The Mac Weekly: March 28, 2003 Headlines

Police arrest Macalester demonstrators By LIZZIE TANNEN Police arrested four Macalester students Tues March 25 as they blocked entrances to the Federal Building in downtown Minneapolis to protest the war in Iraq. {more}


Faculty, staff struggle with war issues By LIZZIE TANNEN The administration and faculty are seeking their role on campus amidst news of war in Iraq. Many are trying to negotiate a space for themselves in the war movements while also looking to support students as they confront the war academically and personally. {more}


Mac community walks out of class to protest war with Iraq By LIZZIE TANNEN As Macalester returned from spring break many students were unwilling to resume their daily routines in order to participate in a burgeoning anti-war movement on campus. {more}

Activists in Twin Cities organize demonstrations By ERICA ROY Marches and rallies were increasingly common around the Twin Cities as the U.S. moved towards military action in Iraq. With the outbreak of war, individuals and community groups have taken active stances to show support and opposition to the war. {more}


Conservatives struggle for voice, respect By BRENT HECHT Pro-war members of the Macalester community are taking the on-campus anti-war activism in stride and are kindling an activist movement of their own. {more}


Bolivian water rights activist Olivera speaks at Macalester By JOHNATHAN LENTZ International water activists Marcela Olivera and Fatima Jibrell each gave an account of their own "water wars" Tuesday night during the first session of a two-day conference covering such contentious and contemporary issues as privatization, global warming and geopolitical conflicts over water. {more}

Freedom Fries: Quietly Studies Abroad, Part Two

By andré carrington

Contrary to popular belief, anti-war protest is not the exclusive province of enfranchised, invested, middle-class white people in Europe or certain privileged portions of the United States. Macalester includes an admirably conscious contingent of mostly-white middle-class civically engaged students, however we are also connected to a deeper, darker kind of engagement. The unexpected kind that takes place on the streets. {more}

A minority reports: Liberation and disarmament needed in Iraq

By SEJE HENRY-HUGHES

Last week the United States of America participated in what many would call the first preemptive attack in its history. This attack consisted of heavy bombing over the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. This sort of action has long been overdue. The U.S. has had several sound reasons for initiating the war against Iraq, and frankly I'm upset that those bombs didn't touch down in Baghdad years earlier. {more}


Iraq and The United States: It's time to get the story straight By ALI OZGU CANERI "If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be . . . The People cannot be safe without information. When the press is free, and every man is able to read, all is safe." —Thomas Jefferson {more}

I could really use some more Madness in my life

By JORDAN BECKER

The annual NCAA men's basketball national championship tournament is a month-long phenomenon that transcends everything in sports.

It's a single-elimination tournament which has buzzer-beating game winning shots, incredible comebacks and unbelievable upsets—one right after the other. When the games are on, sports fans all across the country fill out brackets, refresh ESPN.com every 30 seconds instead of doing work and spend hours upon hours glued to the TV. What other time of the year do 20-something men actually watch CBS four times a week? Why else would we feel even the slightest sense of solidarity with East Tennessee State University? {more}

Teams warm up over spring break

By ELIZABETH SWANEY

While many Macalester students spent their spring break shivering in the Midwestern cold, the school's athletes played their respective sports under the warm Southern sun. {more}

Wyn Douglas on Springfest, playground humor, Corn Nuts By JAMES HAMILTON Do you know Wyn Douglas '03? I mean, do you really know Wyn Douglas? {more}


Excuse me officer, she's just a teen having a good time By KATHERINE TYLEVICH Well, color me bashful. I thought I was in heaven, receiving a head massage from a 30 something art-school drop-out wearing a "Deep Throat" softball tee, and gyrating slightly to the latest techno dance beats heard through the a la mode overhead speakers. Canadian hair-stylist, here I come! And there I left, with the trendiest layered hairdo south of Winnipeg. I was feeling swank, vibrant and youthful, so I decided to treat myself to a lonely night by the fireplace, eating Cheetos and watching Canadian Television. What I came to realize in the days I spent abroad in a different country and a different culture, is that just like Germans love David Hasslehoff (who, by the way, is making a steady recovery following a bad-ass motorcycle accident), Canadians love Avril Lavigne. Aside from the occasional Sum-41 or Slim Shady special, critically acclaimed Canadian music video station, Much Music aired Lavigne interviews and videos an average of two times every hour. {more}

Jeanne Morales lets her voice be heard, abuses power

By Josh Gatling

Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 04:20:00 -0600 From: Josh Gatling '03 Subject: Bulletin Flash (3/28/03) two announcements X-Sender: jgatling@pop3.macalester.edu To: student-announce-l@Macalester.edu ***Bulletin Flash: March 28, 2003*** (TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS) For news and events try to visit http://www.aljazzera.net if the government firewalls will let you, or http://www2.macalester.edu/calendar/events.cfm and http://www.macalester.edu/~today/ if you really love the bubble. Message #1 MEDIAN ACROSS GRAND AVENUE IS A TERRIBLE IDEA {more}

Theatre de la Jeune Lune soars with Chekhov revival

By KRISTEN SHAW

I was embarrassed to tell my mother what play I was going to that night.

"It's an avant-garde production of Chekhov's The Seagull," I said. {more}

Find peace in the orchestra's concerto concert…or else!

By Yana MihaLeva

Music is never more needed that in periods such as these—violent, war-torn times that even challenge our faith in humanity.

For those who would love to be reminded that human beings are capable of beauty—not just selfishness, greed, and violence—going to the Orchestra concert this Sunday afternoon might help. Absorbing the art of great composers and the talent of enthusiastic musicians should be a marvelous experience. {more}

Mac students bring electronica to Kagin Ballroom

By DAN SCHWARTZ

Despite its pervasive influence in popular music and frequent presence at social events, electronica as a genre receives very little time and space at the foreground of parties and concerts. The sounds of electronica can often be found underlying modern rock, pop, and hip-hop, but rarely is electronica enjoyed purely on its own. Dance techno is common at dances, but the focus is social and, to be honest, many people don't seem to like it very much. As enthusiasts of any type of music can attest, the examples that appear often represent only a fraction of the genre's diversity. But that's all about to change. {more}

Yet another victory for a troubled genius

By BEN SACHS

Let me start with some fairly superficial praise: In light of current events, an otherwise-nonsensical musing in the liner notes to Daniel Johnston's new album– "Fear yourself and love your enemies"–has assumed greater social relevance than any protest song I have heard in recent weeks. {more}

Drunk Texas frat boy drives country into ditch

A drunken member of a Texas fraternity drove his country into a ditch on County Road 34 on Wednesday morning.

The country contained approximately three million passengers, most of which were slightly shaken, but not unharmed.

"We were driving just fine and then all of a sudden we were upside-down in a ditch somewhere…I don't even remember telling him that he could drive!" said Gary Johnson, a particularly upset passenger from Florida. {more}

Three Macalester students participate in a Monday afternoon anti-war rally in front of Senator Norm Coleman's St. Paul offices. Earlier in the day, students staged a walkout and rally on Macalester's campus.
Photo: Jesse Mortenson

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