The Mac Weekly

Friday, February 8, 2008

News

• IGC ceremony set for May, fundraising nearing goal
• Trustees approve funds for bike security measures
• 'Harold and Kumar's' Kal Penn visits, stumps for Obama
• Focus the Nation highlights climate crisis
• All Around the Liberal Arts
• Board approves tuition hike of 7.3 percent
• Athletic Center's interior unveiled
• Second 'Change and Exchange' continues 'difficult dialogues'
• Macalester appoints sustainability manager
• Voters flood Kagin for DFL caucus
• Local GOP turnout below state average

Features

• Star-powered politics: The new era of voting
• Traipsing About Town: Where to go, what to eat, & why it's worth it to burst the Mac bubble
• Campaigning for Change
• Two Smart Cookies: A bakery with flair

Sports

• Tennis teams set ambitious goals
• Triple threat: A Mac student's triathlon adventure
• Women's track and field exhibits youth and potential
• Men's track faces adversity with lack of true practice facility

The Arts

• Dreamlike details, visible themes in "There Will Be Blood"
• Minnesota Orchestra's spring program offers something for everyone
• "Sweeney Todd" arrives in Minneapolis with pie to share
• Who is Chris Walla anyway?
• How to make the paranormal work for you
• Two very different bands usher in 2008 with new ideas, albums

Opinion

• Student, Alumni Statement of Support for Professor Scott Morgensen
• Learn more about budget, trustees
• Keeping the Focus
• Influence for good: Working together to divest from Sudan
• Staff Editorial: Doing even better: Let's find solutions on cost of attendance

Spotlight

• Height Ain't Nothin But A Number

More Issues

Issue Summary

News

• In AIDS campaign, poster child faces false assumptions
• Students graduating early don't skimp on workload
• HOURCAR gets second car
• All Around the Liberal Arts: College and Drinking-Till Death Do 'Em Part

Features

• Macalester students join 20,000 protesters against the School of the Americas
• Flourishing through the finals frenzy
• Featured Org of the Week: Bad Comedy
• What I Learned in Bed with Hannah Wydeven

Sports

• Men's basketball looking for January rebound
• Take five and catch up with Mac athletics before break
• Talented youth headlines 2008-2009 T-wolves roster

The Arts

• Peg legs, parrots and ... boobs? "Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge"
• Peg legs, parrots and ... boobs? "Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge"

Opinion

• Callling all writers: an impassioned plea
• Letter to the Editor
• Abstinence only education prevents youth pregnancy