Mac Cares is widely referred to as the Macalester environmental student organization. Ironically, as sustainability efforts have become institutionalized and taken up by other orgs across campus, in recent years Mac Cares has lost direction. The more d...

The more time I spend at Macalester College the more I have come to admire the state in which it is located. Seeing people throughout Macalester work together for change also drives me to want to help Minnesota grow. One of the ways that I as a student...

We have avoided taking a position on the Russian Studies debate until now. However, after considering perspectives from the many sides of this issue, we editors have come to a consensus: now is not the time to discontinue Russian. ...

The following piece is an approximated transcript of Professor Paul Dosh's remarks at the faculty meetings Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 ...

Take the opportunity to discuss environmental issues with Congresswoman Betty McCollum ...

Four years ago I decided to come to Macalester because of its self-professed 'special emphasis on internationalism.' Now I find myself as one of the last majors of a potentially discontinued foreign language and cultural studies department. ...

Lebron James is literally jumping over defenders for the 23-7 Miami Heat. Chris Paul is throwing alley-oops to Blake Griffin for the 17-9 Los Angeles Clippers. Despite Dwight Howard's demands to be traded, the Orlando Magic are still 18-11. So why are ...

Just two games shy of a .500 conference record, women's basketball fell to St. Benedict 48-60 on Wednesday but will look to trounce Hamline for a second time during Saturday's regular season closer. ...

On Tuesday evening I had the opportunity to sit down with the top five players on the men's tennis team (Chris Fowler '12, Evan Elderbrock '12, Lewis Wilcox '12, Max Edwards '13 and Stephen ]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 1.2785207 Sports Elderbrock '12, Lewis Wilcox '12, Max Edwards '13 and Stephen Patrick Murphy Sports http://www.themacweekly.com/news/face-aids-to-host-second-annual-benefit-fashion-show-1.2785119 Daniel Surman
President Rosenberg to match donations up to $1,000

FaceAIDS, a student organization dedicated to raising awareness and funds to fight HIV/AIDS, will host a fashion show next Friday to raise money for a Malaysian nonprofit. Organizers of the event...

Mary Moore Easter, poet and former professor of Dance and Performing Arts at Carleton College, delivered the keynote address for Black History Month Tuesday night to a crowd of nearly 50 students, staff and administrators. In her speech titled 'How Big...

Longtime Program Board member Will Johnson '13 was elected Program Board chair for the 2012/2013 school-year. Program Board held elections early this year, allowing Johnson time to shadow the current chair before he takes over the post in the fall. Thi...

One of the smartest things I've seen ABC do since renewing 'Happy Endings' is pull the steaming pile of hate/trash, 'Work It,' off the air after two short, reductive episodes. The basic idea behind the show is that men can't get jobs because women domi...

Want to check out some of the places that have pulled Minneapolis and St. Paul into the spotlight? Check out the guide below to see where you, too, can get your 15 minutes of fame. ...

The communal dinners five days a week are important to the members of the Veggie Co-op, a community centered on living a vegetarian lifestyle. However, for most of the 20 sophomores living in the Co-op, it's not the food, but rather the people, that ar...

Having worked four years with Bon Appetit, Caf and eacute; Mac lead worker Holly Branville seems to be everywhere at Macalester's dining facilities: manning the cash register at Caf and eacute; Mac, organizing the student workers, cleaning the tables, serving ...

Froyo has come to Minnesota. As Sarah Krumholz '13, remarked while enjoying her frozen treat, 'Minnesota, we know you are three years behind on just about everything, but thanks for finally jumping on the froyo trend!' FreeStyle Yogurt is an independen...

The student body elected Kate Hamilton '13 for next year's Financial Affairs Committee (FAC) chair this week in an MCSG election that was held earl...

December may feel in the distant past, but issues from Winter Ball continue to affect the Macalester community. ...