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Macalester College is located in an urban environment that provides rich opportunities for students to enjoy. Living in a metropolitan area also requires that members of the Macalester community take responsibility for their safety and those around them. There are Security Officers on duty 24 hours a day every day. They may be contacted by dialing x6555. Macalester has prided itself on being a very open campus.
We balance the values of promoting safety and security along with the values of an open environment. Yet, not everyone walking through our doors or across campus is a member of our community. We encourage students to walk in groups or utilize student or security officer escorts during hours of darkness.
The Safe Walk program provides two students to walk the requester to a destination within a mile radius of campus. Occasionally, as demanded by weather, the escorts provide the student a ride home in a college-owned vehicle. Students can call x6699 for a Safe Walk escort. Hours of service will be advertised at the beginning of each term. On campus, most thefts are identified as crimes of opportunity.
We also recommend you sign up for the “MAC ALERT” emergency information text messaging program. Go to 1600 Grand for more info.
Members of the Macalester community are encouraged to do simple things including
- responding to all emergency alarms quickly
- not walking alone at night
- always locking residence hall doors while away
- not opening doors to strangers or propping doors open for guests or allowing unknown persons to tailgate into your residence hall.
- We recommend you mark your valuables with a permanent marker using your unique state drivers’ license or State ID number, then record and save the model and serial number and take photos of these items.
- Further, students should not assume that items left in a public area will remain upon their return. If an item is thought to be lost, members of the community can inquire at one of three locations, depending upon the area the item was lost:
- Campus Center Information Desk
- Library Circulations Desk or Facilities Services and
- Security Offices.
For more safety and security information go to our web site at www.macalester.edu/security
Mac Computing & MyInfoServices
The Information Technology Services is the best source for all of your computing questions. Click ITS Orientation form more information.
MyInfoServices is your introduction to Macalester library, computing, web and media services resources that you will need to know about right away as you start fall semester.
Information and forms for New Students can be found here.
The PlaidPass is your official Macalester College identification card. For more info click PlaidPass
Document Services
NEED COPIES?
Document Services offers full service document production. We do Color and Black & White copying. Finishing Services include collating, stapling, folding, cutting, binding, faxing, scanning and laminating.
Copy requests may be submitted via e-mail, on CD Rom, jump drive or through the LDT which is Loffler Digital Transport an electric job ticket.
We are located in the lower level of the Campus Center, next to Mailing Services.
Hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Friday
Macalester Mailing Services
Mailing Services provides PO boxes (SPO) for your incoming mail and packages. Boxes (SPO) are assigned at the start of fall semester. We are a Contract Postal Station so we offer most services that you find at a Post Office. We sell stamps and send out packages for Domestic and International mail.
Shipping packages to Campus
Students may ship their items in boxes or trunks if they cannot bring them along as they travel to Macalester. Such items should be shipped after August 7th. For information on package pick-up times, please check with Mailing Services in lower level of the Campus Center.
Please address your luggage and boxes to:
Your full name
ATTN: Trunk Storage
Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue
Saint Paul MN 55105
Hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday – Friday
11:00 am – 2:00 pm Saturday
Phone: 651-696-6294
For more information, visit the Mailing Services website
Theatre & Dance Information
Opportunist and swindler, gains complete
Dear New Macalester Student:
Welcome to Macalester and the Theater and Dance Department! We are a
committed team of teachers, artists, technicians and– especially!–students like you who
work together in classrooms, rehearsal studios, and onstage/backstage to make
Macalester’s theater and dance programs among the best liberal arts
performance programs in the nation. We’re happy to have you join us!
Let me take this opportunity to tell you about some of the Theater and Dance courses
that are open to first-year students and our upcoming production season:
Fall Courses Open to First-Year Students
- Theatre and Performance in the Twin Cities (A First Year Course)
- Introduction to Theatre Studies
- Acting Theory & Performance I
- Technical Theatre
- Dance Technique Courses (Modern I & III, Ballet I & III, African)
- Dance Improvisation
- Cultures of Dance
- Spring Courses Open to First-Year Students:
- Acting Theory & Performance I
- Voice and Vocal Production
- Technical Theater
- Playwrighting and Textual Analysis
- Dance Technique Courses
Dance Composition
2008-2010 Season of Theatre and Dance Concert Productions
Theme: Faces of Madness: Lunatics or Prophets
We have an exciting season planned for 2009-2010, with three mainstage theater productions and two dance concerts. The theme for the season Faces of Madness – will question how madness can be view by society. Is it genius or a voice of dissentient? Auditions are open to all students. Early in Fall Semester there will be auditions for the Fall Dance concert and the Theater Department’s fall production, Moliere’s Tartuffe, directed by a Harry Waters, Jr. More details on the Season are provided below:
Fall 2008 Productions
Tartuffe, by Moliere, directed by Harry Waters, Jr. This production will run for two weekends in November. Tartuffe is one of Moliere’s most masterful and most popular plays. Its central character is a rich bourgeois named Orgon who in middle age has become a bigot and prude. By affecting sanctity, Tartuffe, a wily opportunist and swindler, gains complete ascendancy over Orgon, who not only turns over his fortune but offer his daughter in marriage to his “spiritual” master.
Fall Dance ConcertWill perform in early December. This concert on the Main stage Theater presents choreography by faculty and students, featuring a work by the Macalester Dance Ensemble. Auditions for dancers will be held at the beginning of fall semester.
