The Mac Weekly

Friday, December 1, 2006

News

• Study abroad GPAs called inconsistent
• After Coke, SRC tries to find its role
• CERF emerges as environmental leader
• Full of “knowledge and spirit,” Hill plans to retire after 43 years on campus
• Finalists for IS position to visit campus
• Supporters of Chávez gather on campus for International Venezuela Solidarity Conference before Sunday election
• Rackow ’04 remembered as stand-out, inspiration
• Café Mac congestion solved
• Committee considers giving more space to student orgs
• EPAG to shift Fall 2008 academic schedule due to Republican National Convention
• Campus thefts continue
• All Around the Liberal Arts

Features

• Today, Join the Fight Against AIDS

Sports

• Basketball starts season and swimming still strong

The Arts

• Neil Young’s Live at the Fillmore East
• The Devil has Texas
• The Anxiety of Influence
• Sophie Applebaum’s Wonder Spot satisfies the recycled air of MSP to LAX

Opinion

• ‘Insecure rich guy?’  Try ‘Insecure college student.’
• Judas, Farva, Rosenberg
• How Should We Disagree With One Another?
• TP optimized for your Ivy pursuits
• An open letter of thanks to President Rosenberg
• Letters to the Editor
• The Neoliberal Liberal Arts: Oaxaca and Weyerhaeuser
• An open letter to Macalester students

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