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'U' organizations discuss more recycling options

As the new semester begins, on-campus organizations are looking for new ways to recycle used materials. Last semester, Residence Halls Association chose not to renew its contract for recycling service with Waste Management, and instead signed an agreement with MSU's Office of Recycling and Waste Management.

NEWS

MIDDAY UPDATE: 'U' med school could relocate

The MSU College of Human Medicine could make a move to the west side of the state, but all talks about the possible relocation are in preliminary stages, officials say. "We always have to be talking to people on how we might serve the state better," MSU spokesman Terry Denbow said.

MSU

ASMSU might join new national organization

MSU might take steps to become a charter member of the new American Student Government Association after ASMSU's Academic Assembly meets tonight. The American Student Government Association is a national organization centered in Gainesville, Fla.

COMMENTARY

Travel stops

Fingerprints and photos are taken upon entering any local or state jail facility, but now, thanks to the U.S.

MSU

Web mail updates security features

While students were on winter break, MSU's e-mail system received a full makeover - inside and out. The system, located at http://mail.msu.edu, replaced the 10-year-old Pilot system in March.

COMMENTARY

Fair trial

When America woke up on Dec. 14, a shaggy face crawled from a hole in the ground dominating the airwaves and our attention. Fugitive Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was now neutralized and the ideological culmination of the second Gulf War seemed apparent. When he was captured, he wanted to bargain.

SPORTS

Field hockey athlete makes national team

Michelle Huynh-Ba was named to USA Field Hockey's Under-21 National Team along with four other players from the Big Ten. The MSU sophomore joins Michigan's Jill Civic, Indiana's Kayla Bashore and Jodi Murphy and Penn State's Karin Grap as the national team competes both at home and abroad. Huynh-Ba has made a splash in her two years with the Spartans, including being named womensfieldhockey.com's Rookie of the Week, making the USFHA's Under-20 Team and leading the 2002 Big Ten in freshman scoring. The Spartans boast a 40-8 record during Huynh-Ba's career, including two Big Ten Tournament Championships and an Elite Eight finish in 2003.

NEWS

'Faces &Places,' 'Courtside' among improvements coming to SN

In November, The State News was awarded the Pacemaker, college journalism's top honor. The award was the 14th in the paper's 95-year history and now hangs on the newsroom wall next to its counterparts, all testaments to the tireless work of generations of journalists.

COMMENTARY

Writer's claim is invalid to scientists

Steve Duane asserted in his letter to the editor ("Creationism a belief, can't be disproved" SN 12/4) that creationist views are not debated in scientific settings due to "philosophically challenged scientists." More astonishing than this broadside against scientists is the fact that his sentence immediately preceding this one accurately proclaimed why creationism is not taught or debated in the scientific realm.

COMMENTARY

No excuses

In their heyday, the Los Angeles - now Oakland - Raiders had the notoriety as the dirtiest football team in the league.