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COMMENTARY

Campus danger

The Task Force on Student-Police Relations held its first open forum Tuesday night. But something important was lacking: The voices of regular students.A crowd of more than 70 people kept the forum running for several hours, but most of the people who expressed concerns about MSU police had formal titles that usually included ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government.It’s nice to see our student leaders taking the initiative to have their voices heard, but the task force was created to gather information from the student body - not an elite group of people that already has access to campus administrators.But the task force and the very student government leaders who spoke Tuesday night failed in their most important task.

FEATURES

Album is riff-rock at its best

Dan Austin
October 4, 2001

Default “The Fallout” (TVT Records) Sounding like Alice In Chains with a heavy influence from Creed, Default’s debut album “The Fallout” is a meaty, in your face, head-thrashing rock album.

MSU

McPherson to lead state charter school review

Eric Morath
October 4, 2001

State lawmakers have asked MSU President M. Peter McPherson to help them sort out the much-debated charter school issue.McPherson will chair a commission to review charter schools in Michigan and report back to the Legislature.

COMMENTARY

Aleing history | E.L. covers up past

It was only seven months ago that East Lansing uncovered a little of its lost history. The discovery came in the form of several advertisements painted on the side of the building that houses Curious Book Shop, 307 E.

MICHIGAN

Firefighters battle for increased state funding

Steve Eder
October 4, 2001

Lansing - Michigan firefighters met at the state Capitol Wednesday to return fire at Gov. John Engler after he vetoed $9.4 million in fire protection grants. Matt Resch, a spokesman for Engler, said the governor vetoed the budget because it would have increased fire protection grants statewide to $9.4 million from last year’s $7.4 million.

COMMENTARY

SNs CCW editorial missed key facts

The errors of fact in this opinion piece (“Out of ammo,” SN 9/27) are too numerous to bother addressing. One item, however, stands out: equating concealed carry with gun availability.

MSU

Green light phones given a red light for funding

Ryan Wallace
October 4, 2001

Walking across campus by yourself can sometimes be a scary experience. Imagine coming to a green light phone in an emergency and realizing it doesn’t work. The green light emergency phones are located all over campus, but some feel there needs to be improvements and new ones installed. Last year, ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate government, approved a bill to install more phones in the Brody Complex area and fix the ones that aren’t currently working. Missy Kushlak, a pre-vet sophomore and College of Veterinary Medicine representative for ASMSU, thought things would be changed once the bill passed. “Once the bill was passed I was under the assumption that something would be done,” Kushlak said. So far, the university has not satisfied ASMSU’s requests. Kusklak along with former ASMSU representative Shauna Matlen, a no-preference sophomore, are continuing to work with the university on the issue of keeping the phones updated and making campus safe at night. The bill, which was passed on Feb.

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Campus construction boom comes to a close

Eric Morath
October 4, 2001

Construction is reaching completion as major campus sites expect to wrap up by the year’s end.University Engineer Bob Nestle said the completion of the Biomedical Physical Science Building and Breslin Center addition, both expected to be done in December, and Shaw Hall’s scheduled re-opening in June, may mark the beginning of a slowdown in campus construction.Nestle said MSU has seen an increase in construction for roughly the past five years.“It has a lot to do with the state funding and projects funded by private donations and research grants,” he said.

COMMENTARY

Failed task

As much as university officials try to control alcohol use, it is still a big part of the college student’s experience on campus.It would be a falsehood to say alcohol has not caused any problems on campus over the years.

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Professional developer set to address students on exhibit development

Megan Frye
October 4, 2001

Eugene Dillenburg, an exhibit developer with the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul, will be speaking to a group of students and area museum professionals today. The event, “Perspectives of an Exhibit Developer,” will consist of a talk given by Dillenburg about the exhibit-development process and standards developed by the National Association for Museum Exhibition.

FOOTBALL

Cornerback out 8-10 weeks

Eric Lacy
October 4, 2001

Redshirt freshman cornerback Jason Harmon broke his right ankle in practice Wednesday and will be out for eight to 10 weeks, MSU Assistant Athletics Director John Lewandowski said. Harmon was participating in seven-on-seven drills and landed on his foot awkwardly. “He planted his foot, and it just broke,” Lewandowski said.