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Do you remember living in the dorms, playing pranks on a classmate, being moved by a speaker, or a favorite professor? Tell your story from your time as a Macalester student here.

Clubs, Sports and Activities

• Mac Radio
  By Thomas Wilmot
• My Political Activites
  By Michael Wammer
• My Brief Stint in the Costume Department
  By Elise Glenn Fleming
• The Many Activities at Mac
  By Alicia A. Ahneman Merriam
• Flying Scots
  By Douglas James
• Late-night journalism
  By Kay Lorans Hancock Clarkson
• A high-tech job
  By Bill Bush Jr.
• Hard-won victory
  By Roger I. Krech
• A fahion faux pas
  By Betty (Boo) Joos Groth
• Getting fooled by the Toastmasters
  By Betty (Boo) Joos Groth

Coming to Mac

• A Welcoming Place
  By Edward Dysart
• An “Intro” to Political Science
  By Yvette Boe Oldendorf
• A second shot at Mac
  By Thomas Dynneson
• A big sister in the big city
  By Kay Lorans Hancock Clarkson
• A fahion faux pas
  By Betty (Boo) Joos Groth

Dormlife

• Peeping Tom
  By Jacquelyn J. Mobley Cronin
• Jonesy's Snowfall
  By Dennis Kohlmann Ryan
• Breaking out of Bigelow
  By Joan Meisser Ruppel
• A Letter from Dean Doty
  By Jeanette Makynen
• Summit Santa Clause Poem
  By Mary Kohn Schirado
• Dorm Fun and Parent Visits
  By Lana Millman Runyan
• Fumes in the rooms
  By Elizabeth (Liz) Cofield Solem
• My Macalester days
  By Kay Lorans Hancock Clarkson
• Turck Hall memories
  By Marilyn Hancock Woolridge

Internationalism

• Mock UN
  By Christine Ostrom Stannard
• Conversations with Mac’s Main Man
  By Susan Parker Robertson
• U. N. Tour, New York City & Washington D.C.
  By John Mossler
• Kissinger’s Remarks about a Classmate
  By Darwyn Linder
• Canadian-American Conference
  By Patrick W. Costigan

Miscellaneous

• The Kitchen Table
  By Peggy Peet Watson
• Scrapbooking
  By Anita G. Uherka Clingman
• Old Library
  By Anita G. Uherka Clingman
• Connections made with my Chevy
  By Larry D. Bultena
• Greeting the Mac President
  By Mary Kay Hansen Kaltreider
• Confidential Information
  By James McComb
• Mac Weekly, Poli Sci Class, "Coed," and Friends
  By Mary Ball Tyler Browne
• My Nickname, Foreign Students Club, & Christmas of 1958
  By Rosita Menendez Payne
• Finding Treasure in the Old Theater
  By Elise Glenn Fleming
• Dorm Fun and Working as Teacher Assistant
  By Edis Flowerday Risser
• Memories at Mac
  By Yvette Boe Oldendorf
• Off Campus Lounge & Library Reserves
  By Janet E. Vaughan
• The Campus Rock
  By Dwight R. Chamberlain
• Smelt Fry
  By John Nash
• Science Profs and Bagpipes
  By Douglas James
• Favorite Memories at Macalester
  By Deborah Davis Jansen
• No comment
  By Bob Jones
• Excellent places, people, & experiences
  By Barbara Sigurdson
• Dorms, dances, & Fireside Fellowship
  By Karen Nordhus George
• My Macalester days
  By Joan Meisser Ruppel
• Starting a family
  By Thomas Dynneson
• The basement grill
  By William A. Lurth
• Friends and classes
  By Mary Kohn Schirado

Music

• Little Choir
  By Janet E. Vaughan
• Choir experiences
  By Karen Matlock Johnson
• Beethoven's 9th
  By Carolyn Dolliff Corzine
• Friday night out
  By Gail Hofmaster Nelson
• Singing in the choir
  By Betty Irwin Kongshaug

Pranks

• Newspaper Surprise
  By Douglas James
• The spoils of war
  By Harlan Hanson
• Telephone fun
  By Carolyn Dolliff Corzine
• See you in the funny pages
  By Carolyn Dolliff Corzine
• Spring fever
  By Elaine Freye Kienitz

Professors and Classes

• Recommendations from my “Big Sister”
  By Anita G. Uherka Clingman
• Science Memories
  By Thomas Wilmot
• Memories with Dr. Mitau and Dr. Dupre
  By Gerald (Jerry) Johansen
• Dean Dupre and Judy Pearcy
  By Yvette Boe Oldendorf
• Tremendous Macalester Teachers
  By Janet E. Vaughan
• Roger Blakely!
  By Jacquelyn J. Mobley Cronin
• Political Philosophy and Business Law
  By John Nash
• Dr. Mitau's deadly aim
  By Curtis Swenson
• Professor Betts
  By Karen Matlock Johnson
• Mrs. Walling's surprise visit
  By Karen Bangsund Meslow
• How I became an English major
  By Elaine Freye Kienitz
• Life-long friends
  By Roger I. Krech
• Squashing the acting bug
  By Betty (Boo) Joos Groth
• Monumental failure
  By Betty (Boo) Joos Groth

RELIGiOUS LIFE

• Chaplain Coordination
  By Larry D. Bultena
• Religion-In-Life Week
  By Walter E. Otto
• Communion in PJ’s
  By Edward Dysart
• A great "student work contract"
  By Karen Matlock Johnson
• Candlelight Service
  By Connie Martinson Nyquist

School Spirit

• Oski-wow-wow!
  By Joan Meisser Ruppel
• Homecoming queen
  By Joan Meisser Ruppel
• Homecoming 1960
  By Gail Hofmaster Nelson

What Macalester Means to Me

• A Focus on Diversity, Spirituality and Academic
  By Lance Johnson
• A Life-Altering Experience
  By Laurence (Larry) Nyquist
• Macalester's Campus
  By Katherine Giese Cassel
• Studying the Middle East
  By Carolyn Dolliff Corzine
• Proud to be a Mac Alum
  By Roger I. Krech
• Internationalism at Mac
  By Betty Irwin Kongshaug
• A history of good education
  By Alan Giddings
• A victory for diversity
  By Patrick W. Costigan