The Mac Weekly

Friday, February 3, 2006

News

• Mac settles in suit on discrimination
• Two mugged in one week near campus
• Car Share Programs hit the Twin Cities; maybe Mac
• All Around the Liberal Arts: News Briefs from other colleges
• Sole Latino studies professor says she will not return
• Mac may be double booked
• Mac feels pinch from empty beds

Features

• Minnesota's comedic candidate?
• Natalie Lind Writes It All Down For Posterity #14
• Denmark Considers Raising Top Tax Bracket to 68%
• h o r o s c o p e s
• Spotlight: Alex Slanko

Sports

• No longer out of contention, Mac sets sights on playoffs
• Swimming and diving teams close out regular season
• Track season underway,

The Arts

• Art abroad
• Art abroad: Viewing the image vs. the authentic
• Incessant rainfall, Hong Kong pop and vacant landscapes: Cinema from in and around China
• Graphic Noise: Sound on Paper

Opinion

• One bad genre: rap's supposed consequences
• Editorial: Safety on an urban campus
• Defend your right to vote
• So what are rights, anyway?

More Issues

Issue Summary

News

• College begins to court small donors in Capital Campaign
• It's getting hot in here
• SDS founder talks of radicals and liberals
• Step Forward weekend kicks-off campaign
• Roundtable participants discuss global development
• Prof Talk: Julie Dolan, Poli Sci, on the Vice Presidential Debate
• New grant encourages political life
• CDC starts initiative to attract sophomores

Features

• Featured Org of the Week
• Pre-college "gap years"were anything but empty, takers report
• What I Learned in Bed
• Nearly Symmetrical

Sports

• Slurs at water polo game spark calls for resolution
• Golf season finishes with ups and downs at MIACs
• Mudry, Eckstrom shine for men's cross country
• Women's cross country looking to restore confidence
• Kicking and digging: soccer and volleyball unite for the cause
• Say it 'aint so, Kimbo

The Arts

• 90 minutes in heaven: "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist"
• Argentine songwriter Juana Molina: palatable but adventurous
• Truth at 24 frames per second

Opinion

• Staff Editorial: Trustees: Cool it on chiller purchase
• College should put a freeze on chiller purchase
• Students: Step up for campaign
• A call for Cafe Mactiquette
• Letters to the Editor