The Mac Weekly

Friday, November 2, 2007

News

• Board of Trustees chair holds office hours for students
• Clinton's chief of staff relays White House experiences
• In letter, Rosenberg responds to Iraq war walkout debate
• Students discuss gender open bathrooms
• MCSG considers plan to restructure textbook prices
• New health insurance covers catastrophes
• College manages to avert high study away rejection rate
• NPR reporter considers challenges of international reporting
• Mac digitizes honors projects
• Student wins economics contest
• College moves up in report on sustainability
• A Closer Look: The unsurprising truth about your tuition
• Midterm class review program implemented to evaluate Mac courses
• Snelling Median may include trees, streetlights

Features

• Art, biology intersect at Newdoll exhibit
• Celebrate a cold weather classic: instant hot chocolate!

Sports

• Men's soccer finishes one point shy of MIAC playoffs
• Men's CC 8th at conference, aiming for better at regionals
• Young Women's CC team unhappy with 8th place in MIAC
• Band-Wagon Nation

The Arts

• Better to burn out: Neil Young's new record, "Chrome Dreams II"
• 'Tis the season to listen to somewhat glum music
• Emo heroes Brand New dazzle fans at Myth Nightclub
• Rupert Murdoch is bribing me, and it's working
• Revisited, Orwell's message still rings true

Opinion

• How tolerant are we, really?
• Defending safe spaces for students of color
• Introducing Harry Morgan
• Mellon story reinforces white privilege, ignores history
• Photo caption shows enduring power of stereotypes
• Burning Questions
• Textbook subsidy plan invites continued conversation, alternatives
• Cover story controversy: The editor responds
• Letters to the Editor
• Rice/Reduction

Spotlight

• Nicholas G. Honan is just letting the music move him

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