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“Jim Stewart’s Historical Tonic for Fragile White Folks” addresses history of white supremacy in the U.S.

“Jim Stewart’s Historical Tonic for Fragile White Folks” addresses history of white supremacy in the U.S.

Bergen Schmidt, Features Editor
November 12, 2020
Workers from the Twin Cities Transport & Recovery company load the Christopher Columbus statue onto the back of a truck. Photo by Liam McMahon '20.

Christopher Columbus and the erasure of history

Liam McMahon, Managing Editor
June 11, 2020
Founder Esther Suzuki with a group of friends during her time at Macalester. Suzuki graduated from Macalester in 1946 and is remembered, along with Catharine Lealtad, with the Lealtad-Suzuki Center. Photo courtesy of Macalester Archives.

Mac founder Esther Suzuki shaped mission of multiculturalism

Kasia Majewski
February 8, 2018
Dr. Catharine Lealtad being presented her second honorary degree “Doctor of Humane Letters” in 1983. Photo courtesy of Macalester Archives.

Catharine Deaver Lealtad, a hidden gem of Macalester’s history

Barbara Kuzma
February 1, 2018
Way Back at Mac: Mac the Scot dancing on turf near you since '05

Way Back at Mac: Mac the Scot dancing on turf near you since ’05

The Mac Weekly
October 13, 2017
Way Back at Mac: reminiscing on logo lingo

Way Back at Mac: reminiscing on logo lingo

Katrin O'Grady
September 28, 2017
Uncredited Mac Weekly photo of Springfest 1977.

Way Back at Mac: The Best of the Fest

Katrin O'Grady
April 6, 2017

Way Back at Mac: Macalester’s history of protest–a capstone feature

March 10, 2017

Way Back at Mac: 45 years of Black History Month at Mac

February 24, 2017
An excerpt of a 1944 issue of The Mac Weekly during finals week. Photo courtesy of Macalester archives.

Way Back at Mac: the history of finals week

December 9, 2016
Photo courtesy of Macalester Archives.

Way Back at Mac: The Ghost from Halloween Past… frightening facts about Halloween at Mac

October 27, 2016
Senator Bernie Sanders addresses Macalester in 1987 in Weyerhaeuser Chapel. Photo by Heidi Freund, reprinted from the April 3, 1987 issue of The Mac Weekly.

Way Back at Mac: Campus was “Feeling the Bern” in 1987

April 7, 2016
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