April 10th

Schedule of Tent State St. Kate's:
9:15-Speaker- Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer: Prioritizing Education in the United States
9:35-10:40 Class-Amy Hilden: Agora Walk
9:35-10:40 Class-Robert Grunst: Introduction to Literary Theory
10:40-Speaker-Raven Lopez and Co: Undocumented Student rights
10:55-12 Class- Nancy Heitzeg: Sociology 100
10:55-12 Class-Jennifer: Organic Gardening-We will transplant seedlings, discuss food production in the U.S. and learn about the value of heirloom seeds and local food systems.
10:55-12 Class-Hui Wilcox: Women in Society
11:30-12 Class-Mary Ellen CSJ: Honduras
Noon-Speaker-Nancy Heitzeg: The Prison Industrial Complex in relation to Education
12:15-1:20 Class-Nancy Heitzeg: GSJ Dismantling Racism
12:15-1:20Learn-in-David Weiss: GLBTQ Voices in Theology - Insights from the Edge
12:15-1:20 Learn-in-Marv Davidov: Plan to end Iraq War and fund human needs
1:00 Learn-in-Cecilia Konchar Farr: Political Literature: not a contradiction in terms
1:30 Learn-in-Brian Bruess: St. Kate's Budget Break Down: Where Tuition Goes
1:35-2:40 Learn-in-Blessed Be: Divination for the modern woman
1:35-2:40 Learn-in-PRIDE: Equal rights movement, HIV/AIDS, combating discrimination
1:35-2:40 Learn-in-Bicycle Maintanance and Safety
3-3:30 Learn-in-MPIRG and Amnesty International: Importance of Letter Writing
3:00 Learn-in-Clay Club: Hand Building Clay
3:30 Learn-in-French Club: Travel tips
4:00-6:00 Musical Madness: Open Mic, Drum Circle, etc.
4:30 On-going Event Paul: Palm Reading
6:00 Live Music!!

April 6th

Updated schedule of Tent State Macalester is here:

Monday 4/9

HIGH NOON - SPEAKOUT on how you feel about higher education and the state of the world.

4:30 The New SDS: Building a Better Student Organization
Open discussion on the revival of SDS, and what we want a student organization for the democratization of everyday life to look like.

5:30- POTLUCK Dinner and Activist History at Macalester
We have a rich history of organizing for justice and power at Macalester (and other colleges, of course), but the memory of the student body is short. Hear from veteran professors and alumni student activists about what has been done in the past.

7:30 Neoliberalism and Education- panel/discussion
How do policies set by an unaccountable group of corporate and government bureaucrats affect life for everyone from Mexican farmers and students to those of us at Macalester? Come to this panel to explore the effects of globalization on the economy and culture in the global and the local.

9:00 Flying Fingers


Tuesday 4/10

2:30 The Poverty of Student Life Discussion
In 1966, students in France published "On the Poverty of Student Life." In 1962, SDS students in the U.S. published the Port Huron Statement. What can we learn from our predecessors in student movements? What has changed and what remains the same?

4:30 Access to Higher Education
Panel discussion with high school students in support of the Minnesota DREAM Act and a representative of the Minnesota Prison Education Project on the rising barriers to higher education for students in the US and beyond.

6:00 SPOKEN WORD from the high school artists of the Minnesota Spoken Word Association

8:00 Mac Jazz


Wednesday 4/11

3:00 Youth Against War and Racism: Twin Cities High School Students Fight Military Recruitment

4:00 Student Power in High Schools- panel with area students

5:00- Student Power at Macalester- panel+discussion
Members of Macalester's many student organizations talk about the challenges we face in advancing student initiatives on campus.

7:00 Student Debt and the Rising Cost of Education- workshop

8:00 Modern Jazz Trio

9:00 FILM FESTIVAL
World Premiere of "Standing with the Students," a documentary on the student struggle in Ambazonia, a region of Cameroon seeking independence. The director will be available for discussion afterward.


Thursday 4/12

Tent State goes to St. Thomas! (meet in front of the Campus Center to bike over)

9:00 Speaker for QU: "Underground Transit," MGO Stage, Campus Center.


Friday 4/13

Tent State goes to St. Kate's (meet in front of the Campus Center at __ to bike over)

10pm- Queer Cabaret at Macalester


Saturday 4/14

10am student Critical Mass!
Macalester-St. Thomas-St. Kate's- meet in front of the Campus Center on your bike!

12 noon- Potluck! Where do we go from here? A long discussion...
Bring a dish to pass and begin the conversation about how to build on Tent State over the summer and next fall.

3pm- Beyond the Nonprofit Industrial Complex
Graduating? Don't want to work for the Man? Come to this discussion with college grad members of the Industrial Workers of the World (a revolutionary workers' union) and the Federation of Workplace Democracies-MN (FWD-MN, pron. 'Forward Minnesota, it's a group of worker-owned co-ops) to find out how you can keep fighting capitalism and oppression after college, or at least gain some dignity at work.

4-5pm- Antiwar Convergence: Building the Movement
Did you walk out on March 20? Wish you had? Join the discussion on what to do next...

6pm-Fresh Concepts performs

7-9- Bands! Good Bands!

9pm- KAADAATT.... dance on the grass and MAC SOUP in Kagin


April 2nd

Tent State is right around the corner. Check out your campus for what's going on or check here for updates.


March 25th

Tent State Meeting at St. Kate's Monday, 26th, @ 6pm in the Student Org Center


March 21st

FLYERS!! These were done by a St. Kate's student and have St. Kate's dates and St. Kate's specific stats on a few. Feel free to replace what you need to make the flyer cater to your school's Tent State.
Tuition increase at all 3 campuses
Honk if you're an in debt college student
Mission statement
Tell your professors you want class in the quad
Radio blaring Tent State


March 18th

Tent State will have an early kickoff event on Tuesday, April 3rd at Macalester College, when Mark Rudd, veteran of SDS and the Weather Underground, will speak. There will be a showing of "The Weather Underground" on Monday, April 2nd. Both events will be at 7 pm in the JBD Lecture Hall downstairs in the Macalester Campus Center.

March 14th

St. Kate's will be meeting over spring break for a work day. Come to the Student Org Center on the 21st at 10am to make flyers, create a Senate funding proposal, and help get the Tent State organized. All schools are invited. Come, even if you haven't been involved yet.

March 11th

Community wide meeting is at St. Thomas at 8pm in the Blue Lagoon in Murray-Herrick. There will be a van leaving from Security at St. Kate's at 7:45 to go to the meeting. We will stop at Macalester and pick up anyone who needs a ride. We have a 15 passenger van, but I'm sure we could squeeze in a few more.

March 10th

Community wide meeting has been moved to St. Thomas for March 12th, at 8 pm. Specific place has yet to be determined. There will be a van leaving from Security at St. Kate's at 7:50 to go to the meeting.
March 7th

Tent State is nearing...  A community wide meeting is scheduled for 8pm at Macalester.

Also.. new graphics are available. please dowload, print, distribute, and plague your corner of town with tent state energy.

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Feb. 29th.

St. Thomas is planning their tent state to take place on Thursday, April 12th. A overnight camp on the quad will extend Tent State into the morning of April 13th. Check the St. Thomas section for details. Meeting Times for St. Thomas updated. Meeting Times



Feb. 27th.

Welcome to Tent State MN. This project is about reclaiming higher education for students. Check out the mission statement of the project and get involved. Tent State will be April 9 to 14 at Macalester, April 13 at St. Catherine.

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