The Mac Weekly

Friday, November 30, 2007

News

• Trustees share food, thought with students
• Kenyan scholar shares stories
• Search suspended for new dean of academic programs
• Support builds as EPAG considers stats major
• Samatar appears on PBS' NewsHour
• Trustees to examine shortened sabbatical cycle
• Water damage to temporarily close JBD lecture hall
• Director of Center for Scholarship and Teaching to step down
• Strikers attend workshops, take to the streets
• A Closer Look: When a speaker does more than speak
• Pros and cons of Snelling median debated at meeting
• Spring budgets almost ready
• Neighbors seek renewable power at recycling facility
• All Around the Liberal Arts: The World, et al. Edition

Features

• SOA Vigil fosters hope and humanity
• Caught with Alcohol? Here's what you need to know
• A conversation with Ngugi wa Thiong'o
• Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Living Legacy

Sports

• On a mission: women swimmers won't be stopped
• Free Fall? Not so. AD Feezell says Autumn sports doing fine
• Ice...Ice...Baby. The wild world of men's hockey

The Arts

• The many faces of Bob Dylan... even the female ones
• A literary tour of Japan: Haruki Murakami's fiction

Opinion

• Change in sabbatical cycle cheats students
• If not now, when?: A call to honor Macalester ideals
• Facing AIDS around the world
• Height, an often overlooked issue
• Letter to the Editor
• Staff editorial: Sabbatical increase could deteriorate student-professor relationships

Spotlight

• Jon Smucker and Charles Tomkins: Putting Frisbee and Jelly on the Map

More Issues

Issue Summary

News

• With increased budget, security expands over last two years
• Roundtable kicks off
• Student government VP resigns
• Family Fest adds 'green' showcase
• Prof Talk: Paul Dosh, Poli. Sci., on the US and Latin America
• MacBike stresses its own sustainability
• Larger racks to be implanted at Mac?
• All Around the Liberal Arts

Features

• People as Wholesome as Produce
• "I am Sham"
• Transfer students feel welcomed in new environment
• ¥€$ and Know: Economics with Elias Tezapsidis
• What I Learned in Bed
• Featured Org of the Week: Macalester Jewish Organization (MJO)
• Teach for America: An Interview with Riyaz Gayasaddin '08

Sports

• Women's soccer season slowed by injuries
• Scots looking for a breakthrough at midpoint in season
• Volleyball gains experience, optimism in tournaments
• Macalester men's water polo: the sons of Neptune
• Baseball fever is here: The Mac Weekly's playoff picks

The Arts

• A fleeting sensation: Fleet Foxes come to Minneapolis
• Truth at 24 frames per second

Opinion

• Feminist she ain't
• In a close, high-stakes race, every vote counts...
• ... But real change requires action beyond electoral politics
• Staff editorial: Calling all points, counterpoints
• Letters to the Editor