The Mac Weekly

Friday, November 16, 2007

News

• Provost to step down in spring
• Macalester Librarian wins award
• Europa poster sparks controversy
• Students discuss meaning of a "safe space"
• Plans for building to house IGC well underway
• Numbers of early graduates on the rise
• Faculty revisits quorum following failed Iraq war motion
• Professors to be eligible for teaching breaks more often
• Jena 6 discussion panel well-attended
• Benefit concert crowds Triple Rock
• College desposits funds in community bank
• Former professor Sim, 'a true original,' dies at 35
• Radio host discusses issues of consumer waste in U.S.
• Fall 2007 Mac Weekly Magazine is out today!

Features

• Thanksgiving Experience: Macalester Style
• Cold weather, cocoa, & conversations
• Macalester students take a stand against the "School of Assassins"
• Horoscopes

Sports

• Men's Cross Country earns top-ten regional finish
• Pushing Boundaries - Lowrey makes nationals
• Women's basketball looks to depth, resiliency, as year begins
• Leadership plus young talent provides unity for Men's hoops
• Women's Hockey comfortable living life on the ice

The Arts

• Inside the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the Walker
• Neil Young keeps rockin' in the free world
• Battles blows minds, bubbles at Fine Line

Opinion

• Macalester College Peace & Justice Committe and Students for a Democratic Society
• Letters to the Editor
• Hope in a silent time
• OCS, a headache for all involved
• Staff Editorial: Macalester needs a "great communicator" in its next Provost

Spotlight

• #### Selby: Where small-town boys and city kids find common ground

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