Students take advantage of new programming, funding limitations hinder staffing options
by Matt Day in News
The class of 2012 will be the first in more than 50 years that will not have its on-campus health care needs met at Winton Health Services. The Winton building's former location is buried under the rising Institute for Global Citizenship building and health services has moved across campus to the Leonard Center.
Waul is the thirteenth Macalester student to receive the Scholarship.
by Hae-Ryun Kang in News
For the fourth time in the past eight years, a Carribbean student from Macalester was named a Rhode Scholar. Michael Waul '09 is the thirteenth Macalester student to receive the award.
"It still feels surreal," he said. "I don't quite grasp how lucky I am, and how big this is.
by Marissa Warden in News
The Director of Academic Programs position, formerly the Dean of Academic Programs will soon be filled. The search committee, comprised of eight students, faculty and staff are in the process of interviewing the four final candidates and hope to make a decision by the end of the semester.
by David Hertz in News
While the economic crisis and ensuing foreclosures have in some places destroyed home values and torn neighborhoods apart, it has had little impact on Macalester's surrounding Macalester-Groveland and Merriam Park neighborhoods, according to High Winds Fund Director Tom Welna.
by Hae-Ryun Kang in News
Beginning in the fall, Macalester students will be able to take courses in a new Islamic Studies concentration. The interdepartmental course plan is part of several Islamic Studies efforts, including two searches for professors.
Islamic World Studies, the official name for the concentration, will overlap a wide array of disciplines, including sociology, political science, religious studies, classics, and international studies.
by April DeJarlais in News
Following complaints over student involvement with the administrative process during the procedure to purchase a new cooling system, the Macalester College Student Government passed a resolution calling for the administration to make more of an effort to involve students.
Competition winner plans to create an image that represents 'cohabitation' in 30 Mac, Bigelow and Wallace Halls
by Katie Havranek in News
The Resident Hall Council chose the mural design, created by Tatiana Craine '11 to adorn the wall of 30 Mac. Craine will receive a fifty dollar prize as well as the chance to create a lasting piece of art to be painted before the end of the semester.
"This is a new tradition," Elicia Johnson '10, Resident Advisor for the Wallace basement explained, "Every year there is going to be new artwork.
by Zac Farber in News
Bard College A professor at this Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., institution was charged Friday with felony possession of marijuana after 16 pot plants were found in her home. Authorities took in interest in Kristie A. Feder, the chair of the college's Economics department, after a neighbor called police to say that Feder had not been seen in several days, according to the Daily Freeman, a morning newspaper for New York's mid-Hudson valley.
