Last week, the search committee tasked with finding the new Athletic Director held forums with the top three candidates for the vacant position. The forums, held on Tuesday, Nov. 27, Wednesday, Nov. 28 and Thursday Nov. 29, focused on the search for a new AD who will bridge the gap between athletes and the rest…
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Voices on Mental Health hosts panel focused on athletes
On Tuesday Dec. 4, the student organization Voices on Mental Health, colloquially known as Voices, hosted a student athlete mental health panel. It was the first of its kind at Macalester. Seven Macalester athletes participated: football players Kiante Miles ‘20, Carrigan Miller ‘19, and Cody Petrich ‘19, cross country athlete Hallie Kircher-Henning ‘19, volleyball player…
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Should Macalester keep playing football?
In the late 1800s, a German man named Frederick Hoffman immigrated to the United States. He found himself at the Prudential Insurance Company, where, in his role as a senior statistician, he travelled the country each year trying to ascertain the common causes of death for Americans. This was important information for the executives at…
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Go deeper: an inside look at 40 minutes of Macalester men’s basketball
On Thursday, Nov. 15, the Macalester Scots men’s basketball team took on the Crown College Storm at the Leonard Center. The game offered the Macalester community a chance to have a look at new head coach Abe Woldeslassie as he coached his first home game. The community responded by filling the Leonard Center with a…
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Sustainability efforts in athletic training
On Nov. 6, Paula Natvig, Macalester’s director of sports medicine and performance and head athletic trainer, sent out an email to all student athletes with three key changes to operations in the Athletic Department. The changes come as a result of a student coalition made up of athletes, members of Facilities and the Sustainability Office…
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Reflections on running, injuries, and life in the Mac Pack
As an athlete who can never seem to find my way out of a training room or a hospital, I’m frequently asked: “Why do you go through this? Haven’t you had enough?” And my answer will always be no. No amount of broken bones, drawn blood, hospital beds, cardiovascular tests or damaged muscles will keep…
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This Week in Mac Sports 11/9/18
Correction: Men’s Basketball has their first game of the new season on Thursday night at North Central University in Minneapolis
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Coach Pamela Findlay focused on winning the day, not box score
For Coach Pamela Findlay, the new women’s basketball coach, it has always been about more than winning. She went to the Air Force Academy to play basketball, not on an athletic scholarship but on a military scholarship. Institutionally, the Air Force Academy doesn’t offer scholarships based on athletic ability. Findlay said the lack of athletic…
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Men’s, Women’s XC battles at MIAC Meet, ready for Regionals
The Macalester men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the MIAC Championship Meet last Saturday, Oct. 27. The men’s team finished eighth overall, and the women’s team took seventh. With the top three MIAC teams going to Nationals, there’s tight competition in the conference. The men’s team was led by Mac Doherty ’19, who…
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Krystal Seidel brings new perspective to women’s soccer program
For Krystal Seidel, the new Macalester women’s soccer coach, the game is all about home. As a child in Minnesota, she grew up playing and competing in a family of soccer players; four of her siblings played Division I soccer. “We played all kinds of sports. That’s all I remember about growing up, is playing…