Home News 2011 December Archive: Dec 2011 Urban Agriculture Kyle Gename '13 interned at Permaculture Research Institute, where he worked on restoring toxic soils so that people could safely use the land to grow their own food. An Evening with the President President Scrooge Brian Rosenberg, president of Macalester and Charles Dickens scholar, plays the part of Scrooge in this YouTube video and learns some valuable lessons from some very notable ghosts. My Favorite Moment Macalester students share their favorite moments of the semester. Candlelight Service 2011 Dog Days 2011 When finals roll around, the dogs are brought in to relieve some stress. Finding It All at Mac Mac students are driven without being overly competitive, a rare quality to find and one I value immensely, writes Gerbrand Hoogvliet ’11. Giant Dino Bone Winter Ball 2011 Macalester students attended the third annual Winter Ball in early December. Butterflies and Balloons Images captured by Macalester students who studied abroad. Women in the Law Photos from "Women in the Law: A Conversation with the Macalester Legal Community," November 2011 Costa Rican EMT Chopping through 30 miles of jungle on a search and rescue mission while avoiding poisonous snakes and wild boars was just one of the adventures I had last year with a Costa Rican paramedic unit, writes Andrew Flynn '12. New Urbanism Do women living in new urbanist communities find them more empowering than typical suburbs? Charlotte Fagan ’12 set out to answer that question. At Brookings Institution At the Brookings Institution, Thomas Lindman ’12 found a way to bridge the gap between his applied math and geography majors, working with their Metropolitan Policy Program in Washington, D.C. Common Good Books Opens at Macalester Common Good Books is opening a store at Macalester College, owner Garrison Keillor announced today. The independent bookstore will reside at 38 South Snelling Avenue in the 1923 Lampert Building, just north of the corner of Grand and Snelling avenues. Previous Next