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Lucy Diaz

Lucy Diaz, Editor-In-Chief

Lucy Diaz '24 is the Editor-In-Chief, from Montclair, NJ. She is a biology major with a horrifying combination of minors/concentrations that includes psychology, biochemistry and community & global health. She owns earrings that say "Be Gay do Crimes," a tiny chemistry beaker filled with d20 dice, and knows a lot about medieval european monarchy.

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Photo by Rory Donaghy 24.

Books to pass the time in in the cold winter months

Lucy Diaz and Justine Ballard
December 7, 2023
Mac Bike open house. Photo courtesy of Luna Johnston 25.

MacBike gets its wheels on the ground

Lucy Diaz, Editor-in-Chief
November 30, 2023
Macalester selects new VP for Advancement

Macalester selects new VP for Advancement

Lucy Diaz, Editor-in-Chief
November 16, 2023
Macalesters sex bell. Photo by Rory Donaghy 24.

How the meaning of Friday the 13th has changed over time

Lucy Diaz, Editor-in-Chief
October 12, 2023
Graphic courtesy of Amanda Wong 24.

Winter Ball October 14; Mac tradition lives on

Lucy Diaz, Editor-in-Chief
October 5, 2023
Health Equity In Minnesota panel. Courtesy of Macalester Events.

Health Equity panel tackles health system issues in Minnesota

Lucy Diaz, Editor-in-Chief
October 5, 2023
Photo by Audrey Milk 26.

It’s All True: Malinda makes waves, mixes styles

Lucy Diaz, Audrey Milk, and Miri Leonard
September 28, 2023
Career exploration desk. Photo by Rory Donaghy 24.

Increasing expectations are killing career potential

Lucy Diaz, Editor-in-Chief
September 21, 2023
Photo courtesy of David Boehnke 07.

Critiques of the Minnesota prison system & work towards reform

Lucy Diaz, Features Editor
April 27, 2023
Senior Jonah Wexler

Senior Spotlight: Saying goodbye to The Mac Weekly’s class of 2023

Lucy Diaz and Dipakshi Sarma
April 27, 2023
Photo courtesy of MacShare.

MacShare investigates origins, emphasizes community partnerships

Lucy Diaz, Features Editor
April 20, 2023
Back row, from left to right, Pa Cheng, Marie Stebbings, Jacqueline Zhang, Rola Cao 25. Front row, from left to right, Khai Hoang, Lily Dutton. Photo by Lucy Diaz 24.

Centering Asian American perspectives on racialized policing

Lucy Diaz and Justine Ballard
April 13, 2023
Graphic by Zander Leong 26.

Progress toward a disability studies concentration

Lucy Diaz and Audrey Milk
April 13, 2023
Photo courtesy of Elisa Hsieh, 26

Macalester Birthday: Founding Day, Push Ball Dismay, Bands Play

Lucy Diaz and Justine Ballard
March 9, 2023
Graphic by Zander Leong, 26

Tenant rights event helps Mac students seek off-campus housing

Lucy Diaz, Features Editor
March 2, 2023
Sustainability Office. Photo by Joel Sadofsky 25.

Sustainability department welcomes new director Megan Butler

Lucy Diaz, Features Editor
February 16, 2023
An imbalance in opportunities: STEM summer research access

An imbalance in opportunities: STEM summer research access

Lucy Diaz, Features Editor
February 9, 2023
Rome, Italy. Photo courtesy of Nick Miller ‘25.

Glimpses into Macalester’s winter wanderings

Lucy Diaz, Dipakshi Sarma , and Justine Ballard
January 26, 2023
Images from previous Mac Weekly editions. Collage by Lucy Diaz ’24.

Way back at Mac: the early Mac Weekly

Lucy Diaz, Features Editor
November 10, 2022
“Six! The Musical” playbill at the Ordway Theater. Photo by Ellie Berkenblit ’24

Hearing “her-story”: an analysis of “Six! The Musical”

Lucy Diaz, Features Editor
November 10, 2022
International Roundtable poster. Art by Gabi Estrada 21.

