by Matt Day in News
One year after reaching $700 million for the first time, Macalester's endowment has lost more than 20 percent of its value in the financial crisis threatening the global economy. Chief Investment Officer Craig Aase '70 said that as of Oct. 20, his office estimated the endowment's value to be $550 million, down $150 million from its peak in October 2007.
by Joe Houlihan in News
Forget November 4th for a second, the big day this year may really be November11th. eing able to anticipate the publication of "2666," the last novel by Roberto Bolaño, is a little like being tied down to a train track by Snidely Whiplash, or hopelessly watching Alderaan turn to vapor, as this book proves an awesome, destructive, and fearfully imminent force.
by Peter Wright in News
Michelle Obama, the wife of the Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, Ill., spoke to a crowd of to nearly 4,500 people in Macalester's Leonard Center fieldhouse on Oct. 13 in a call to action for the campaign's supporters as it enters the final stretch.
by Zac Farber in News
Actor Martin Sheen, most famous for his roles as President Jed Bartlet on "The West Wing" and Captain Willard in "Apocalypse Now," spoke to a crowd of about 200 on Oct. 14 in Kagin Commons. He spoke behind a backdrop of Al Franken posters and the event was a Franken for Senate rally, but speaking as a personal friend of Franken who was unfamiliar with Minnesota politics, he neglected to mention the candidate specifically in his speech.
by Katie Havranek in News
Macalester College Student Government voted down an amendment to the bylaws that would have allowed the Financial Affairs Commission to approve student organization budget requests of up to $1000 without approval by the Legislative Body. The amendment, proposed by FAC chair Alex James '09 at MCSG's Oct.
by Hazel Schaeffer in News
This election cycle we have two very youthful and energetic candidates: Barack Obama and Sarah Palin. Critics say that Obama is all flair and no substance, as opposed to Palin, who is dismissed as unintelligent and is referred to at times as a VPILF. What do you think of these generalizations? They are strategically deplored to change people's minds, to change their perception of the candidates.
by Marissa Warden in News
As the University of St. Thomas terminates their theater program, Macalester's theater department is examining the importance of the fine arts in a liberal arts education.
"What it says to the academic world," Harry Waters, an assistant professor in Macalester's Theater and Dance, said of the dissolved program, "is a lack of importance in the fine arts.
by Peter Wright in News
In a unanimous vote on Oct. 11, the Board of Trustees approved the $7.5 million request to fund a new cooling system at Macalester, which was the only major issue discussed during the public segment of their Fall meeting.
The measure was met with a brief discussion by a few members who were concerned about student response to the project, citing concerns expressed by members of the Macalester Conservation and Renewable Energy Society (MacCARES) about the process the college used to settle on a design for the new system.
by Marissa Warden in News
David Ellison '12 and Sam DelSerra '12 were robbed at gunpoint on Oct. 17, around 11 p.m. DelSerra said they were leaving a party on Grand Avenue near Kowalski's Market when they passed a car with several people standing around it. The two continued walking for a while and noticed they were being followed by two black males in their 20s wearing dark hooded sweatshirts and bandanas on their faces.
by Matt Won in News
Oberlin protects students from suffocation by minority group The symbolic erection of 30-foot smoking perimeters, chalked lines in the pavement around Oberlin buildings, has set the community ablaze, according to the Oct. 10 issue of the Oberlin Review. The intervention was made on behalf of non-smokers in clarifying an ambiguous school policy, depicted by the enterprising guardians of public health (backed by ResEd, the Center for Leadership and Health promotion, and a $500 grant) as a silent majority subject to a dangerous threat perpetrated by a noxious and outspoken minority group.
