Under proposal, sticker price would rise by about $585 to finance discounts at bookstore
by Kaia Arthur in News
Responding to rising textbook costs and a number of student complaints, the Macalester College Student Government this semester has begun to discuss a potential plan to lower textbook prices with professors and administrators. The proposal would cause tuition costs for students who do not receive financial aid to rise by about $585, which would go toward subsidizing textbook costs for all students.
by Anna Waugh in News
As interest mounts for the proposed 10-foot wide median between Grand and Saint Clair on Snelling Avenue designed to make the street safer for pedestrians to cross, the idea continues to gain support among local community organizations and business owners.
Students who need to leave school because of illness are covered by new plan
by Anna Waugh in News
In light of a nation-wide coverage gap affecting college students who take a leave of absence for health related issues, Macalester recently switched to a new health insurance provider with more expansive coverage. Currently, the issue is central to a bill before congress dealing with insurance coverage for college students.
College accepts students beyond cap set for study away, using funds from unexpectedly
by Annie Lewine in News
Macalester's International Center has approved the proposals of 168 of the 169 students who applied to study away this spring. In the end, more than 30 students over the cap of 135 that administrators had initially set for the spring study abroad cohort will be able to study away from Macalester next semester.
by Matt Day in News
Macalester's Board of Trustees is a mystery to most students. Mainly comprised of alumni successful in a broad range of fields, the Board is a body that many students know only as a gathering of important people in suits who run the college.
In an effort to eliminate some of the mystique and inaccessibility of the Board, Rev.
In an recently distributed letter to the community, President Rosenberg
by Matthew Stone in News
Answering questions about where he stood on the issue, President Brian Rosenberg said this week he would not have supported the failed faculty motion that called for the cancellation of classes on Nov. 6 in protest of the war in Iraq.
If passed, the faculty motion, which died without a vote at a special October faculty meeting, would have requested that Rosenberg and Provost Diane Michelfelder make the final call on whether to cancel classes.
by Hae Ryun Kang in News
The issue of gender-blind campus accommodations can be seen as a yardstick for measuring Macalester's progressive spirit.
Compared to Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia, voted the most conservative college in the United States by the Young America's Foundation, Macalester is radically liberal.
John Podesta draws comparisons between the Clinton and Bush administrations in their handling of foreign affairs and political approaches
by Tressa Versteeg in News
President Bill Clinton's former chief of staff, John Podesta, visited a political science class and discussed solutions to America's international problems in Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel on Thursday, Oct. 18. Podesta appeared on behalf of Center for American Progress, a think-tank he now heads, which focuses on creating a long-term vision for the United States through discussion and policy proposals.
Center for Scholarship and Teaching establishes program after a succesful pilot last year. It is designed to provide a critique of the given class and professor's methods.
by Kaia Arthur in News
This semester, 11 professors are using the newly implemented midterm class interview program to evaluate their students' opinions of their teaching.
The faculty-guided process allows professors to receive feedback from students before the end of the semester by having colleagues interview their students.
by Alex Park in News
On Oct. 17, proponents of a motion to cancel class in protest of the Iraq War failed to attract a sufficient number of faculty to hold a vote. The motion was dropped, and President Brian Rosenberg made it clear this week that, had it passed, he would not have supported it anyway.
by Matthew Stone in News
The latest College Sustainability Report Card is out, and Macalester is one of thirteen schools that have improved their ratings by a full letter grade or more from the first report card issued last year. Macalester's overall rating improved to a "B" this year, from its previous grade of "C.
by Proma Sen in News
National Public Radio reporter Martin Kaste spoke on "Luckless Argentines and their American cousins" in Kagin Commons Ballroom on Wednesday, Oct 24. In a lecture that contrasted his reporting experiences in Latin America with those of his reporting in the United States, Kaste spoke as part of Minnesota Public Radio's Broadcast Journalist Series.
by Lisa Moldan and Zac Farber in News
In September 2005, DeWitt Wallace Library staff started adding Macalester students' honors projects to an Internet database called Digital Commons. Since the project's founding, users have completed more than 26,000 full-text downloads.
A copy of each project is bound in the archives at Macalester's library, saved on microfilm in the archives, and recorded on a disc in reserves.
by Hae Ryun Kang in News
The Minnesota Economics Association recently hosted the Energy and Environmental Economics Conference last Friday in John B. Davis Hall to discuss issues of biofuel and other environmental policies.
Associate Professor of Economics Sarah West '91 and two University of Minnesota professors, Stephan Polasky and C.
2008 Woodie Awards
