by Hannah Clark

In what may be the first of many collaborative efforts by student organizations on campus, several cultural groups united to organize a diversity weekend Nov. 10 to 12.....

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International Journalists meet

by Ilya Winham

Nine journalists from around the world spoke Monday night in the chapel about their experience and observations on the United States, U.S. news media and the presidential election drama. ....

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America's election ills: a vote for change

Karma and the art of alumni giving: secrets revealed

Econ 101: what I know

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Reflecting on Randall Robinson's Visit to Macalester

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America's election ills: a vote for change

by Chris Oien

There is only one word that fully and completely sums up the 2000 presidential election: chaos. Counts, recounts, lawsuits, secretaries of state, everything but the kitchen sink has come into play so far. No matter who ends up winning Florida and thereby the presidency, I think this election has really highlighted some major flaws in America's voting system. And no, I'm not talking about butterfly ballots. The two issues I wish to address are the Electoral College and the problem of third-party spoilers. ...

Walter Mondale to speak on US-Japan relations

On Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 8:30 a.m., former Vice President and Ambassador to Japan Walter F. Mondale '50 will lead a symposium on "Security in the Midst of Change: A U.S.-Japan Alliance for the Twenty-first Century." The lecture will be held in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. After his lecture, a panel of experts will respond, followed by a question and answer session......

by Sebastian Lecourt

In 1998, Macalester Classics Professor Jerry Reedy and his associate, Mike Ricci, founded the New Spirit charter school in St. Paul's Frogtown neighborhood. For Reedy, it was a way to play a part in Macalester's tradition of community service and to put his educational ideals into practice. Reedy had long been frustrated with what he said was a "misguided" trend in contemporary education. "There is currently a romantic notion that the content of education is arbitrary, [that] any interesting content will do, so long as the students are acquiring the desired skills," Reedy said. He spoke against the kind of education that emphasizes form over content, specifically the "generic skill" of reading over the material that is read. He calls the resulting curriculum "soap operas instead of Shakespeare." ......

Robinson argues for reparations

by Hannah Clark

Randall Robinson spoke to a packed chapel on Tuesday night about reparations for slavery for African Americans and about the state of democracy in America. Robinson is president of TransAfrica, a think tank specializing in African, Caribbean and African American issues. He was active in the movement to end apartheid in South Africa, and engaged in a hunger strike to protest the U.S. Government's refusing entry to Haitian refugees when Cuban refugees were allowed into the country. ...