Groveland

The major climate disaster burning through Australia. Macalester’s new sustainability coordinator. And, what you can expect from the podcast this semester. This is a new series from the Groveland team: Five minutes every month about the latest on the stories we’ve covered in the past.

A federal judge rules to uphold affirmative action. The Board of Trustees vote to rename Neill Hall. And how The Mac Weekly’s reporting this semester shows the power of local news. This is the first episode of our new series: Five minutes every month about the latest on the stories we’ve covered in the past.

We all play a part in contributing to climate change, and we can all play a part in stopping it. The big question is how. Today, two perspectives on the best way to fight climate change. This is part three of our series on the climate crisis: What you can do about it.

 

Guests: Zoe Chinander-McFaul, Associate Producer

A lot of people think about climate change as a universal issue. But it's also a civil rights issue—and that's something the mainstream environmental movement is starting to recognize. This is part two of our series on the climate crisis: What we talk about when we talk about the environment.

Guests: Roopali Phadke, Professor of Environmental Studies; Abe Asher, Editor-in-Chief of The Mac Weekly

A white supremacist former president. A building named after him. The question of whether or not to keep that name.

This is the story of Neill Hall here at Macalester. But it’s also the story of Coffman Memorial Union, just a couple miles away. How this same debate over whether or not to rename buildings played out last year at the University of Minnesota.

Guests: Austen Macalus, form. reporter at The Minnesota Daily

This episode was reported as part of a special investigation by The Mac Weekly.

Hundreds of demonstrations around the world led by students. Days later, an urgent UN summit in New York. Both with one focus. This is part one of three episodes on the climate emergency: What you need to know about the current state of climate change.

 

Guests: Louisa Bradtmiller, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies

It's been nine months since we launched Groveland and we've got two updates for the end of the school year.

Local newspapers are an important part of communities across the country. But the newspaper industry is changing. 30 years ago, there was a lot of money in journalism—but now, many local papers are struggling to stay in business.

So why is one company trying to buy as many of them as it can?

Guests: Nick Ferraro, Dakota Country Reporter, Saint Paul Pioneer Press; Michael Griffin, Professor of Media & Cultural Studies; Hannah Catlin '21, News Editor, The Mac Weekly

A group of students are suing Harvard, saying they were discriminated against for being Asian American. How a lawsuit about discrimination is part of the fight against affirmative action.

Guests: Jeff Allen, Vice President of Admissions; Donna Maeda, Professor of American Studies & Chair of Kofi Annan Institute; Patrick Schmidt, Professor of Political Science; Henry Aoki, Political Science major.

Most Macalester students are confident in the ability of the school to effectively address reports of sexual assault. But how well does the Title IX process work in practice? This is one student's experience.

This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault.