's an international studies major with a wild hodgepodge of minors, focuses, and concentrations. She knows how to sail, does not know how to drive, and has contracted Lyme disease twice.

All content by Estelle Timar-Wilcox
Keep student press student-run

Keep student press student-run

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Yigit Kahyaoglu
April 28, 2022
Sign in the Health and Wellness Center. Taken by Chloe Vazquez 24.

Macalester names Laura Creech new Title IX coordinator

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Editor-in-Chief
April 21, 2022
Graphic by Estelle Timar-Wilcox ’22.

In search of financial transparency: Fundraising and communication amid administrative change

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Lily Denehy, Emma Salomon, and Maddie Heinz
April 14, 2022
Outside of the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship. Photo by Shosuke Noma ’23.

Dean position in Institute for Global Citizenship to remain vacant

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Editor-in-Chief
April 7, 2022
Students organize at capitol

Students organize at capitol

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Ellen Patrickson
April 7, 2022
Book by Mariame Kaba. Photo by Estelle Timar-Wilcox ‘22.

Mariame Kaba talks abolition feminism and reimagining justice

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Dipakshi Sarma
March 31, 2022
Nikole Hannah-Jones. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Nikole Hannah-Jones talks race, reporting and The 1619 Project

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Editor-in-Chief
March 24, 2022
The Public Safety window in the Campus Center. Photo by Chloe Vasquez ‘24.

Public Safety calls campus lockdown

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Editor-in-Chief
March 10, 2022
Photo by Long Nguyen 21.

St. Paul, Minneapolis teachers brace for strikes

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Editor-in-Chief
March 3, 2022
LB discusses election and student resources

LB discusses election and student resources

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Editor-in-Chief
February 17, 2022
Community conversation fields questions on COVID-19 policies, staff transitions

Community conversation fields questions on COVID-19 policies, staff transitions

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Editor-in-Chief
February 10, 2022
Jacobsen takes over Hamre Center, leaves sexual respect position open

Jacobsen takes over Hamre Center, leaves sexual respect position open

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Editor-in-Chief
February 3, 2022
Photo by Shosuke Noma 23

Mostly-white jury hears opening statements in Kim Potter trial

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Evelyn Kent
December 9, 2021
Photo by Shosuke Noma 23

Trial of Kim Potter begins with jury selection, rally

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Shosuke Noma, and Gracie Ellsworth
December 2, 2021
Donna Maeda retires, cites inconsistent support of multiculturalism

Donna Maeda retires, cites inconsistent support of multiculturalism

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
December 2, 2021
Photo courtesy of Shouayee Vue 22

Ua Ke circulates open letter addressing incident of racism

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
November 18, 2021
College considers hate speech responses

College considers hate speech responses

Kamini Ramakrishna and Estelle Timar-Wilcox
November 18, 2021
Map by Jonah Wexler 23

Election results divide Twin Cities

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Bergen Schmidt
November 4, 2021
Photo by Owen Pearlman 23

New strategic planning process seeks community input

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Mandy Week
October 28, 2021
Photo by Matthew LeJune on Unsplash

Program Board announces Winter Ball in Leonard Center

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Bergen Schmidt
October 14, 2021
Photo by Molly Olsen

Friends and colleagues remember Galo González

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
October 7, 2021
Photo by Shosuke Noma 23

Wave of administrative turnover comes to Macalester

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Tamur Asar
September 30, 2021
Title IX coordinator Regina Curran resigns

Title IX coordinator Regina Curran resigns

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Evelyn Kent
September 23, 2021
Photo by Shosuke Noma 23

Macalester RAs ask for full room and board compensation

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
September 16, 2021
Photo by Kori Suzuki 21.

Macalester to divest from oil and gas assets

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Lily Denehy
September 9, 2021
Mac adjusts fall COVID-19 protocols

Mac adjusts fall COVID-19 protocols

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
September 9, 2021
Class of 2021 during their final Mac Weekly meeting. Photo courtesy of Lily Denehy 22.

The Mac Weekly class of 2021’s final zoom

Lily Denehy, Bergen Schmidt, and Estelle Timar-Wilcox
April 29, 2021
Divestment proposal goes before board of trustees

Divestment proposal goes before board of trustees

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Lily Denehy
April 29, 2021
Emotions erupt among the crowd outside the Hennepin County Government Center in as gatherers learn of Derek Chauvins guilty verdict. Photo by Celia Johnson 22.

