The Mac Weekly

Friday, February 5, 2010

News

• Rosenberg returns from East Asia tour
• Mac Professor shares experience of Haiti earthquake
• Mellon Mays program funding extended
• Learning to challenge the status quo
• IGC student council to offer students 'live it' grants
• Admissions applications down from last year
• Students host, run Democratic straw poll in Kagin
• Education program moves to Mac from the U of M
• Step Forward campaign still set to finish next year
• Community Matters

Features

• iPad, What is it Good for? Absolutely Nothing! Say it Again
• Let's Get Jiggy With It!

Sports

• Leaney Recieves Special Merit Award at Capitol
• Hoops for Hunger puts groceries in the basket
• Super Bowl Sunday sure to be a showdown

The Arts

• A violent 'Macbeth' premiers at the Guthrie
• Grammy nominated Enso String Quartet performs
• Jeff bridges the artistic mind and the 'Crazy Heart'

Opinion

• Don't Hate
• Black History Month
• Stay Sex+Positive

Spotlight

• Pros Seng

More Issues

Issue Summary

Food and Drank

• Chino Latino: Dangerously trendy, definitely worth it during Happy Hour

News

• Fall convocation speaker: Health activist and Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer
• Tobacco Task Force helps Mac prepare for a smoke-free campus
• Kentucky Derby runner has Macalester connections
• Summer job shortage dire for some international students
• Changes at Springfest:Program Board shifts to outdoor BBQ, indoor concert after negative feedback

Features

• Kirk Basement Lab: Pragacz's lair
• Mac Snap shot: Spencer Retelle '11
• If you give a boy a cupcake...
• Professor book reviews: "Nightshade" by Andrea Cremer
• Professor book reviews: "The House of Tomorrow" by Peter Bognanni
• Professor book reviews: "Africa's Freedom Railway" by Jamie Monson

Sports

• Athletics Department continues hard push for results, excellence
• Macalester goes shoeless for Grassroot Soccer
• Women's frisbee team moving on to regionals
• Twins off to fast start: Liriano returns to form

The Arts

• reSites: Senior Art Exhibition opening today
• Spring Dance concert is worth seeing twice
• A capella's interview innuendos: The Trads
• A capella's interview innuendos: The Sirens

Opinion

• Hate crimes at Macalester
• Frag-ments: Be queer for the revolution
• Sweatshop labor on tour
• The favor of a response
• Staff Editorial: The year in review
• Ode to the Class of 2010

Spotlight

• A science of friendship