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Harrowing experiences in Cape Town, South Africa
By JESSIE BUENDIA
I left Minneapolis on August 31st and arrived 36 hours later in Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town looked like paradise from the plane—with mountains, ocean, and vineyards. When we arrived, the Lexia International director picked me up from the airport along with the other students and took us directly to our host families in Bellville, a Coloured suburb in South Africa about twenty minutes from the center of Cape Town. Bellville was created during apartheid when people of color were forcefully removed from the city by the apartheid government and divided into designated suburbs and townships on the outskirts of the city.
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War in Iraq: US military success could be worse than failure
By ROARK MAYNARD
It is 2 a.m., Sunday morning. Perhaps it is the martial nature of my work, I am a third-shift security guard, but I am brooding deeply about war. I am beset by two contradictory fears. I am uncertain, in this feral drunken rush to violence, which will be worse: U.S. military success or failure. I burn each time our President assures us, lamely and straight-faced, that "war is peace, violence is security, preemption is defense." I burn not only because such falsehoods are odious to any free-thinking person but because we all know that this blind, bold, unilateralist attack harbors limitless dangers and myriad opportunities for the horrific and unimaginable.
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Concrete steps needed to remedy failures of the athletic department
By CLARK WOHLFERD
Thank you Emily Koller, thank you. The poor state of athletics at Macalester College has long been festering in my mind, but I wasn't brave enough to bring these issues to the forefront of the Macalester Community. Nevertheless, Ms. Koller's article gave me the motivation I needed to speak up. And, there seems to be no better time than now to do just that. With the Presidential Search Committee determining the next president, I am deeply concerned with what direction it will lead us … but also optimistic that this process can make a lasting difference. I love this college, and I loved having the opportunity to play football here. But I also feel that if we are ever going to bring Macalester even further into the elite of higher education we have to address all our problems. This extends to all endeavors of the college; if we are committed to something, whether it is the fine arts, internationalism, multi-culturalism, or athletics, we must give ourselves fully to the cause.
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Tommies too good, too stylish for men's tennis
By JORDAN BECKER
Still reeling from the loss of number 11 singles player Sam Rayner '06, men's tennis may have lost last Friday's match at St. Thomas before it even began. Rayner, ranked 11th in singles on what was an 11-man Macalester squad, may or may not have brought motivation, energy and commitment to the team. If he did, they probably could have used it during Friday's 8–1 loss, and if not … well, they would have lost anyway.
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Sports roundup
By Brianne Harrison
Women's Track and Field, Men's Track and Field, Baseball, and Fastpitch Softball
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Three Grand Avenue businesses remain closed due to damage sustained from a Tuesday afternoon fire. The blaze originated in the rear of Grand Laudromat, at 1700 Grand Ave., and spread to Huong-Sen Restaurant, at 1702 Grand Ave. Full story
Photo: Peter Gartrell
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