by Curtis Gilbert

Tonight, between the hours of ten and two, after most of the visiting parents are snug in their hotel rooms and the International Roundtable discussions have long since subsided, the Field House will be rocked to its foundations by the triumphant return of the Queer Union dance ....

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Grant funds awarded

by Andra Tenase

After some minor setbacks, WMCN is making its long-awaited return to the airwaves today.
At the beginning of last year, Macalester’s radio station was forced off the air because of a broken transmitter. In order to get a new one....

Congressman Vento dies at 60

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Harassing calls reported
Glancy to edit book series
Enviro Tuesday speaker

SPORTS
Men's soccer solid in three-game stretch

Women's soccer trumps Hamline

The Streak ends

Scots football overpowered by MIAC-leading St. John's

FEATURES
Spotlight on Hiam Abbas

Sculpture Park in Taylor Falls, Wisc.

Marathon on Summit Avenue

Book review: Mac Alum Mary Karr writes the book on teenage sex

ARTS
Rushdie play mix of music, dance, storytelling

Who are the people in your neighborhood?

MUSIC
Space rock revisited

Simon sings for kids

Busy beats on debut

OPINION
Nader ignores crucial issues, differences

How can we best improve worker's lives?

2600: reasons why we can't take freedom lightly

OUR PERSPECTIVE
Activists and Economists: too stubborn on sweatshops

The QU dance is back. Now behave!

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Sweatshop labor - Chris Mitchell ’01

Getting the facts straight on the Weyerhaeuser occupation - Ginnie Hench ’01

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by Nick Berning

St. Paul police responding to noise complaints forced a premature end to a dance at the Cultural House late Saturday night.
The dance, sponsored by Adelante, was the first at the Cultural House’s new 37 Macalester Street location, and Saturday’s police appearance has raised questions about the feasibility of future Cultural House dances.
Adelante is a student organization that provides guidance and support for Latino students while providing a foundation for students to improve and promote Latino interests at Macalester.
When the police came, “it was at like one minute to one,” the dance’s scheduled ending time, Adelante co-chair Rebecca Duenes ’03 said. She said she told an officer that the dance was scheduled to end in five minutes. “He was like, ‘No, you’re done now,’” she said.
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Security Report: how safe are you?

by RJ Maller

Macalester College was the scene of six burglaries, three cases of arson, two motor vehicle thefts and one forcible sex offence in 1999, according to a recently released campus crime report.
"Our safe neighborhood generates complacency and some people get careless," said Terry Gorman, Macalester’s director of safety and security. "I can’t stress this enough—people need to be aware of what they are doing."..

How can we best improve workers' lives?

by Professor Pete Ferderer

An article in last week’s Mac Weekly noted that I had recently signed a letter criticizing the anti-sweatshop campaign on college campuses (“Econ Prof Signs Anti-WRC Letter,” Oct. 6). The letter expressed concern about the process by which decisions are being made by academic institutions to establish codes of conduct for American firms manufacturing apparel in poor countries. It also raised concerns about two organizations—the Workers’ Rights Consortium and Fair Labor Association ...

Who are the people in your neighborhood?

by Andra Tanase

Wing Young Huie, a Minnesota-born photographer, has spent the past couple years looking at the colorful mélange of his Lake Street area community. His project, Lake Street USA, is a six-mile art exhibition of 650 photographs on display along Lake Street, from the Mississippi River to Lake Calhoun throughout the summer and fall of 2000....