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Published September 08, 2012, 08:45 AM

Back to Mac after 48 years

It started with an invitation for alumni members to volunteer for move-in day Aug. 31 when the first-year students, freshmen we use to call them, show up for their first day of college life. I thought, “Why not?” It had been 48 years, since I was a prospective new student at Macalester College in St. Paul on a hot August day in 1964. I’d go back and see what it’s all about these days.

By: Jon Echternacht, Hudson Star-Observer

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