Lindsay Weber

When Karinna Gerhardt ’20 and Jason Kohn ’20 met Sheikh Adbul Aziz al Nuiami while studying abroad through the SIT Jordan program last year, their program director told them not to ask him any controversial or political questions.

Newark’s Main Street is in for a much-needed makeover. The college town’s commercial corridor is notorious for its potholes, and is not ADA compliant. Areas of the road also flood frequently due to poor drainage. The $11.8 million improvement project, which began in April, plans to address these issues and more. The result should be a beautified Main Street with wider walkways, increased parking options and smoother traffic flow.

Thirty homicides. One hundred and forty six people shot. St. Paul is reeling from what is now its highest murder tally in 20 years, and that number is rapidly approaching the most murders in the city’s history — 34 in 1992.

Picture this: your local Trader Joe’s on a busy Sunday afternoon. The parking lot bursts at the seams and lines of customers curl all the way to the back of the store—but there’s not a single flimsy plastic bag in sight. This could soon be a familiar sight in Delaware. Gov. John Carney signed House Bill 130 in July, which bans single-use plastic bags in some stores effective January 2021.

This is a 6,000 word narrative journalism piece I wrote about the push for student press freedom in Minnesota during the 2019 legislative season, for the class Narrative Journalism with Stephen Smith, executive editor of APM reports.

Maddie Schumacher ’19 did not receive an invitation to a student input meeting regarding a new Master Plan for Macalester Residential Life. They’re not alone. The email invite to the Wednesday, April 17 meeting was only sent to first-year and sophomore students.

Seven years after forming, Fossil Free Mac (FFM) will officially disband at the end of this semester. They announced their decision at a teach-in event called “The Last Supper,” held in a classroom in the DeWitt Wallace Library on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Since its formation in 2012, FFM has lobbied to end Macalester’s investments in the fossil fuel industry. The campaign culminated on Oct. 4, when the board of trustees voted to partially divest the college from fossil fuels.

This is a feature I wrote about the social divide between Macalester's athletes and non-athletes for the class News Reporting and Writing with Howard Sinker, digital sports editor at the Star Tribune.

As Macalester struggles to come to terms with its colonial legacy, some on campus are looking to the future — eyeing ways to create a more inclusive and diverse college. International Roundtable student organizer Elika Somani ’22 thinks that the admissions office is a good place to start.

Among the many colorful and creative signs stippled throughout the crowd of over 5,000 at the Minnesota Global Youth Climate Strike this past Friday, one was a familiar sight: the Macalester logo, printed on a six-foot banner and carried by a group of student activists. Approximately 250 Macalester students, joined by members of the college’s staff and faculty, took time out of their Friday to attend the Minnesota iteration of the global strike at the state capitol building in St. Paul.

Nobody saw it coming when news broke that Grand Old Day — the popular street festival celebrating Grand Avenue businesses — was cancelled in March 2019 due to a lack of funds. Even members of the Grand Avenue Business Association (GABA), the non-profit organization that hosts the annual event, were taken aback.

Have you ever tried a Delaware-made cheese curd? For most, the answer is likely going to be "no"—but the UDairy Creamery wants to change that. The creamery, operated by students and staff at University of Delaware, debuted the new Genuardi Food Innovation Laboratory earlier this year. The lab features new ice cream and cheese processing plants, an expanded food science testing kitchen and several new office spaces.

Below is rundown of the concerts and music festivals going on in the First State this summer, separated by county. Featuring renowned acts like Post Malone, the Beach Boys, Norah Jones and Cole Swindell, as well as many smaller names and local talent, Delaware’s summer concert lineup has something for everybody.

Starting this semester, the White Anti-Racist Identity Collective is no more. The group has evolved into a community cohort called Unlearning White Supremacy — the new name and structural shift signifies several changes within the framework of the group.

This is a narrative journalism profile I wrote on my friend, Sy Schimberg, an aspiring comedian. This was written for the class Narrative Journalism with Stephen Smith, executive editor of APM Reports.

Karen couldn’t admit to herself that her relationship with her husband was abusive. They had a young son together and they were business partners. She tried to hide the psychological and physical harm from her son and everyone else in her life. A part of her believed she must have done something wrong in order to deserve the abuse. “When you trust someone else’s judgement of you more than you trust your own judgement of what’s going on, that is the beginning of going crazy,” she says.

In all respects, Wilmington native Chad Michael Jervis is just getting started. The 24-year-old joined up-and-coming pop country group in May of last year after being brought on by country music producer Robert Deaton. Since then, the group has opened for Garth Brooks, played at the and performed on —not bad for a band only in existence for a little over a year. But Jervis’ love of music goes back much further than that.

Macalester’s “Mac Moment” fundraising campaign launched privately in 2016 with the goal of raising $100 million for the college over four years. The school aimed to put $40 million towards financial aid and $20 million each towards the Macalester Fund, programming and faculty and academic support repsectively The effort went public in Oct. 2018 with a celebratory gala in the Leonard Center. Over the past year, Macalester hosted several “Big Questions” events in cities across the globe, featurin

When Susan and Raymond Sander moved to Delaware six years ago, they knew no one. They began volunteering at Hagley Museum in Wilmington shortly after their arrival, finding a welcoming community of dedicated volunteers and staff. Now the couple spends almost every day working on projects for Hagley, doing anything from raising scholarship funds to dressing as Santa during holiday events.