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The Mac Weekly

The Student News Site of Macalester College

The Mac Weekly

The eleventh annual critical theory symposium; a critical success
The eleventh annual critical theory symposium; a critical success
Alex Brinkman and Colette Lawler April 25, 2024

Last Friday, April 19, Macalester held its 11th annual Critical Theory Symposium, including lectures, discussions and food and drink.  The structure of a symposium is...

Photo story: snowstorm snowball fight
Photo story: snowstorm snowball fight
Rory Donaghy, Photo Editor • March 2, 2023

Last Wednesday, Feb. 22, the Macalester Outing Club extended an invite to other clubs and members of the Macalester community across campus to participate in a snowball fight...

Felicia Winfrey ‘25 and friends on Overalls @Mac Day. Photo by Grace Xue ‘23
Student’s idea thrives on campus: overalls at Mac
Grace (Ziyue) Xue, Staff Writer • October 27, 2022

Blue denim, brown corduroy, pink and white floral patterns, flannel jumpsuits … overalls of all kinds of fabrics and designs bloomed all over the campus like autumn flowers....

Our Neck of the Woods: Up North
Our Neck of the Woods: Up North
Katherine Irving, Media Editor • April 8, 2022

Wolves are everywhere and nowhere; they live on pretty much every continent in the Northern hemisphere, but only the most intrepid have seen one in the wild. But across the...

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Sydney Ellison ’24 marked one of the Scots’ three points in their match against Bethel University on Friday. Photo courtesy of Macalester Athletics.
This Week In Sports: 4/26/24
Daniel Graham, Sports Editor • April 25, 2024

Women’s golf wins Rumble at the Ridge • Over the weekend, the Scots visited the Oneka Ridge Golf Course in White Bear Lake, Minn. for the...

Pursesnatchers team. Photo courtesy of Nora de Rege ’24 and Elise Gautier ’24.
Ultimate frisbee: Pursesnatchers earn bid to Nationals
Alex Brinkman, Staff Writer • April 25, 2024

 Macalester’s women’s and gender-inclusive ultimate frisbee team, the Pursesnatchers, played in their regional tournament at St. Olaf College...

Jordan Doi ’25 takes a swing for Mac men’s tennis. Photo courtesy of Macalester Athletics.
This Week In Sports: 4/19/24
Lucy Diaz and Audrey Milk April 18, 2024

Softball Coach Jody Gabriel notches 300th career victory • On Friday night , the Scots swept a doubleheader against the Carleton College...

Mac Poetry slams the competition
Mac Poetry slams the competition
Colette Lawler, Alex Brinkman, and Eleanor Lazaroff April 25, 2024

In a feat of poetic justice, Macalester’s five-person slam poetry team took home the gold at the Midwest Poetry Mashup, a regional slam poetry...

Maggie Rogers’ “Don’t Forget Me:” a testament to being a woman in your 20s
Maggie Rogers’ “Don’t Forget Me:” a testament to being a woman in your 20s
Mandy Week and Olivia Worcester April 18, 2024

 April 12 marked a glorious day for fans of sad indie-pop: the release of Maggie Rogers’ long-awaited third studio album “Don’t Forget...

Fall Out Boy at the Target Center. Photo by Linnea Joanen ’27.
Fall Out Boy bookends tour with deep-cuts and classics galore
Linnea Joanen, Staff Writer • April 18, 2024

 Fall Out Boy’s marathon “So Much For (Tour) Dust” tour was marked by the infamous Magic 8-Ball song — for Taylor Swift fans, this may...