International Round Table: exploration in student led sessions

Lucy Diaz and Justine Ballard
October 27, 2022
Photo by John Cannon. Taken Feb. 1, 2022.

Physics and Astronomy Department host first open observatory night in three years

Lucy Diaz, Features Editor
September 22, 2022
Photo by Fleury Clark Girimana for Macalester OSLE.

Class of 2026 reflects on their arrival and shift to Macalester life

Lucy Diaz, Justine Ballard , and Grace (Ziyue) Xue
September 15, 2022
Starting off the year: OLs & OCs reflect on orientation

Starting off the year: OLs & OCs reflect on orientation

Lucy Diaz and Justine Ballard
September 8, 2022
Waste bins on Macalester campus. Photo by Chloe Vasquez 24.

Unseen activities: office of sustainability sorts waste

Lucy Diaz, Associate Features Editor
April 28, 2022
One of the maintenance tunnels under the academic buildings. Photo by Lucy Diaz 24

Unseen activities: What’s under JWall?

Lucy Diaz, Associate Features Editor
April 21, 2022
Photo of featured archives materials. Photo by Lucy Diaz 24.

Archives event explores nature in Macalester’s history

Lucy Diaz, Associate Features Editor
April 7, 2022
Submissions for time capsule. Photo courtesy of Joan Ostrove.

Climate Justice Week: teach-ins and time capsules

Lucy Diaz and Justine Ballard
April 7, 2022

Who does what

Lucy Diaz and Mandy Week
March 31, 2022
A cursed basement haunts a Macalester renter. Photo by Estelle Timar-Wilcox ’22.

Finding housing near Mac: the creepy basement saga

Lucy Diaz, Associate Features Editor
March 10, 2022
Photo by Maddie Sabin ’24.

Way back at Mac: Founders to Founding Day

Lucy Diaz, Associate Features Editor
March 10, 2022
Graph from Macalesters 2020-2021 Annual Energy Report.

Diversion, energy & carbon neutrality: sustainability and facilities look to the future

Lucy Diaz and Ben Porter
February 24, 2022
Photo by Karsten Beling 22

Algorithms of love: Datamatch brings dates to Mac

Lucy Diaz, Associate Features Editor
February 17, 2022
Photo by Gracie Ellsworth 22

Lunch at Midtown Global Market serves a plate full of flavors

Lucy Diaz, Dipakshi Sarma, and Gracie Ellsworth
December 9, 2021
Way back at Mac: Winter Ball from Mill City to Mac

Way back at Mac: Winter Ball from Mill City to Mac

Lucy Diaz, Associate Features Editor
November 18, 2021
Photo courtesy of Juan Diaz 22

Promises of multiculturalism fall short for Latinx students

Lucy Diaz and Julianna Rivera
November 4, 2021
Photo by Fang-Wei Lin on Unsplash

Professor Amy Sullivan launches new book: “Opioid Reckoning”

Lucy Diaz, Associate Features Editor
October 28, 2021
Graphic by Katherine Irving 22

Outside the core curriculum: marginalized voices in topics courses

Lucy Diaz, Associate Features Editor
September 30, 2021
The new Portuguese House. Photo by Celia Johnson 22.

Macalester’s Portuguese program granted long-awaited language house

Lucy Diaz, Staff Writer
April 29, 2021
Photo by Mufid Majnun on Unsplash

Vaccinated MacEMS EMTs take on new roles during COVID

Lucy Diaz, Staff Writer
April 1, 2021
Narcan powerpoint slide courtesy of Zarra TM 21.

Student saves life with naloxone drug from Macalester history class

Lucy Diaz, Staff Writer
December 10, 2020
Haze from wildfires on the West Coast. Photo by Niko Bjork 22

West coast wildfires: students balance school and anxiety from home

Lucy Diaz, Contributing Writer
October 1, 2020
Max the cat. Photo courtesy of Connie Lipton.

Max the cat oil painting to be created for Macalester library

Lucy Diaz, Contributing Writer
September 27, 2020
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