City Councilman Jay Benanav’s proposed ordinance might not be the only solution to St. Paul’s student housing issues.
Recently, Benanav added a new element to his now infamous student housing proposal. The new element will require each rental property to obtain a certificate of occupancy, ensuring that the building meets fire code regulations.
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Macalester College Student Government (MCSG) and 22 student organizations recently endorsed a letter to the Board of Trustees encouraging Macalester to make environmentalism a higher priority.
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For years, Jim Quinn has held the belief that the United Nations is a socialist organization aiming to limit the rights of United States citizens. But it wasn’t until last February that he took his beliefs to the street, right in front of Macalester.
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At this week’s faculty meeting, President Brian Rosenberg presented some of the comments that he gave to the Board of Trustees during last week’s opening plenary session. His presentation was a basic summary of his impressions of Macalester thus far, its current position as an institution and the direction in which it ought to go.
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The annual dance put on by the Queer Union will take place on Friday, Oct. 17. “Homocoming,” as it has been renamed, will cap the Queer Union’s Coming Out Week, which runs from Oct. 12-17.
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A group of students, faculty and staff have begun a plan to help student groups collaborate when planning events. The goal is to avoid the scheduling conflicts among organizations.
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Benjamin Barber, noted political theorist and author, spoke in the Alexander G. Hill Ballroom last Monday. Addressing the annual Václav Havel Civil Society Symposium, Barber discussed the challenges of building a global civil society, implementing democracy and fighting terrorism. Czech Ambassador to the United States Martin Palous was among the audience.
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At all points, two people speak inside my head. One’s called straight; the other, italic. Straight likes to talk about you. Italic wants to talk to you.
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Although the obvious topic for a political op-ed this week would have been Ahnold’s victory, I will focus on that other circus of candidates, the Democratic primary. We have much to go over, so I will leave aside the usual rhetorical flourishes and syntaxical jeux-de-mots in favor of a good dose of American realpolitik. For those of you who have been following the race only from a distance or not at all or who have been busy drafting Nader for another go at it, I present a short, and very biased, guide. It is a strange phenomenon of American politics that the primaries, that orgy of small-town diner barnstorming and nursing home town hall meetings, may decide the White House, and by extension, the direction of world politics. We have already seen what Bush II is willing and able to do with both domestic and foreign policy given the weakest of mandates from the electorate. Dare we fathom what he would do with a clear victory and four more years?
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You have seen them before: busting a boastful swagger that makes you feel so uncool, their FUBU gear and bling-bling blinding you. They are self-anointed urban warriors. They spit slang so tactfully you’d think they practiced it in front a mirror for hours upon self-conscious hours. They probably did. Sliding into a Hummer (or at least a Ford Explorer), they ease into the leather interior, they roll past you and your friends, hollering epithets straight out of their high school football playbook.
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Do you remember last year at Macalester?
As the George W. Bush camp pushed for military war against the people of Iraq, Macalester students organized. We marched, spoke, wrote and camped in opposition to the war. This common cause united many student organizations and brought many students into political action for the first time.
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Exiting the Metrodome following my beloved Twins’ four-game annihilation at the hands of The Evil Empire, emotionally and physically drained from the drunken haze they forced me into just one night earlier as a result of their abysmal Game 3 performance, I knew the incessant taunts of my Yankee-loving roommate were sure to hit me upon my arrival back at my “this is a little too close to Midway to be paying this much for rent” homestead. Undoubtedly he would be wearing his Yankee paraphernalia, ready to scream about “Yankee pride”—whatever that is anyway.
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Football At Macalester on Saturday, Grinnell capitalized on an impressive performance by quarterback Trey Raney and a dominating first-half to crush Macalester 48-6. Raney went 13-20 for 329 yards and five touchdowns. Macalester quarterback Adam Denny ’04 went 20-for-29 for 199 yards in the losing effort, while running backs David Kruger ’04 and Matt Munson ’04 combined for 130 yards on 29 carries.
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Last weekend, Macalester hosted the St. Paul National Mid-Season Preview Volleyball Tournament. In addition to the hosts (12-5), the participating schools were Bethel (7-7), Cal State-Hayward (14-3), Central (11-5), Loras (14-6), St. Thomas (14-1) and Wisconsin-Whitewater (13-4). On Friday, the Scots defeated Loras 3-0 and Bethel 3-1, but they fell 3-0 to both Wisconsin-Whitewater and Central on Saturday.
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You think you know, but you have no idea…There is a man behind the muscle, folks. He’s soft-spoken, he likes his mammals and his protein, and he ain’t afraid to aerobicize with the ladies. Call him what nickname you will, but read on and know that you, too can call Justin Hagen ’04 a friend.
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Watching television last night I saw a public service announcement about abstinence. You know the type. It started with a few images of semi-attractive teenagers staring into the camera saying things like, “I know I’m not ready” and “talk to me, I’ll listen.” Next, a soothing female voice came out of nowhere: “You may think your child isn’t having sex, but you’ll never really know unless you talk to them.” The PSA ended with Tony Danza (cheers to you if you don’t know who he is) somberly saying, in the spirit of anti-drug propaganda, “Just say ‘not yet’ to sex.”
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God bless Newsweek magazine for running a cover story on the final season of Friends this past week. After all, I owe everything I’ve got to Ross, Joey, Monicle and whatever the hell those other sleazy nogoodniks call themselves. Hell, I have a trendy new haircut, don’t I? It’s what the French call, “Le Stupid layers around Le Stupid Round Face.” So I was born with an elliptical facial structure that suits the Rachel haircut perfectly! So sue me! And sue me they did.
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Have you ever seen true history on stage? Have you ever been to a play in which every word you hear has actually been said? To a play where the actors actually play themselves?
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Clearly, Richard Linklater didn’t get the memo.
You know the memo I’m talking about. It’s the memo that gets sent to every big studio director in this country: the memo that dictates that every protagonist must be Albert Schweitzer, every villain Adolf Hitler, and every child a wooden stereotype.
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In a climactic scene from Sofia Coppola’s new film Lost In Translation, Bill Murray sings karaoke to Roxy Music’s “More Than This.” The audience collectively whispers “what is that song, I like that song?” and they laugh because Bill Murray is singing it. This is the reaction any filmmaker would die for, and the soundtrack to the movie is a collection of music any early ’90s indie rock fan would die for. Sofia Coppola and producer Brian Reitzell know good music, as should anyone who makes a movie with a karaoke scene (also sung are Elvis Costello’s wonderful “(What’s so Funny ’bout) Peace, Love and Understanding” and The Pretenders’ “Brass In Pocket”). They know that the soundtrack has to be at least as good as the movie, which in this case is no mean feat.
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When I first heard of the group Wookie Foot, I did not know what to think. I gave them automatic points for (a) the Star Wars reference (b) the fact that they’re from the ol’ Twin Cities, and (c) the fact that they are naked on their press release photo. As I listened to their CD Out of the Jar, I found myself noticing more and more good things about Wookie Foot, one being that their lead singer has moments where he sounds like Bradley Nowell from Sublime fronting a jam band. And the list goes on.
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Every Tuesday, conservative activist Jim Quinn walks around the intersection of Snelling and Grand Avenues, demonstrating his pro-United States, anti-socialism, anti-U.N. viewpoints. Read what he’s all about in an exclusive The Mac Weekly interview. Photo by Brent Hecht.
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