The Mac Weekly

Friday, April 18, 2008

News

• Margaret Randall attends showing of her documentary
• Macalester film contest has $5,000 top prize
• MULCH rebuilds, reorganizes after move
• Faculty Development International Seminar begins
• Macalester's own Tocqueville examines liberal arts college culture
• All Around the Liberal Arts
• Towards sustainability, one less tray at a time
• Panel to discuss all-gender housing issues today
• The Green Beat
• 70% of college staff gives to capital campaign
• FIA-STARSA and Hoppe revisit college's sexual harassment policy
• Rosenberg approves Morgensen's appeal
• CHEEBAdanza dances its way back to campus once again
• Will Chow: student organizer, music junkie, "gangsta"
• Macalester's own Tocqueville examines liberal arts college culture

Features

• Liz Larson: A girl with "grand aspirations"
• Q&A with Alison Tray: Getting to know MCSG's Latest President
• Traipsing Around Town: Experience Art, Mystery and Intrigue at Spyhouse Coffee Shop

Sports

• Softball encounters trouble closing out with one pitcher
• Cold April temp, winds blowing for Macalester golf teams
• DDR: former eastern bloc nation, video game and sport?

The Arts

• Smart people should give "Smart People" a wary eye
• Concert preview: Hot Chip at First Avenue

Opinion

• An athlete, a veggie coop resident, and I walk into a bar: social stereotypes at Macalester
• Where have all the movies gone?
• Global citizenship: how we get there matters
• Abortion not an ethical solution for unwanted pregnancy
• Staff editorial: Mobilizing to change the culture around sexual assault

Spotlight

• Megumi Kanada

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