The Mac Weekly

Friday, September 5, 2008

News

• Embedded: Day 1
• Embedded: Day 2
• Embedded: Day 3
• HOURCAR?makes changes to encourage student use
• Café Mac's King hospitalized
• MCSG to work on textbooks - and its own image
• Documentary filmmaker enlists Mac students' help in filming RNC events
• Six students pepper-sprayed at Republican Convention protest
• Director of College Relations, Macalester, part after 16 years
• Students host visiting activists
• An Enthusiastic Class of 2012 arrives with high expectations

Features

• What I learned in bed
• Outside fun before summer is done
• MacGOP: Featured Org of the Week
• Fun with the Festies at the Renaissance Festival

Sports

• Macalester welcomes Leonard Center with open arms

The Arts

• The legacy of the Backstreet Boys--yes, they have one
• A Friday in the park with "Everything in Its Right Place"
• Truth at 24 frames per second
• Fulfill your musical destiny: Dr. Dog's "Fate"

Opinion

• Straight dude spin on bisexual women leaves much to be desired
• Inside Beijing's Faux-lympics
• A huge loss for journalism, civic engagment and Macalester

Spotlight

• Kabatt: Macalester's Very Own Borat
• On Tour With Rocktographer Laura Burton

More Issues

Issue Summary

News

• Health services adjusts to life after Winton
• Michael Waul '09 awarded Rhodes Scholarship
• Search committee has four candidates for Director of Academic Programs position
• College's bougie neighborhood sees few foreclosures
• Islamic concentration to be offered in the fall
• MCSG resolution plans to facilitate communication among student committees and administration
• Dorm mural aims to build community
• All Around the Liberal Arts: Pot-fessor gone wild

Features

• Take your mind off the tundra:
• Making Treads: 10 Tips for Winter Biking
• Made in MN:
• "Get Your Gun, Annie"
• What I learned in bed...with Hannah Wydeven
• Featured Org: MIO

Sports

• Despite losing record, positives prevalent at season end
• Youth-driven squad looks to overcome inexperience
• Tenacious team credits chemistry for recent improvement

The Arts

• "Worlds Within Worlds:" Inside the 2008 fall dance concert
• Indie newcomers The Dogs release self-titled album
• A tribute to the Junior Boys and their offspring
• Truth at 24 frames per second

Opinion

• Global citizenship vs. bare necessities?
• Letters to the Editor