student life overview

• A Multicultural and Diverse Campus Community
• Food at Mac
• Plaid Pass & Card Services
• Student Government & Program Board
• Student Organizations and Clubs
• Student Voice
• Mac Lingo
• Mac Rouser

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A Multicultural and Diverse Campus Community

Macalester is a place dedicated to providing space for its community members "to become intellectually vital and productive citizen-leaders in a world that includes a multiplicity of cultures, perspectives, and needs." Macalester embraces the complexity of the various races, cultures, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, genders, religious and class backgrounds of our members. Learn as much as you can about the resources available to you at Macalester.

They include the

• Lealtad-Suzuki Center
• International Center
• Cultural House
• Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
• Women's and Gender Resource Center
• LGBT Resources

As well as a number of faculty and staff members across campus throughout different departments focused on multicultural living. Also, be sure to consult the student organization guide, included with your Orientation 2012 materials, for a listing of student cultural, religious, political, and social justice focused organizations. To contact someone in the Department of Multicultural Life, consult macalester.edu/multiculturalism.

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Food at Mac

Bon Appetit, our campus dining service contractor, is nationally recognized as a leader in providing high quality dining experiences. All first year students are placed on a 19 meals-per-week plan for the fall semester. Specific information about meal plans and the cafeteria will be sent with your August housing assignment.
Please visit Bon Appetit for more information, including a weekly menu. Dining on campus takes place at Cafe Mac located in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center.

Thanks to the class of 1999 there is a JukeBox you can use for free at dinner time.

Plaid Pass & Card Services

In order to enter Cafe Mac, you will need your PlaidPass. Learn more about other uses of your PlaidPass here.

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Student Government & Program Board

Macalester College Student Government (MCSG)

Meet Your Student Government!

Want to get involved?

Visit the MCSG Homepage

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!

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Student Organizations and Clubs

Mac is home to over 80 Student Organizations and Clubs!

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Student Voice

Straight from the students, read stories about their college life experiences and take a look at the TOP TEN THINGS WE LIKE ABOUT MAC.

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Mac Lingo

SPO is the term commonly used for campus mail, Student Post Office. This term can be used as a verb (“I have to SPO a letter”) or a noun (“Let’s check our SPO’s”)

IGC is the Institute for Global Citizenship, located in the newly constructed Markim Hall. Housing the Civic Engagement Center, the International Center, the Lilly Program, the Internship Program and the Dean for Global Citizenship, the IGC is your one stop shop for discovering your place in the world a on a global scale.

THE LINK is the skyway between the library and Old Main (the oldest building on campus). It is used as a 24-hour study area.

FISHBOWL is a link between Doty and Turck Residence Halls. It is a common place for students to gather, and is also a frequent pizza delivery area.

C-HOUSE (Cultural House) is a residential and programming space dedicated to the promotion of cultural awareness for all students. Its address is 37 Macalester Street.

AUX POINTS refer to the money you add to your PlaidPass ID. They can be used at the Grille, inside Café Mac, at the Highlander store, at the Info Desk, or to do laundry in your residence hall. You can put money on your card in one of two ways: (1) online with a credit card via Manage My ID or (2) at the Card Value Center in the lower level of the Campus Center with cash.

6000 is the number for the campus switchboard operator. Give them a call and they can provide you with the phone number for students, faculty or campus offices. Or, better yet, use the Macalester online directory to find phone numbers, locations, and email addresses of Mac departments and people.

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Mac Rouser

Sing Along or Listen
An arrangement of the Mac Rouser and Dear Old Macalester sung by The Traditions, a student a cappella group.

Mac Rouser words and music by Lucille Farrell, Class of 1919.

Dear Old Macalester words by Bertelle Barker Marvin, Class of 1909.

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.

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Mac Weekly

Read all about it! Mac Weekly

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