Inside this Issue: Volume 93 • Number 16 • February 23, 2001

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By Chris Mitchell and Krista Goff

The staff of Café Mac have been working long overtime hours this semester to keep Macalester students well fed. The structural design of the new cafeteria along with the new labor-intensive restaurant-style meals are making the transition from Kagin laborious...

'Excellence' to be first, last word in recruitment

By Asa Wilson and Nate Jackson

A report just published by the Committee on Strategic Directions offers administrators and trustees a number of suggestions for improving the college. According to one part of the report, Macalester should emphasize the idea of "educational excellence" in admissions materials and presentations. It is also advised that Macalester be marketed more clearly to avoid entertaining expectations that cannot be met...

Swimming and diving finish season at conference

By Anne Townsend

Joe Hanes '03 lead the Macalester men's swimming and diving team to an outstanding 5th place finish in the 2001 MIAC championship meet Feb. 15th-17th. The event took place in the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center. Hanes achieved All-Conference honors with a 3rd place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (4:49.18). This was the Macalester team's best finish...

Being black at Mac...

Brandon Simmons '03

Dear Editor,

In response to Kwame Phillips's "explanatory" letter to the editor last week I must say that I remain in the dark. Many agree, yes, that the list was shocking and some found it offensive. The problem, however, is that Kwame and his cohorts did not include an explanation of their many far-reaching claims. The creators of this list have now wasted two perfect vehicles (poster and press) for helping to communicate (clearly) very important issues to the Macalester community; first with a poster smattered with angry, sarcastic, sometimes juvenile comments sans any explanation...

'Excellence' to be first, last word in recruitment
Part of a series examining Macalester's future goals

The future of campus construction

News Briefs

Survey shows Macalester students more liberal than ever
CNAS professor will be part of prestigious national democracy study
Labor conference this weekend
Former Macalester Vice-president dies

Opinion

A day in the difficult life of a Nepalese student
Diary entry paints portrait of socioeconomic difficulties in Kathmandu

Why waste money on an ineffective NMD system?

Letters to the Editor

Being Black at Mac...

A debate on Iraqi bombings

Quietly

'for colored girls who have considered suicide...'

Our Perspective

McVandalism successfully supersizes relevant message of local activists

Features

Getting down old-school for the very last time
Senior dinner & dance brings old friends together

Time to remember people of Black History Month
Important, yet often overlooked, figures in America's history deserve recognition

Spring break getaway guide
Tips and advice for traveling when your pockets are empty

Horoscopes

Music

Death Cab for Cutie provides smooth musical ride
Bellingham exports ride wave of accolades to 7th Street Entry stage in Minneapolis

Frank Black proves there is life after pixiehood
Outerspace punk troubadour finds roots on rustic new release Dog in the Sand

Badu and Scott keep real R&B alive

WMCN 91.7 Spring Program Guide Update

Arts

Viva Bardem Night falls poetically, but not flawlessly

The coolest pop-art exhibit ever

Sports

Swimming and diving finish season at conference
Joe Hanes '03 garners all-conference honors en route to Scots fifth place finish

Men's tennis edges St. Scholastica in thrilling opener
Clutch play by Scots keys narrow victory in non-conference contest

Nichols' Niche: New Football League: Hop on the X-Press

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