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Renovations continueon Wallace
By LAURA CESAFSKY
Though currently on-schedule, there is still much work to be done on the $6.3 million renovation of Wallace dormitory before its slated completion in Fall 2003. In an effort to create more rooms in the face of a campus housing shortage, the Wallace attic is being converted into student residential lodging, while the rest of the dorm is receiving a thorough makeover.
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MCSG works to better serve students
By CASEY M. REYNOLDS
This year, the Macalester College Student Government (MCSG) will continue to work on old projects, but will also be taking on new projects. Old projects include breaking the Legislative Body (LB) into smaller sub-committees, surveying students and tackling the smaller issues that arise throughout the year. Some of the new topics they are addressing this year include coordinating the efforts of the MCSG-appointed decision-making committees, creating a forum for discussion on multiculturalism and diversity, restructuring the policies of the Financial Advisory Committee (FAC), making student's' voices heard on the Strategic Directions Committee, working to change the van policy and redesigning the MCSG constitution.
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School spirit and sports: an ambigious relationship: Drink blood, smoke crack, worship Satan, go Mac!
By JORDAN BECKER
Last Saturday, in a rare nighttime home game, Macalester's football team ran out to a 51–6 win in front of several hundred cheering students. Last Tuesday, in a hard-fought match against rivals St. Thomas, 400 fans—mostly students—sang and chanted for nearly 110 minutes of soccer as the women's team played to a 0–0 draw.
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The difference between school spirit and school pride
By ALEX KOLES
Relative to other students at other small-liberal arts colleges and universities my "school spirit" lacks. No, rather it ebbs at a constant rate each year. My desire to attend, participate, and totally immerse myself in the Macalester culture registers at sub–levels. While not a complete misanthrope, my interests are very selective. My desire to participate and carry school spirit may be a direct function of my effort level, which I mind you is often nil (because it requires movement), but do remember my interests are very selective.
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MCSG elections in need of reform, excitement
By JESSE MORTENSON
The time has come again for the deadening exercise of student government's legislative body elections. I continue to marvel at how these campaigns fail to be as informative, engaging, or entertaining as those of elections in my high school years. Indeed, we see an inundation of campaign posters carrying names and inane jokes combined with a host of generic campaign promises, most centering around vague notions of improved communication and accessibility.
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Israel and Palestine: after two years, prospects for peace
By DAN FEIDT
September 29th will mark the beginning of the third year of the war in Israel and the occupied territories. Between September 2000 and the end of last August, 617 Israelis and 1,726 Palestinians have been killed. 4,497 Israelis and 19,649 Palestinians have been injured. Countless more have been traumatized and lost their homes and livelihoods during the course of this brutal and dangerous war. The collapse of the much-vaunted Oslo peace process has brought hate, fear and death to the holy land.
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