Spring 2009 Productions
Marat/Sade, by Peter Weiss, directed by a Guest Director. This production will run for two weekends in later February and early March The full title of this play is The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade. Theatrically, politically, and socially complex, this play dramatizes the events surrounding the production of a play about the French Revolution. Those events are themselves dramatized, giving Marat/Sade the structure of a “play within a play.” It is total theatre: Philosophically Problematic, visually terrifying, it engages the eye, the ear and the mind with every imaginable dramatic and technical device. Audition will be in late November.
Senior Project in Directing. The directing emphasis student(s) in the Theater Department will produce their senior capstone project in directing in early March. Auditions will be held in late January.
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, by Dario Fo, directed by Beth Cleary. This production will run for two weekends in early April. Accidental Death of an Anarchist is one of Fo’s most popular plays. The play is mainly about police corruption, underscored by the play’s focus on impersonation, infiltration, and double-talk. A fast-talking major character, the Maniac, infiltrates a police headquarters. Posing as an investigating judge, he tricks the policemen into contradicting themselves and admitting that they are part of the cover-up involving he death of an anarchist. This play has played around the world and is a popular choice for directors who want to point to corruption in their mist. Auditions will be held in early February.
Spring Dance Concert. Will be performed in Late April. Under faculty guidance, students produce, choreograph and perform in this concert. A dance by a guest choreographer will also be presented in this show. Auditions will be held at the beginning of spring semester.
Please come to an information session about the department on Friday afternoon of the first week of school (September 11th), at 4:30 p.m. in the theater.
At this annual info session we tell you more about how we work, introduce you to the current faculty, staff, and students, and hear from you about your interests. It’s your opportunity to match faces to names, and ask any questions you have.
For more information visit our website: http://www.macalester.edu/theateranddance/
Have a great summer, and we all look forward to seeing you in the Fall!
Sincerely,
Dan Keyser, Chair
Macalester College Student Government (MCSG)
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Program Board (PB)
The Program Board plans a diverse array of educational and social activities throughout the year for the entire campus. These include concerts, lectures, dances, Diversity Weekend, Springfest, and more! Visit our website and join in the fun!
Macalester’s connection to the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis allows the school to stand alone among other liberal arts colleges. While you will experience the “small town” feel of the Macalester Groveland community, the opportunities you will find within the metro area are enormous. This diverse area is host to some of the country’s finest art and culture, as more than 40 organizations produce more than 1,000 art events, exhibits, and performances in Saint Paul alone. The cities are rich in history and charm and also contain many of Minnesota’s historical sites, including the State Capitol and Minnesota History Center. For the new few years, you will live in an area that has preserved distinctive architecture and cherished natural areas while continuing to offer a wide range of shopping and dining experiences.
There is something for everyone in the Twin Cities. Outdoor enthusiasts love to run, rollerblade, or bike around the many lakes, along the river, or on beautiful Summit Avenue. Minnesotans also love to be active in the winter, cross country skiing, winter camping or attending the St. Paul Winter Carnival.
The area offers sports that appeal to fans of all ages. The St. Paul/East Metro area is home to the National Hockey League’s Minnesota Wild, and to the Saint Paul Saints, a minor league baseball team. Professional baseball, basketball, football and soccer teams also call the Twin Cities home.
Your Macalester education can be greatly enhances by taking advantage of our urban location with its diverse population and cultural resources. Take time to explore the Twin Cities using the public bus (metrotransit.org) or get to know local residents through community service opportunities. The Civic Engagement Center (651-696-6040) often provides transportation.
Check out the diverse selection of restaurants within a four block radius of Mac!
- PAD THAI
1659 Grand Ave. - SHISH MEDITERRANEAN GRILL
1668 Grand Ave. - ITALIAN PIE SHOPPE
1670 Grand Ave. - TEA GARDEN
1692 Grand Ave. - KHYBER PASS
1571 Grand Ave. - JAMBA JUICE / BREADSMITH
1577 Grand Ave.
- COFFEE NEWS
1662 Grand Ave. - KOWALSKI’S
1261 Grand Ave. - EVEREST ON GRAND
1278 Grand Ave. - DUNN BROS
1569 Grand Ave.
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Acquaint yourself with some of the jargon you'll hear at Mac.
Sing Along or
Listen to an arrangement of the Mac Rouser and Dear Old Macalester sung by The Traditions, a student a cappella group.
You hear of the colleges and of the U's,
Whose students are loyal and true
Of Hamline, St. Thomas and old G.A.C. St. Olaf and Carleton too,—
But there is one in St. Paul, that beats them all,
Far-famed is her good name,—
Now cheer for our Alma Mater—
Rah Rah for Macalester.
Rouser Chorus:
For we are loyal—to dear old Mac,
And college spirit—We never lack—
We always fight to win the game,
In every sport it's just the same
We wave our pennants the gold and blue,
and to these colors—we're ever true;
We proudly give an Oskie Wow-Wow,
For our dear college Macalester.
Cut to Dear Old Macalester:
Dear old Macalester, Ever the same;
To those whose hearts
Are thrilled by thy dear name.
Cherished by all thy sons,
Loved by all thy daughters,
Hail! hail to thee,
Our college dear.
Repeat Rouser Chorus:
For we are loyal—to dear old Mac,
And college spirit—We never lack—
We always fight to win the game,
In every sport it's just the same
We wave our pennants the gold and blue,
and to these colors—we're ever true;
We proudly give an Oskie Wow-Wow,
For our dear college Macalester.
Mac Rouser words and music by Lucille Farrell, Class of 1919.
Dear Old Macalester words by Bertelle Barker Marvin, Class of 1909.
Here are a few of the cool places Mac students especially like to spend they time.