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The Sweet Sounds of MGD

By Sarah Krumholz

ay on the second floor of the campus center, the chilly Minnesota air is being warmed by the sweet vibrations of seemingly random musical snippets, chuckles, and the occasional guffaw. That’s right, the ‘iPod shuffle challenge’ has arrived at the weekly Macalester Development Group board members meeting! Macalester Development Groupis a chartered student organization at Mac that works to involve students in discourse and engagement surrounding global development. Meetings are at 7pm on Tuesday nights in Davis Court in the IGC. The board meeting consists of four students, brought together by a passion for development, reveal another side of themselves through their music taste, as represented (somewhat inaccurately?) by the first five songs that come up on shuffle on their iPods. Chances are you’ve heard these kids names in sentences sprinkled with phrases such as “socially active,” “involved” or perhaps even “saving the world.” But do you know what tunes are eeking out of their headphones when they walk to class? What they listen to at the gym? What they tap their toes to in class? Prepare to be surprised. If I wanted to be THAT girl, I would argue that the results represent the diversity of the Macalester student body. But I’ll leave it up to the reader to decide.

Michael Manansala 12′ (Rochester, Minn.)
(1) The Council of Enrod by Enya
(2) April in Paris by Frank Sinatra
(3) Pulaman by Celtic Woman
(4) The Misson from Final Fantasy 8
(5) Everyone by Daft Punk

Q: What’s your guilty pleasure? A: I have no shame.

Tapio Riihimaeki 12′(Hartola, Finland, but attended a UWC in Hong Kong)
(1) Reset by Titan & Red Acid Jack
(2) My My My by G&G
(3) Reptile Woman by Hurriganes
(4) Yeah! by Usher
(5) Integrated Chinese Level I Part I (Instructional Recording)

Q: What’s your guilty pleasure? A: Hit Me Baby One More Time (Acoustic Version)

Willy Raedy 13′ (Portland, Ore.)
(1) Seven Deadly Sins by Flogging Molly
(2) Wash Away by Joe Purdy
(3) Maybe by Ingrid Michaelson
(4) Brand New Colony by The Postal Service
(5) Brand New Day by Joshua Radin

Q: What’s your guilty pleasure? A: The Space Jam Song

Hossein Alidaee 13′ (born in Iran, lived in Irvine, Cali. but lived in NYC for a year)
(1) Save Me by Shine Down
(2)Kick Push by Lupe Fiasco
(3) Saturday Night Live by Exhibit
(4) The Difference by Matchbox 20
(5) Sunshine to the Rain by Miri Ben-Ari

Q: What’s your guilty pleasure? A: Tick-Tock by Keisha

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    Adrian MarshallSep 12, 2019 at 3:40 am

    I donít waste my free time in watching video lessons except I be fond of to read posts on net and get updated from most up-to-date technologies.

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