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The Mac Weekly is a student newspaper serving Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1914. It has been recognized for its work by the Associated Collegiate Press. The paper accepts paid advertising and is editorially independent from the college.

Early history
The Weekly was founded in 1914 as a four-page weekly paper publishing every Tuesday. The founding editorial board was coed and was led by Editor-in-chief A. B. Hood and Managing editor W. M. Stronach.

The Weekly was preceded by The College Echo which published from 1886 through 1898.

"Colonial Macalester"
On November 1, 2019, The Mac Weekly published an issue containing the essay "The complicated celebration and remembering of Edward Duffield Neill". Edward Duffield Neill (1823-1893) was Macalester's first president and the namesake of Neill Hall, a campus building. The essay elicited an immediate reaction from former Macalester president Brian Rosenberg and the college's board of trustees, as it pointed out Neill's racist statements regarding Native Americans of the time and his culturally insensitive exhumation of their burial sites. Before the end of the month, the hall had been renamed as the "Humanities Building". The paper was commended by the Poynter Institute for its advocacy of racial justice.

Notable alumni of The Mac Weekly
This is a list of The Mac Weekly 's notable former staffers and contributors.


 * Corina Knoll - Los Angeles bureau chief, The New York Times
 * Peter Fenn - Political strategist, columnist, and television commentator
 * Tim O'Brien - Author, known for The Things They Carried
 * JJ Allaire - Entrepreneur and creator of ColdFusion and RStudio
 * Chank Diesel - Typeface designer
 * Eliot Brown - Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
 * Dave Zirin - Sports editor, The Nation
 * Ian Trontz - Deputy weekend editor, The New York Times
 * Howard Sinker - Sports editor, Star Tribune
 * Eric Dregni - Travel author and English professor
 * Danai Gurira - Actress known for roles in The Walking Dead, Black Panther, Avengers films
 * Zac Farber - Managing editor, Berkeleyside
 * Amy Lieberman - Editor, The Conversation
 * Doug McFarland - Politician and law professor
 * Peter Berg - Director of Friday Night Lights, among other films
 * Celia Heudebourg - Assistant managing editor, Insider Inc.
 * Josh Marcus - Reporter, The Independent
 * Tinbete Ermyas - Editor, NPR
 * Dan Feidt - Producer, Unicorn Riot