Macalester community grapples with Trump’s reelection
Nov 7, 2024 · Against a backdrop of campus-wide uncertainty and several months’ build-up of anxieties surrounding the contentious race for president between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, Macalester community members flocked to the polls this past Tuesday, Nov. 5 to cast their ballots in the 2024 general election. The …
2024 Scot-ify Wrapped - The Mac Weekly
Dec 5, 2024 · The average student listened to 48,059 minutes of music Mac students were especially songful in 2024; the listening average increased from 46,670 minutes when The Mac Weekly did this survey in 2023, even though that year’s average included a monster outlier of over 443k minutes. This year’s top listener clocked in over 300,000 minutes, potentially...
Mac ranked 27th best liberal arts college: why do we care?
Dec 5, 2024 · For the fourth year in a row, the U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) ranked Macalester College as the 27th best liberal arts college nationwide. However, with increased questions and criticism from universities regarding the validity and importance of the report, Macalester itself is wondering how to best respond to this ranking and narrate its...
MUWU files for election, NLRB hearing likely - The Mac Weekly
Dec 5, 2024 · Note: This article is based on information available as of 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4 and on interviews conducted on and before Tuesday, Nov. 26. The likely hearing between MUWU and Macalester would take place on Friday, Dec. 6, the publication day of this issue of the The Mac Weekly. Following a nearly year-long...
Don’t be “Macabre,” come “Danse” this Sunday! - The Mac Weekly
Jan 30, 2025 · Mark your calendars. This Sunday, Oct. 13, the Macalester Orchestra will be performing “Danse Macabre,” a seasonally appropriate spooky waltz in G minor composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Typically the orchestra would have performed at MacFest, but this year, the conductors of Macalester’s music groups decided MacFest would be too early to debut their semester’s repertoire....
Macalester’s strategic plan aims to “secure the college’s future”
Nov 7, 2024 · “We need to act boldly to secure the college’s future,” Macalester’s Board of Trustees wrote in their strategic plan.While all colleges have some sort of long-term strategy, the Board approved this wide-ranging strategic plan called Imagine, Macalester which will impact all aspects of Macalester.. The Imagine, Macalester strategic plan is broken into three parts: Campus, Curriculum ...
Bill Nye visits campus, rallies the vote - The Mac Weekly
Oct 10, 2024 · For many students, there was only one thing to do on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 5. As John Bunting ’26 said, “if Bill Nye shows up at your tiny little college, what are you gonna do — not go?” A crowd of 355 eager Macalester students packed into Weyerhaeuser Chapel that morning to welcome...
The Mac Weekly - The Student News Site of Macalester College
The Student News Site of Macalester College. On Dec. 6, 2024, after hours of last-minute negotiations, the Macalester Undergraduate Workers’ Union (MUWU) and representatives of Macalester staved off a National Labor...
Following last-minute agreement, MUWU to hold union election
Jan 30, 2025 · On Dec. 6, 2024, after hours of last-minute negotiations, the Macalester Undergraduate Workers’ Union (MUWU) and representatives of Macalester staved off a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing by coming to a consensus, known as a stipulated agreement, regarding the limits of MUWU’s bargaining …
The psychology behind comfort shows and our TV watching habits
Mar 31, 2022 · In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, streaming services have seen an uptick of usage. Specifically within the area of TV shows, many people have taken to television as a source of comfort during such stressful times. The idea of a “comfort show,” or a show you watch to ease anxiety or invoke nostalgia, has...