by Jane Yager

Macalester lost a favorite nearby source of video rentals and inexpensive used CDs when the Snelling and Ashland strip mall that housed Home Video and Cheapo Discs went up in flames in a three-alarm fire Monday night. Nobody was seriously injured in the blaze ....

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Activists gather to garner interest

by Federico Helfgott

Activists and those interested in activism met and exchanged ideas last Thursday afternoon at a gathering in the Cultural House. ....

Pat McPherson directs Macalester toward 'Future of Liberal Education' in campus forum

Macalester network slowed by Napster

NEWS BRIEFS
NARAL Director to Speak
College costs rising quickly
First FAC Discussion

SPORTS
Football team suffers narrow loss

Women's soccer splits road trip weekend

Volleyball team falls to second place in MIAC

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Tales of the Transfer Students

ARTS
She's so Coco Fusco: An interview

Guest offers up Best mockumentary in town

MUSIC
Bettie Serveert gets personal

Creeper Lagoon back on stage

Mega rock for teens

OPINION
Nader is greater, ok?

Caffeine content in the global economy

Napster is cool, but don't abuse the privilege

OUR PERSPECTIVE
Chapel protests undermine dialogue

Spudzza's great!!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Chapel Uprising Redux - James Rosenthal '03

Appreciating need-blind admissions- David Bosse

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by Danielle Langone

"The only thing we heard was the announcement that the St. Paul police had called four times, and then we all had to leave," Kitty Harding, '04, said. The night of the Queer Union dance, while many Macalester students were just beginning their evenings, some residents were trying to sleep. The dance was ended early by the police at approximately 1:30 a.m. The St. Paul police responded a number of calls on the night of Friday the 13th concerning the noise level at the QU dance. One woman, who lives near the Fieldhouse, said her hour was shaking because of the noise. ....

Speaker elicits controversy

by Jeremy Jensen

As the presidential race is slowly coming to an end, platform issues are become increasingly more important for presidential candidates to differentiate themselves from one another. An issue common on almost every ticket is the environment. With the beginning of the new millennium, such topics as global warming, ozone depletion, and renewable energy are finding themselves in the spotlight. One such candidate that has proposed an environmental policy is Vice-president Al Gore. Kathleen A. McGinty, Senior Environmental Advisor to Gore's campaign, ...

Chapel Uprising Redux

by James Rosenthal

Tuesday was an ugly day for Nader supporters. When Katy McGinty, Gore's chief environmental advisor, came for a forum on the election, the event was crashed by a group who might be described as Children for Nader. They showed no respect for McGinty or other audience members, spoke out of turn and vied for attention like terrible toddlers. They let others speak for such a short time before interrupting, one would think that they all suffered from ADD. During McGinty's introductory remarks, one disrupter insisted that McGinty immediately answer a question because he had to soon leave. Thirty minutes later, when I left in disgust, he was still there, still disrupting. Outside the chapel, someone pounded a drum, attempting to divert attention. Inside, members of Children for Nader ...

Pat McPherson directs Macalester toward 'Future of Liberal Education'

by Ilya Winham & Jeff Jones

Saying the health of liberal arts colleges has never been better, Pat McPherson, vice-president of the Mellon Foundation, painted a mixed picture of the opportunities and challenges facing colleges like Macalester at forum held Monday afternoon in Weyerhauser.....