Chauvin convicted on all charges

Estelle Timar-Wilcox
April 20, 2021
Individuals embrace in Brooklyn Center Friday night. Photo by Kori Suzuki ‘21

Sudden kettle in Brooklyn Center results in 136 arrests; two Macalester students

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Malcolm Cooke, Lily Denehy, and Shosuke Noma
April 17, 2021
Police shot teargas into the crowd of protesters outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department. Photo by Kori Suzuki ‘21.

Nightly Brooklyn Center protests met with curfews, tear gas, arrests

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
April 15, 2021
BLM@Mac vigil promotes healing, community during trial

BLM@Mac vigil promotes healing, community during trial

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
April 8, 2021
MCSG drafts policy proposal for student death

MCSG drafts policy proposal for student death

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
April 1, 2021
Elona Street-Stewart. Photo courtesy of The Presbyterian Outlook.

Elona Street-Stewart to give 2021 commencement speech

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
March 30, 2021
Volunteers carried a replica of George Floyds casket on Sunday. Photo by Celia Johnson 22.

Minneapolis, Macalester prepare for the trial of Derek Chauvin

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
March 11, 2021
Photo by Kori Suzuki 21.

Students block Grand Ave. in protest of Mac’s Enbridge investments

Lily Denehy and Estelle Timar-Wilcox
March 6, 2021
Snowy campus. Photo by Celia Johnson 22.

Vaccine rollout picks up in Minnesota, Mac community

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
March 4, 2021
Graphic courtesy of Fossil Free Mac.

FFM sends divestment petition and proposal to Rivera, Board of Trustees

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Lily Denehy
February 25, 2021
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

Black History Month at Mac goes virtual

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Rose Giblin-Vance
February 18, 2021
Hundreds gather outside the Minnesota governors residence to protest the Minnesota Pollution Control Agencys approval of water crossing permits for the Line 3 project. Photo by Kori Suzuki ’21.

Direct action and divestment: Mac’s investment in Enbridge sparks frustration

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Lily Denehy
February 11, 2021
Macalester will switch back to semesters for 2021-22

Macalester will switch back to semesters for 2021-22

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
December 10, 2020
MCSG OverZoomer: Macalester representatives to join National Coalition of Student Leaders

MCSG OverZoomer: Macalester representatives to join National Coalition of Student Leaders

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
December 3, 2020
A sign in the dorms instructs students to pack out as much as possible. Photo courtesy of Hannah Scharrer 24

Students pack up dorms for an uncertain winter break

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
December 3, 2020
On Thursday, Nov. 12, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency approved water crossing permits for the Line 3 project. Days later, hundreds gathered outside the governors residence to protest the decision. Photo by Kori Suzuki 21.

Line 3 protests escalate after Walz administration greenlights construction

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
November 19, 2020
A voting banner outside Carnegie on election day. Photo by Estelle Timar-Wilcox 22.

Macalester’s safety plan marks tense election cycle

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
November 3, 2020
The entrance to Macalester. Photo by Abe Asher 20.

Macalester cancels international study away for spring 2021

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
October 15, 2020
Hundreds march down Chicago Ave into downtown Minneapolis to protest the release of Derek Chauvin earlier in the day on October 7, 2020. Photo by Kori Suzuki 21.

Macalester students among those arrested for protesting Chauvin’s release

Lindsay Weber and Estelle Timar-Wilcox
October 13, 2020
Attendees listen to a speaker remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Photo by Estelle Timar-Wilcox 22.

One Minnesota hosts tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
October 8, 2020
Mac Weekly reporter Margaret Moran 21 interviews Sami Banat 24. Photo by Lindsay Weber 21.

First-year MCSG candidates discuss their campaigns, ambitions

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Margaret Moran, and Lindsay Weber
September 25, 2020
Students work in the library at the end of the quiet period. Photo by Malcolm Cooke 21.

Macalester opens more of campus post-quiet period

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Julius Enarsson Enestrom
September 24, 2020
Logo of the Scholar Strike event.

Macalester professors join Scholar Strike

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
September 17, 2020
COVID testing sign in front of the Leonard Center in September. Photo by Malcolm Cooke 21.

One week in, Macalester stresses community commitment to keep case count low

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
September 10, 2020
Sexual assault resource poster. Photo by Malcolm Cooke 21.

Title IX changes take effect at Macalester

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Lily Denehy
September 10, 2020
The Blue Monkeys practice on the football field. Photo by Kori Suzuki 21.

