“Israel has a right to exist.” If you are confused about what exactly a “right to exist” is, we assure you that you are not alone. This myth is wrapped up in a larger debate over Zionism—the belief ...

More than eight years after Macalester students first launched an organized fossil fuel divestment campaign, the Macalester Board of Trustees has decided to end all college investments in publicly ...

If you’ve walked past the language houses on certain evenings and looked over towards the baseball and softball fields, you may have spotted one of Macalester’s most unique athletic offerings: a seven ...

Edward Duffield Neill, the founder and first president of Macalester College, was a white supremacist and eager participant in the settler-colonization of Minnesota. Neill moved to St. Paul in 1849 as ...

As the Campus Race to Zero Waste competition continues, Macalester’s sustainability department is re-evaluating their short and long-term goals. In collaboration with facilities, sustainability is ...

Student governance relies on the cohesion of two separate units: students and a governing body. Macalester College Student Government (MCSG), within its constitutional application, works to “ensure ...

This is the second article of a two-part series on American cycling’s past, present and future. A new generation of young American riders have begun to make waves over the last few years. Sepp Kuss, ...

Macalester-Groveland restaurant and Macalester neighbor Nashville Coop originated as a food truck in 2020 with the goal of filling a market niche here in the Twin Cities. Founder Arif Mohamed and his ...

In celebration of the current Women’s History Month, The Mac Weekly interviewed six of Macalester’s notable female alumni about their studies and careers. From the lab to social justice, these women ...

I walk inside and the smoking boy follows me in and seats me, so I guess he’s my waiter. The entire restaurant feels old, with its cave-like dimness and kitschy Chinese paintings of ships and ...

For two and a half years, some staff members at Macalester have been organizing a union under the banner of the Macalester Advocacy Coalition of Employees (MACE). As MACE’s unionization efforts ...

The cards were stacked against “Anyone But You,” the romantic comedy based on “Much Ado About Nothing” by Shakespeare starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. Competing against big-budget fanfare like ...