The Mac Weekly

Friday, December 14, 2007

News

• 'Aching need' for Human Rights concentration met
• Future looks uncertain for econ careers
• OCS successor to be unveiled in February
• PB to sponsor first student film festival next year
• Survey shows Mac students want their school bookstore to serve as a "gathering place"
• Applied Mathematics and Statistics program will debut in fall 2008
• Students to study rocks, politics in Cyprus
• After wave of thefts, MacBike to subsidize bike locks

Features

• A Holiday Tale

Sports

• The past behind them, women's basketball now a contender
• Win over Tommies huge for men's basketball

The Arts

• "The Golden Compass" packs political mysticism, bears
• The boys are back in town
• 2007: The year in music

Opinion

• Macalester students are Minnesotans, support Franken's Senate campaign
• Staff Editorial: Academic Affairs Commission restores faith in student government
• Letter to the Editor

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