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Students sit in circles on Macalester's Great Lawn in front of Old Main. Shadows of tree branches are visible across the grass.
Graduates throw their hats at the 2025 Commencement ceremony
Four students chat while they wait at a Light Rail stop in front of the Minnesota State Capitol.
Two students wearing lab coats work in a psychology lab with their professor.
Two students holding paintbrushes talk with their professor.
Four Macalester students walk past Allianz Field in St. Paul
Students sit in circles on Macalester's Great Lawn in front of Old Main. Shadows of tree branches are visible across the grass.
Graduates throw their hats at the 2025 Commencement ceremony
Four students chat while they wait at a Light Rail stop in front of the Minnesota State Capitol.
Two students wearing lab coats work in a psychology lab with their professor.
Two students holding paintbrushes talk with their professor.
Four Macalester students walk past Allianz Field in St. Paul

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