by Matt Day and Amy Ledig, News Editors in News
Students found their homework and other plans disrupted by a power outage Sunday night. At 6:35 p.m. lights across campus went out.
The outage was caused when a transformer along Snelling Avenue by the Macalester Athletic and Recreation Center caught fire and exploded.
by Amy Lieberman in News
Philanthropist Shelby Davis will donate $13.5 million to support Macalester international students who come from the United World Colleges, a group of 12 international secondary schools, Macalester announced Thursday.
Davis, founder of Davis Advisors, L.
by Amy Ledig in News
The power outage Sunday night affected more than end of the weekend homework plans. Oracle Collaboration Services, Macalester's e-mail system, has been down sporadically since the power went out, and Humanities Academic Information Associate Michael Nelson said there is not even an estimate for when it will return.
by Daniel Kerwin in News
Students came from across Minnesota to meet with Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty at the University of St. Thomas on Monday at the Youth Forum on Global Warming Solutions. The event was organized by Will Steger, an evironmental activist and polar explorer, and the Trans-campus Energy Action Movement Minnesota as a chance for Minnesota students to share their ideas for combating global warming with the governor.
by Amy Ledig in News
Confused students milling around in the halls by candlelight. Frustrated Residential Assistants unable to get in contact with Residential Life. Info desk staff left with no information about what would happen next. This was the impression students got when the lights went out on Sunday night.
by Anna Waugh in News
Increasing living costs and the weakening U.S. dollar may affect the choices that some students make when selecting study abroad destinations. Options may be limited specifically in some expensive cities like London, Paris and Tokyo, where rent for an apartment can fetch a price twice what it might be in the Twin Cities.
Andrew Mirzayi '10 sends letter to orgs reminding them of constitutional clause banning purchases from sweatshop-reliant companies; MPIRG on similar quest
by Peter Wright in News
This week Macalester student organization leaders will receive a letter spotlighting an often overlooked Macalester College Student Government policy aimed at supporting clothing companies that do not manufacture clothing in sweatshops. The letter is one step in a larger movement to ensure Macalester does not fund any companies engaging in sweatshop labor.
by Brian Martucci in News
As if the usual student-staff mingling, semi-open bar and general tomfoolery inherent in the occasion were not enough, tonight's Founders' Day will feature a new twist. This year, a few Macalester students and faculty will mark the occasion and add to the festive spirit by dressing up as historical figures from Macalester's past.
by Matt Day in News
"We don't think of blacks when we think of medical abuse," journalist and author Harriet A. Washington said Friday in her opening remarks at the annual American Studies Conference. Over the course of her two-hour presentation, Washington made sure that no one in the room would ever forget the role played by unwilling blacks in the development of modern medical science.
by Katy Petershack in News
The Sunday power outage marked the first actual use of Mac Alert, a fledgling text message system that notifies the campus community of campus emergencies. So far, though, only about 500 people have signed up for the alerts.
Students who had subscribed to Mac Alert received a message around 7:48 p.
by Zach Selke in News
Scott Heidepriem, a Democratic South Dakota state senator from Sioux Falls, lectured a small audience in the John B. Davis lecture hall on Tuesday about his involvement in the pro-choice movement in South Dakota.
Heidepriem, father of Sam Heidepriem '09, warned the audience not to assume that women in this country will always have the reproductive rights they currently enjoy.
by Matt Day in News
MacDems hosted a star-studded February. All three Democratic-Farmer-Labor party senatorial candidates visited one of the group's weekly meetings, with Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer stopping by Feb. 28.
Former comedian, writer, and radio host Al Franken visited the Feb.
by Tressa Versteeg in News
A median cutting through Snelling Avenue has been planned for three and a half years. A construction date has still not been set due to a lack of sufficient funds raised by a fundraising campaign still in its preliminary stages.
According to High Winds Fund Director Tom Welna, it is not yet possible to project a date when adequate funds will be raised for the project, which is estimated to cost $500,000 to $750,000.
by Anna Waugh in News
The vision: recycle everything, compost, and use compostable products to create a "zero waste" campus. Macalester and Eureka Recycling, a local nonprofit recycler with the belief that "waste is preventable not inevitable," are teaming up to accomplish this goal.
The Guns & iPhones Edition
by Amy Lieberman in News
Arizona public universities
Arizona campus police officers will soon be armed and, if the occasion arises, more than ready to go. The Arizona Republic, the University of Arizona's student-led daily, reported Wednesday that all public universities in Arizona plan to supply their campus police officers with military-style assault riffles.
by Amy Ledig in News
Approving the budget, hiring more professors, proposed changes to the sabbatical cycle and the rising cost of tuition are the issues before the Board of Trustees, which is on campus for the second of three yearly meetings Thursday and Friday.
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