The Mac Weekly - The Student News Site of Macalester College
The Student News Site of Macalester College. The morning of Tuesday, Nov. 19, protesters from Sunrise Twin Cities and Third Act, a climate justice organization of activists over 60 years old, raised their voices over...
The psychology behind comfort shows and our TV watching habits
Mar 31, 2022 · In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, streaming services have seen an uptick of usage. Specifically within the area of TV shows, many people have taken to television as a source of comfort during such stressful times. The idea of a “comfort show,” or a show you watch to ease anxiety or invoke nostalgia, has...
Mac ranked 27th best liberal arts college: why do we care?
5 days ago · For the fourth year in a row, the U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) ranked Macalester College as the 27th best liberal arts college nationwide. However, with increased questions and criticism from universities regarding the validity and importance of the report, Macalester itself is wondering how to best respond to this ranking and narrate its...
Hearing “her-story”: an analysis of “Six! The Musical”
Nov 10, 2022 · If you had the chance to visit the Ordway Theater for the Performing Arts in St. Paul between Oct. 25 and Nov. 6, you might have heard a lot of people walking around with ridiculous fake British accents, or perhaps running about like a chicken (or person) with their head cut off. The show at...
Who was Edward Duffield Neill? - The Mac Weekly
Oct 31, 2019 · 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 a 26-year-old Presbyterian missionary. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he spent time living in Illinois before heading further west to St. Paul. In a...
Return of XTC: EXTC at Parkway Theater - The Mac Weekly
Nov 10, 2022 · It’s been 40 years since the band XTC has performed live. Their last concert and live performance ever was during their North American tour in 1982 promoting the album “English Settlement.” After one night in San Diego, Andy Partridge, the lead singer of the band, canceled the rest of the North American tour and refused...
Way Back at Mac: Mascot evolution from MacQuack to Mac Scots
Last May, during the opening of professor Jess Pearson’s History in Action class exhibit, “Internationalism at Mac,” students and visitors buzzed about the most bizarre fact of the night — MacQuack, Macalester’s first mascot. It all began in November 1937, when Staples High School students gave the Macalester football team a live duck for good...
Mac Football begins new era with dominating win
On Sept. 3, Macalester Football kicked off both the new season and a new era on Sept. 3 with a 45-24 win at University of Minnesota-Morris. Head Coach Phil Nicolaides earned his first official win at Macalester and as a collegiate head coach. Coming off an underwhelming 2021 season that saw a 3-7(2-6) record, the...
Way Back at Mac: A look at Mac football’s historic losing streak
A few weeks ago, a student at Macalester shared a Sports Illustrated article from 1978 titled “The Scots Get Scotched,” on social media. This article covered the 1978 Macalester football team’s record-breaking losing streak — 41 games at that time. Sports Illustrated poked fun at the disinterest and outright heckling of the football team by...
It’s All True: Malinda makes waves, mixes styles
Sep 28, 2023 · Last Tuesday, Sept. 19, fans piled into First Avenue, 7th St. Entry for the ninth stop on Malinda’s It’s All True U.S. tour. From as far as Fargo N.D. and as close as St. Paul, her fans have stuck with her throughout her career and through many different eras of music and content production. ...