by Nicole Kligerman, Jason Rodney, Kirsten Wittkowski, and Keren Yohannes in Opinion
While we bind ourselves to books, agricultural workers throughout the country toil in fields for eight to 12 hours a day. After years of living in crowded quarters, working almost constantly and earning sub-poverty wages, tomato-pickers in Immokalee, Fla., are standing up and demanding something better. Now, they're calling students to act in solidarity by boycotting Burger King (an influential purchaser of Immokalee tomatoes) until the corporation supports the workers' demands for their basic rights to be met.
by Staff in Opinion
With Al Franken's Senate run becoming a major discussion topic in our college's Minnesota home, it behooves us to shed some light on our modest corner of the truth in order to enrich this conversation.
The Mac Weekly has had a long-running relationship with Mr.
by Nikhil Gupta in Opinion
The article addressing Ngugi wa Thiongo's visit asserts, "In attempting to govern itself, Africa had proven that it was capable of governing no one" ("Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Living Legacy," 11/30/07). It further asserts that "within half a generation" none of Africa's independence leaders remained in office, claiming "their plans for progress and unity fail[ed] to materialize.
by Madeline Kovacs in Opinion
Although I have lived in Minnesota and been familiar with the company Cargill as a food provider for nearly three years, it took a trip to the Amazon Rain Forest for me to discover the company's heavy hand with Brazil's natural resources. Cargill, an American company, food grower and distributer, worldwide business consulting firm, and Midwest household name, is the number one deforester of Brazilian rainforest in the inner-Amazonia states of Para and Mato Grosso.
Some suggestions for MPJC-SDS
by John Ring in Opinion
To the Editor:
In response to MPJC-SDS members et al: if you were really serious regarding your "opinions" expressed in paragraph one of your letter, you would be using your positions, students on an international campus, to assess possibilities and work for solutions to produce a true "brotherhood of man" world that you rightly imply. You have a wealth of resources available to work with on the problems confronting all of us. Note the following list:
Anti-war graffiti cost more than it was worth
by Mark Dickinson in Opinion
To the Editor:
I believe the Macalester community fosters freedom of speech. But when that "freedom" is expressed by painting graffiti on sidewalks, buildings and signs, it is not welcomed and it is removed. The recent "Stop War" graffiti has cost the College staff and contractors over 40 hours of labor with a cost of approximately $2,000.
