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Cranes and ladders surround the Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel as work begins on the roof. With students home and the chapel closed due to COVID, these repairs can happen uninterrupted before the official end of semester.

The photograph shows three knitted items on a carpeted floor: a dark gray crescent-shaped lace shawl, a pair of dark red mittens, and a rainbow-striped circular scarf. I completed these projects in quarantine; I've spent a lot of hours knitting…

A photo showing an overhead view of chalk art on a sidewalk in a St. Paul neighborhood. The chalk art depicts a long-haired figure reading a book on a heart-shaped pink background. Curling letters above and below read "Stay inside / Read a Book". At…

Both sides of the chalkboard sign outside Shish on Grand Ave during COVID-19. While Shish is closed for in-person dining, they are doing take-out and delivery. Residential Life even provided students who stayed on-campus with a Shish take-out meal on…

Photograph of a sign near Macalester College. Neighborhood art projects and scavenger hunts have been started in many places, including St. Paul, to raise morale and keep children occupied.

An email to the Macalester Outing Club 2019-2020 email list. I wrote this email after the announcement the Macalester would not reopen after spring break, though it was sent from the Macalester Outing Club email address. The petition contained in the…

This email was sent to all Outing Club spring break trip participants and leaders to inform them that due to COVID-19 we decided to cancel the three planned Outing Club spring break trips. These trips were supposed to go to Arkansas, Tennessee, and…

This email was sent to The Mac Weeky's email list for both editors and writers the week after the college announced it would close for the remainder of the spring semester. Within it is a link for those who were interested in continuing reporting to…

The only thing left to do in the quarantine is bake, so I made some salted chocolate cookies. I ate a couple with my second cup of coffee of the day. I like to have a snack while I do my work, even when I can't go to a coffeeshop.

A series of texts explaining my annoyance with my father as I start preparing to go home from Minnesota.