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Students enjoyed a rigorous ski onthe snow covered baseball field (photo by Sarah Galbraith)
African American Conference Convenes
By Federico Helfgott
Macalester
and the University of Minnesota will host a gathering of scholars and
creative writers this weekend for the second annual African American Studies
Conference. In addition to presentations by faculty members from both
institutions, the highlights of the conference will include an address
by noted historian, political scientist and human rights activist Manning
Marable and a lecture by poet and cultural critic Quincy Troupe.
Macalester's Strategic Directions Highlighted
By Jeff Jones
Saying Macalester should unify
behind an identity of "educational excellence," the Presidential
Committee on Strategic Directions has released for public comment a draft
of its report to the campus community. The recommendations in the report
focus heavily on making better use of the college's financial resources...
Validation Woes Add Up
by Asa Wilson
If you didn't make it to Olin-Rice
in time to validate on January 29, you were not the only one....
Insight into Interim Chaplain
By Sebastian LeCourt
As a student at George State University,
in Atlanta, Ga., Chris Moody had no plans of going into the ministry. "I had
academic pursuits as an undergraduate," he recalls, "working in history and
religion, studying religion and how it influenced culture. My vocation had
always seemed to lie in the realm of academia." Now, as an ordained minister
in the Presbyterian Church, Moody finds himself Macalester's interim Protestant
Chaplain. He will hold the position for the rest of this semester...
Front Page News
African American Conference Convenes
Macalester's
Strategic Directions Highlighted
One in a series examining Macalester's future goals
News
News Briefs
Opinion
Non-traditional,
non-leafy-mosaic senior class gifts
Ariel Sharon is just another piece in the Middle East pieces process
Letters to the Editor
Quietly
The real message of 'The Survival Guide to Being Black at Macalester'
Our Perspective
Macalester must retain spirit of fun
Features
True
life confessions of a Senate Intern
Shields
brings depth to drama
Spotlight on Dramatic Arts & Dance professor Dale
Ricardo Shields
Music
Silver
Scooter keep it legit on The Blue Law
Austin, TX quartet provides stay of execution for emotional
college rock
Arts
Kumpf offers faces, stories in Children of Belfast exhibit
Sex,
race, politics, gender-all within Six Degrees of Separation
Mark Dion: Your trash is his life
Sports
Men's
tennis primed for successful season
Young team won't be satisfied with anything less than
a national championship
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