Macalester ultimate frisbee works to to prevent sexual violence in its ranks

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Hannah Catlin, and Margaret Moran
September 10, 2020
New “Mac Stays Safer” signs with social distancing guidelines are posted around campus in preparation for some students to arrive this fall. Photo by Estelle Timar-Wilcox ’22.

Questions and answers on Macalester’s new fall plan

Elizabeth Sykes, Estelle Timar-Wilcox, and Christian Wibe
August 18, 2020
Protesters with Sunrise Movement Twin Cities hold a banner outside the governor’s mansion during the Wake Up Walz protest on Thursday night. Photo by Kori Suzuki ’21.

Twin Cities climate groups call on Walz to challenge Enbridge Line 3

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
August 16, 2020
ICE visa restrictions rescinded for returning international students

ICE visa restrictions rescinded for returning international students

Nethmi Bathige and Estelle Timar-Wilcox
July 17, 2020
Families of police brutality victims march on the capitol

Families of police brutality victims march on the capitol

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
July 14, 2020
Protesters march through Minneapolis on June 13th to demand justice for George Floyd and other victims of police violence. Photo by Kori Suzuki 21.

Black Lives Matter, USA

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Jonah Wexler
June 30, 2020
In the weeks since four former Minneapolis police officers murdered George Floyd at E 38th St. and Chicago Ave., community members have transformed the intersection into a memorial. Kori Suzuki for The Mac Weekly.

A day at 38th and Chicago

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Lily Denehy, and Liam McMahon
June 25, 2020
Graphic by Rebecca Edwards 21.

Macalester welcomes large class of 2024

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
June 9, 2020
Graphic by Katherine Irving 22.

Macalester to stick to September 2 start date

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
May 29, 2020
Signage for the office of the Title IX Coordinator. Photo by Lily Denehy 22.

New Title IX regulations force changes to Macalester’s policy

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Lily Denehy
May 23, 2020
Old Main Hall at Macalester. Photo by Lily Denehy 22.

Rosenberg announces salary freezes, budget cuts, updates on Macalester admissions

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, News Editor
May 20, 2020
Fossil Free Mac poses for a photo. Photo courtesy of Emma Harrison.

Fossil Free Mac releases handbook for student movements

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Gracie Ellsworth
May 13, 2020
MCSG OverZoomer: LB reflects, plans for the fall in last meeting of the year

MCSG OverZoomer: LB reflects, plans for the fall in last meeting of the year

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Associate News Editor
May 1, 2020
MCSG Overseer: One org appeals next year’s budget recommendations

MCSG Overseer: One org appeals next year’s budget recommendations

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Associate News Editor
April 9, 2020
Graphic by Katherine Irving 22.

MCSG, Program Board contributing partial budgets to emergency aid program

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Associate News Editor
April 5, 2020
Graphic by Katherine Irving 22.

Students rush home from study away sites as coronavirus spreads

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Associate News Editor
March 26, 2020
Photos by Kori Suzuki 21.

Hopes still high for Bernie (+photo story)

Margaret Moran and Estelle Timar-Wilcox
March 5, 2020
Davis, Harris speak on black masculinity and femininity at BHM Symposium

Davis, Harris speak on black masculinity and femininity at BHM Symposium

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Associate News Editor
February 27, 2020
Kedir, Green elected President and Vice President for 2020-21

Kedir, Green elected President and Vice President for 2020-21

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Associate News Editor
February 27, 2020
Brian White ’21 with his absentee ballot in front of the Campus Center. Photo by Smith Mayse ’22.

As 2020 ramps up, Mac students weigh: vote at home or school?

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Thomas Sasdi
February 20, 2020
MCSG Overseer: LB changes agenda, discusses mental health

MCSG Overseer: LB changes agenda, discusses mental health

Estelle Timar-Wilcox and Oliver Soglin
February 20, 2020
MN350 hosts informational session on proposed Green New Deal. Photo by Celia Johnson ’22.

MN350 discusses Green New Deal and week of action

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Associate News Editor
February 20, 2020
MCSG Overseer: MCSG discusses increasing voter participation

MCSG Overseer: MCSG discusses increasing voter participation

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Associate News Editor
February 13, 2020
Students lead class that explores Palestine resistance

Students lead class that explores Palestine resistance

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Associate News Editor
February 6, 2020
Manning named Sustainability Director, student workers resign

Manning named Sustainability Director, student workers resign

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Associated News Editor
January 30, 2020
Members of Fossil Free Mac exit a conference room after meeting with Board of Trustees members following the Board’s October meeting. Photo by Kori Suzuki ’21.

