As the new year begins, many juniors find themselves living off-campus for the first time. This living situation can be very different from the well-known on-campus residential experience Macalester students share their first two years. While living off-campus is not required, many students enjoy the financial advantage that living off-campus provides. Cameron Hill ’19 cited…
More large apartment buildings might be coming soon to Macalester’s surrounding neighborhood. Plans have been submitted to build a five-story condominium and a 60-unit apartment complex at two separate locations along Snelling Avenue. Snelling and St. Clair The proposed mixed-use development will be built on a lot diagonally opposite from the southeasternmost end of campus,…
On June 1st, Coco Du, Associate Director of Residential Life, will start working as the Director of Residential Life. She will supervise the Residential Life staff, offer support to students, and oversee campus-wide initiatives such as sustainability in residence halls. Du started working at Macalester in June 2012. She has been an Associate Director for…
I am a sophomore and I’m getting caught up in all of this off-campus house searching flurry. I feel external pressure, like I have to figure it out, but it also seems so early and I don’t know how to make it all work and I’m not even sure who I want to live with!…
As of Wednesday, the new owner of 1721 Princeton was still in tentative purchasing negotiations with Macalester. The leaders of the preservation effort said in a recent post on their Facebook page that negotiations are ongoing and they are still hopeful for a positive resolution. On Tuesday, Nov. 25, the Housing and Land Use Committee…
Longtime Macalester philosophy professor Henry West and his wife, Patricia, lived at 1721 Princeton Avenue for 42 years. Macalester’s High Winds fund purchased the property in the early 1970s, and in 1972, sold it to West. Included in the sale was a right of first refusal clause, which gave the college the first right to…
Editors’ note: Over the next few weeks, The Mac Weekly will begin analyzing various aspects of the draft of Macalester’s Strategic Plan in greater detail. This week, we will explore the proposed expansion of on-campus housing as well as the Plan’s focus on entrepreneurship. Look for more topics to be discused in-depth in upcoming issues….
If you’ve been to the second floor of the library lately, you may have noticed something different: while before you were limited to one bathroom labeled “men” and one labeled “women,” now all people, regardless of their sex or gender identity, can enjoy either of the all-gender bathrooms. Over the summer, bathrooms were also converted…
Spring semester is a stressful time given the scramble to find summer internships, final exams and the search for housing. For first-years, this can be particularly difficult. Having never gone through the housing process, it could cause them a good deal of anxiety Sierra Pancoast ’17, current first-year and future RA, agreed. “For me, Res…
After spring break the Room Draw selection will begin. As it nears, underclassmen rush to work out roommate arrangements and explore the various on-campus options. But for upperclassmen moving off-campus, the process began much earlier. Those leaving the Mac bubble must navigate the adult housing world, scheduling showings, signing leases and working out finances. This…