Inside this Issue: Volume 93 • Number 23 • April 20, 2001

Website launches new era of campus courting
Watson fellows prepare for study, adventure
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Close races, high turnout in MCSG elections

By Jeff Jones

Nick Berning '02 was elected president of the Macalester College Student Government Monday in one of the closest contests in recent memory—beating Ashif Rahman '02 by only 26 votes. The other winning candidates for MCSG executive board positions were Stephen Wong '03 for vice president, Kimani Williams '02 for Financial Affairs Committee chair, Sarah Keiser '02 for Student Services Committee chair and Haris Aqueel '03 for Academic Affairs Committee chair. According to MCSG Election Procedures Committee chair Kathleen Cook '03, the elections went smoothly and produced the highest turnout in years—with around 935 ballots cast. ....

Mac women's softball gets first win!

The Macalester women's softball team picked up its first win of the season against St. Catherine's on April 17. They won the opener of the doubleheader by a score of 2-1. Jaclyn Chavez '01 allowed just two hits and picked up the win for the Scots. Cristin Beach '02 and Tracy Simon '04 both scored on a St. Cates' defensive miscue in the seventh inning. The Scots dropped the night cap 6-2, despite two hit efforts from both Narith Ol '03 and Addy Kessler '04. The Scots next face Hamline at home on April 21. .

movie review
Bridget Jones's Diary

By Jane Turk

It concerned me that I wanted to see Bridget Jones's Diary. I've never had an impulse to read Helen Fielding's novel (on which the movie is based), Renee Zellweger certainly doesn't "complete me" in any real sense and I'm desperately trying to avoid those crazy-thirty-something-female-
without-a-husband movies until I at least graduate from college. Nevertheless, I ventured bravely to the cineplex to watch a beefed and Brit-ed up Zellweger take the title role on, and with it, the mythical "single-woman psychosis". . ...

"Chuck on guitar" by Brittany Anderson '01 created this print from a linoleum cut she made in the Fall (Chuck is her stepdad) for Advanced Printing. "It's like cutting a potato and printing with it," she said, "creating a very tactile, 'sculptural' texture." To create the linoleum cut, Anderson first drew Chuck playing the guitar left-handed and used that drawing as a guide for this print.

Correction: CMA seeks unity in purpose

CMA election winners

News

Website launches new era of campus courting
Match-maker puts love just clicks away

Watson fellows prepare for study, adventure
Photography, folklore are yearlong projects

News Briefs

Duluth student wins '01 MN Geography Bee
Mac students take back the night
Mac alums participate in month of service

Opinion

Strategic directions stress academics, not diversity

Strategic directions oppress

Weekly article misrepresents CMA election

Letters to the Editor

Nichols' Niche pure quality

Noncombustion policy unfair to many students

Observations and reflections from abroad

Tree-hugging liberal whining actually a solid prediction

Our Perspective

MCSG election: where were the women?

Quietly

The Forgotten

Features

'Che,' Menchu, Chavez and Allende
A look at memorable and revolutionary Latinos and Latinas

Pornography and the significance of the QU dance
A short list of notable porn sites and the transformation of pumpkins

Music

St. Germain is a master of the French Touch
No, seriously, it is a techno sub-genre, not a kind of European adult film technique

Head Painter covers canvas in deep shades of blue
Mark Kozelek provided powerful emotion-filled performance at Bryant Lake Bowl

Spoon survive and thrive as rock'n'roll bad-asses
Austin band is back on the road with new album and free show at Eclipse Records

Arts

When bad girls reach the age of 32
You can somehow apparently relate to the characters in Bridget Jones's Diary

Angels, Part II falls far short of original

Painting is not dead

Sports

Scots split doubleheader against Carleton Knights
Defense errors cost Scots in loss; Scotty Bell's strong pitching performance keys victory

Men's tennis hits stride
Scots defeat Carleton; St. Olaf up next

Nichols' Niche: Breaking down the NBA Playoffs

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