{"id":925,"date":"2018-02-27T04:52:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T04:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-student-government\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T11:51:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T17:51:02","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About MCSG"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/IMG_0415-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/IMG_0415-1024x768.jpg 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/IMG_0415-300x225.jpg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/IMG_0415-768x576.jpg 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/IMG_0415-1536x1152.jpg 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/IMG_0415-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We are Committed to Representing the Views of the Entire Student Body<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Macalester College Student Government (MCSG), consisting of 29 elected representatives, is the governing body for Macalester College&#8217;s student body<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/members\/executiveboard\/\">the Executive Board<\/a> chairs a committee focused on a specific area of student life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/mcsg-committees\/presidents-cabinet\/\">The Cabinet<\/a> is composed of six members who advise the Legislative Body on issues such as Belonging and Accessibility, Health and Wellness, Infrastructure &amp; Sustainability, Internationalism, Residential Life &amp; Dining, and Athletics &amp; Recreation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/members\/legislative-body\/\">The Legislative Body<\/a> is comprised of four elected representatives from each class year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"callout-feature-text block-container\" >\n    <div class=\"callout-feature-text__inner\">\n        <div class=\"callout-feature-text__container\">\n            <div class=\"callout-feature-text__feature-wrapper\">\n                <div class=\"callout-feature-text__feature-card\">\n                    <div class=\"base-lockup\">\n                                                                            <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Connect with Us<\/h2>\n                                                                            <p class=\"base-lockup__copy\">For any additional questions or concerns, feel free to email us at <a href=\"mailto:mcsg@macalester.edu\"><span class=\"value\">mcsg@\u200bmacalester.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"callout-feature-text__ctas\">\n                                                            <a class=\"base-cta-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/officialmcsg\/\" target=\"_self\">Follow Us on Instagram<\/a>\n                                                                                        <a class=\"base-cta-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfiIE31sl6tNv-ymCyBhhtiBIYUfwPKQpaGtHfchp8VCdg44Q\/viewform?pli=1\" target=\"_self\">MCSG Virtual Inbox<\/a>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                     <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are Committed to Representing the Views of the Entire Student Body The Macalester College Student Government (MCSG), consisting of 29 elected representatives, is the governing body for Macalester College&#8217;s student body<\/p>","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":3309,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-925","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4423,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/925\/revisions\/4423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}