Category: Student Life

Founders Day 2016

Pushball 2016 – A Macalester Tradition

Watch Pushball 2016

Every year students celebrate Founders Day with a friendly game of Pushball on Macalester's Old Main Lawn.

Dynamic Duos

Macalester paired them up as first-year roommates. Now seniors, they've lived together ever since.

Spring 2016 Weeks 4-5

Kingdom Roots

Watch the winning music video created during Funkathon by team Kingdom Roots.

Use One Word

Students were asked to describe their mood in one word on a sunday afternoon.

Osmo Vänskä comes to the Macalester Orchestra

Coderoni and Kingdom Roots Take First

The student teams Coderoni and Kingdom Roots took first place at Macalester's two 24-hour competitions on Feb. 19-20.

Early Editor

Evelyn Pugh ’19 was one of ten high schoolers who put together The Best American Nonrequired Reading of 2015.

Sunny and Warm in February?

Students enjoyed a rare, warm day at the end of February.

Loving Winter

There are some things to love about winter — our students share theirs.

Happy Soccer Story

The men's soccer team's 2015 season went down as one of the best in the program's history.

Late Night Vinyl

Three times a semester, music professor Mark Mandarano invites students to listen to albums together.

Recipe For Success

An idea that began during a summer entrepreneurial program now facilitates meal-shares between students all semester long.

Spring 2016 Week 1

Bingo for Books, Tropical Night, the Spring Involvement Fair, and Senior Class Night kicked off the semester.

Repeat RAs

Two seniors reflect on spending three years as RAs.

Music and Freedom

A first-year class connects philosophy, politics, and history with music ranging from Mozart to Mingus.

Back to the Classroom

For the first time since becoming president of Macalester, Brian Rosenberg returned to the classroom to team-teach a seminar.

The Year That Was

Here are the stories from 2015 that brought you delight and pride in what happens at 1600 Grand.

Season’s Greetings

Remember bundling up at Mac in the winter? Wherever you are in the world now, Macalester College wishes you a warm and wonderful holiday season and a happy new year.