First Annual Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellows Symposium

This Saturday from 3-5 p.m. in Carnegie 06 Macalester will host the first annual Mellon Minority Undergraduate, Fellows symposium. Seven of Macalester’s 10 Mellon fellows, Shana Redmond’02, Josh Bertsch ’02, Renee Chandler ’02, Hendrika Makilya ’02, John Ellis ’02, Faith Baxter ’02, and Andre Carrington ’02, will conduct brief presentations about their on-going research. Stemming from a range of academic disciplines these presentations will appeal to all Macalester students while encouraging campus discussion on scholarly work that addresses the problematic constructs of race, gender, class, and sexuality. For more information contact Peter Rachleff at x 6371.

Journalist Peter Bergen to provide insight on Osama bin Laden

Author Peter Bergen, one of the few Western journalists who has interviewed Osama bin Laden face-to-face, will discuss his new book Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, in the Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel.

Bergen’s work currently stands as the only serious account of the inner workings of Bin Laden’s terrorist network. According to The Washington Post. “This is the only book you need to read about Osama bin Laden, at least for now” Beyond his work with Osama bin Laden, Bergen has worked for ABC-TV, CNN and The Daily Telegraph of London. He has written extensively about Islamic militants for The New Republic and comments frequently on terrorism on CNN, National Public Radio and PBS. Bergen also received the Leonard Silk Journalism Fellowship and an Emmy Award for his work on the program CNN Impact. For more information contact Doug Stone or Donna Nicholson at x6203.

CARS upgrade Saturday

This Saturday the CARS administrative system will be inaccessible during the morning hours. The CARS administrative system, which is most often used by students in order to register over the Internet or check on their academic standing through the Registrar’s website, has frequently been inaccessible recently. CIT staff member Ramon Rentas said that the shut down was not due to mechanical problems, but rather due to the need to install several upgrades to the system. If you have any further questions regarding the CARS administrative system please contact Ramón Rentas at x6633.