Following last-minute agreement, MUWU to hold union election
Jan 30, 2025 · On Dec. 6, 2024, after hours of last-minute negotiations, the Macalester Undergraduate Workers’ Union (MUWU) and representatives of Macalester staved off a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing by coming to a consensus, known as a stipulated agreement, regarding the limits of MUWU’s bargaining …
The Mac Weekly - The Student News Site of Macalester College
The Student News Site of Macalester College. On Dec. 6, 2024, after hours of last-minute negotiations, the Macalester Undergraduate Workers’ Union (MUWU) and representatives of Macalester staved off a National Labor...
LB talks Trump administration, C-House plans with Wong
Jan 30, 2025 · On Thursday, Jan. 23, members of Macalester College Student Government (MCSG) welcomed Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alina Wong at their first weekly Legislative Body (LB) meeting of the semester. After hearing updates on work and initiatives within the division of institutional equity at the …
MUWU files for election, NLRB hearing likely - The Mac Weekly
Dec 5, 2024 · Note: This article is based on information available as of 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4 and on interviews conducted on and before Tuesday, Nov. 26. The likely hearing between MUWU and Macalester would take place on Friday, Dec. 6, the publication day of this issue of the The Mac Weekly. Following a nearly year-long...
Macalester community grapples with Trump’s reelection
Nov 7, 2024 · Against a backdrop of campus-wide uncertainty and several months’ build-up of anxieties surrounding the contentious race for president between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, Macalester community members flocked to the polls this past Tuesday, Nov. 5 to cast their ballots in the 2024 general election. The …
Macalester hosts “50 Years After Vietnam” counter-commemoration
Jan 30, 2025 · Throughout the 2024-25 academic year, Macalester will be hosting a series of events to counter-commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the United States’ war in Vietnam. On April 30, 1975, the United States fully withdrew from Vietnam. This date is contemporarily considered the end of the Vietnam War among those living in Vietnam...
Understanding money at Macalester - The Mac Weekly
Apr 18, 2024 · ‘Why are things the way they are?’ This discussion surrounding campus affairs, finances and everything else that happens inside the red bricks of Weyerhaeuser Hall persists at Macalester. Since COVID-19, student involvement in campus affairs has struggled to regain traction, and much has been lost to the constant turnover of the student body.
In search of financial transparency: Fundraising and …
Apr 14, 2022 · For years, students have asked for greater transparency around Macalester’s finances and spending. Until the end of its work last fall, the student organization Fossil Free Mac made transparency a top demand in its campaign for divestment from fossil fuels. In August 2021, when the board of trustees decided to divest, they also tasked its...
Moo-ving towards a new mascot - The Mac Weekly
Jan 30, 2025 · The Highland cow. A beautiful, majestic creature hailing from the Scottish Highlands. A symbol of power. They can also be very cute. In this time of mascot selection, I would like to further advocate for the noble, fluffy and undeniably Scottish, Highland cow. Now, some specific strengths. First, the nature of a mascot is to be...
Mac ranked 27th best liberal arts college: why do we care?
Dec 5, 2024 · For the fourth year in a row, the U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) ranked Macalester College as the 27th best liberal arts college nationwide. However, with increased questions and criticism from universities regarding the validity and importance of the report, Macalester itself is wondering how to best respond to this ranking and narrate its...