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RHA officials try to account for surplus

Antonio Planas
September 24, 2002

Undisclosed information about last spring’s movie budget is causing confusion among Residence Halls Association members this year.The figure in question is a overflow of $68,970.59 from spring semester 2002 to fall semester 2002’s budget - substantially more than last year’s $25,313.80 surplus.Last spring RHA members said the movie program used all of its $82,500 budget by midsemester, leaving some to wonder how a surplus of $68,970.59 from the spring’s budget carried over into the fall’s budget.

COMMENTARY

Secure U

There is something amiss at the Biomedical and Physical Science Building, and it’s going to take a lot of sleuthing and tighter security to prevent what could become a major problem for campus health and safety. For the second time this month, MSU police are investigating missing property from the new building. Eight 4-liter bottles of acetic acid were stolen from a locked stock room in the building’s chemistry department between July 1 and Sept.

COMMENTARY

Capitol checks

It looks as though the possibility of the United States launching an attack on Iraq is inevitable as Congress prepares to authorize President Bush “to use all means that he determines to be appropriate, including force, in order to defend the national security interests of the United States against the possible threat of Iraq.” Capitol Hill is giving in to this war-mongering president and threating world security.

NEWS

Institute initiates business bar

Brian Charlton
September 24, 2002

A testing company is attempting to implement a standardized exam for business graduate school students that would compare to the medical boards for doctors or the bar exam for lawyers. The International Certification Institute plans to offer the new exam at sites around the country by April, hoping students will want to take the exam to impress future employers. Only 26 percent of master of business administration students had received or accepted a job offer near graduation in 2002 - compared to 41 percent in 2001, according to a report by the Graduate Management Admissions Council.

FEATURES

Messages of respect given in Barbershop

Casey Mcnenly
September 23, 2002

In the ’80s, “Cheers” told us that sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. Actually, how about Monk’s Restaurant portrayed in “Seinfeld”? Or perhaps a mall to portray the decline of America’s youth in “Mallrats”? Then again, why not an inner-city barbershop to illustrate the difference in culture?

COMMENTARY

Williams has turned team into NCAA joke

I have been a loyal Spartan since 1970. In all those years I have never written a disparaging word about MSU. But the last two weeks of MSU football have caused me so much distress I am compelled to protest the systemic incompetence of the athletics department. MSU is the laughing stock of NCAA Division I football programs.

FEATURES

Move Over Mrs. Markham gives mediocre performance

Lindsay Frederickson
September 23, 2002

In opening their 74th season, the Lansing Civic Players attempt hilarity, but achieve only mild amusement with the British sex farce “Move Over Mrs. Markham.” “Mrs. Markham,” written by Ray Cooney and John Chapman, is a typical farce with miscommunications and pre-coital shenanigans intending to confuse everyone but the audience. Unfortunately, the utter butchering of British pronunciations and the nasal whining of several of the main performers destroy any chance this show has at rising above mediocrity. The play is supposedly set in London, but the only way one can tell is by looking in the program, as “Covent Garden” becomes plural and many performers forget their accents all together. “Move Over Mrs. Markham” takes place in the Markhams’ flat, a garishly decorated place.

COMMENTARY

Post-Sept. 11 trend threatens freedoms

A trend, which began before Sept. 11, 2001, continues to threaten you - yes, you. I’d been aware those who occupy our most respected elected offices were leading the trend, but I hadn’t realized so many of my fellow citizens were following.

COMMENTARY

Mute measure

Lawmakers are mulling over a bill they say will protect athletes from unscrupulous agents, but it seems the measure pays more lip service to Michigan voters than it does good for professional-bound athletes.

MSU

Alumni establish first scholarship

Tara May
September 23, 2002

The first scholarship for undergraduate students with disabilities at MSU will be awarded in January for the spring semester. The five Samaritan Foundation scholarships, worth $2,500 each, are offered by the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities.

NEWS

$14 million kicks off trustees campaign

Kristofer Karol
September 23, 2002

The MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $1.2 billion fund-raiser Friday that was unveiled to the public at Wharton Center’s Great Hall. More than $14 million in software, endowments and donations were recognized at the celebration.

FEATURES

Fools lighthearted, simple tale of town full of stupidity

Lindsay Frederickson
September 23, 2002

Bath - True to its title, Neil Simon’s “Fools” gives audiences a stage full of lovable idiots. The Bath Community Theatre Guild opened its season with the Simon comedy Friday at the James Couzens Auditorium in Bath Middle School, 13675 Webster Road. “We were looking for a good, clean comedy, a family comedy without being a children’s show,” director David Brooks said. “Fools” is set in Kulyenchikov, Ukraine (a parallel of the mythical Jewish town of Chelm), a town cursed by a love-struck couple 200 years before the start of the play. When new schoolmaster Leon Tolchinsky (Michael Kostel) arrives in town, he enthusiastically describes the thrill he gets from teaching classical literature and gloats over his new post.

MSU

Class offers information, insight on political careers

Kristofer Karol
September 23, 2002

Students interested in being the next George W. Bush or Al Gore might be interested in one of the newest classes offered at MSU - Political Science 392: Career Decision Making and Practical Tools for Students Interested in Politics. Academic Adviser in the Department of Political Science Jane Miller blended her love for politics and career development into one course.