Fossil Free Mac disbanding, but says fight not over yet

Lindsay Weber and Estelle Timar-Wilcox
December 5, 2019
After Macalester: the many paths of post-graduation life

After Macalester: the many paths of post-graduation life

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Staff Writer
November 21, 2019
Plyo brings exercise incentives to Mac

Plyo brings exercise incentives to Mac

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Staff Writer
November 14, 2019
Women Against Military Madness members protest for peace in Palestine on Summit Avenue. Photo by Estelle Timar-Wilcox ’22.

Women Against Military Madness organizes for Palestinian rights

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Staff Writer
October 31, 2019
Committee advocates recruitment, support of refugee students

Committee advocates recruitment, support of refugee students

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Staff Writer
October 31, 2019
Students struggle to access accommodations

Students struggle to access accommodations

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Staff Writer
October 17, 2019
Library may undergo significant renovations in coming years

Library may undergo significant renovations in coming years

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Staff Writer
October 3, 2019
The entrance to Center for Study Away displays flags of countries where students were abroad. Photo by Estelle Timar-Wilcox ’22.

Financial hurdles for international students studying away

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Staff Writer
September 26, 2019
Macalester seeks more than signage to prevent gun violence. Photo by Kori Suzuki ’21.

Macalester wrestles with prospect of ‘violent incident’

Liam Mcmahon and Estelle Timar-Wilcox
September 19, 2019
Well-wishers show their support for Sustainability Manager Suzanne Savanick Hansen after news that her position will be dissolved after this semester.

Major changes coming to Mac’s sustainability office

Hannah Catlin and Estelle Timar-Wilcox
September 19, 2019
Interim Title IX Coordinator Dion Farganis. Photo by Kori Suzuki ’21.

Mac hires new interim Title IX coordinator, seeking student input

Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Staff Writer
September 13, 2019
Survivors’ left handprints on a blank canvas to signify solidarity on campus as part of the third annual Imprints Project. Photo by Kori Suzuki ’21.

Imprints creates space for open discussion of survivor experiences

Estelle Timar-Wilcox
May 2, 2019
Karinna Gerhardt was recently named a Truman Scholar. Photo courtesy of Karinna Gerhardt ’20.

Karinna Gerhardt awarded Truman Scholarship

Estelle Timar-Wilcox
April 25, 2019
At his book launch, Macalester professor Peter Bognanni read excerpts from “This Book is Not Yet Rated,” which is his third novel and his second YA novel. Photo by Estelle Timar-Wilcox ’22.

Peter Bognanni launches his third book at Common Good Books

Estelle Timar-Wilcox
April 18, 2019

Green Dot trainings and shared spaces in the LC

Estelle Timar-Wilcox
April 18, 2019
Julia Moran’s ’19 sign reserving equipiment for her own use in response. Photo by Julia Moran ’19.

Reserved equipment in LC sparks talks of divisons among students

Estelle Timar-Wilcox
April 4, 2019
Albert Lee 20 began writing for Intro to Creative Writing and has gone on to have poems published in several journals. Photo courtesy of Albert Lee

Writing “sparks joy” for student poet Albert Lee ’20

Estelle Timar-Wilcox
March 14, 2019
Graphic courtesy of the Macalester Sustainability Office.

Sustainability Office’s Zero Waste by 2020 initiative faces challenges

Estelle Timar-Wilcox
March 14, 2019
Street parking is a free-for-all during February’s snow emergencies. At Macalester, many have been ticketed or towed for illegal parking. Photo by Summer Xu ’20.

Mac drivers exhausted by snowfall

Estelle Timar-Wilcox
February 28, 2019
A group of protesters march outside of the Minneapolis American Indian Center. Photo by Estelle Timar-Wilcox ’22.

Protesters honor missing and murdered Indigenous women

Estelle Timar-Wilcox
February 21, 2019
Marlon James reads an excerpt of Black Leopard, Red Wolf in Mairis Concert Hall. Photo by Michael Bohman ’19

Marlon James drops new book

Estelle Timar-Wilcox
February 14, 2019
Eric Goldstein, deputy director of Human Rights Watch, spoke at Macalester on Tuesday. Photo by Malcom Cooke ’21.

Human Rights Watch official discusses Israel, Palestine in JBD talk

Estelle Timar-Wilcox
December 6, 2018
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