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COMMENTARY

Football frenzy

Saturday marks the start of one of college life’s greatest and most time-tested traditions - football season. There isn’t a college student - past or present - who doesn’t know the feel of the electricity that pervades campus on those crisp autumn days featuring a game at their home stadium.

MSU

RHA to launch new recycling initiative

New initiatives to increase student participation in on-campus recycling were announced at the Residence Hall Association’s first meeting Wednesday.RHA Recycling will resume its program Sept.

COMMENTARY

Criticism of Knott unfair, unfounded

Recently I have read some of the most slandering editorials I’ve ever seen in The State News. People are judging Eric Knott solely upon what the media has reported about him and this unfortunate situation.However none of us were there.

FEATURES

Flitter flutter

utterflies are more than a popular tattoo fixture on campus.Far less painful and strides more naturally beautiful, the winged critters can be found at one of MSU’s hidden gems, the Butterfly House, which is next to the 4-H Children’s Garden, on the southwest corner of Wilson Road and Bogue Street.

MICHIGAN

U enjoys work opportunities in Capitol

Jill Schwab says she is ready for a full dose of Michigan politics as an intern in Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus’ office.Schwab, an international relations sophomore, is still in her first week on the job, but she’s sure she’ll find out if government work will be in her future after taste-testing political life while helping in the office for about 10 hours per week.“I’m interested in politics and it will be a good chance for me to get my feet wet, so that I will have more experience for a future career,” she said.

MSU

Department coping with cuts

Next to family photos and decorations, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor’s desk is piled with files and documents waiting to be read.McGlothian-Taylor and other officers at the Department of Police and Public Safety have been adjusting to an increased work load after a year of struggling budgets that, among other things, left students with an 8.9 percent tuition increase.On top of her duties as a coordinator for special events, McGlothian-Taylor now serves as the public information officer.

NEWS

Med school applicants declining

Marking the fourth straight year of decline, medical schools across the country are receiving less applicants each year.And with 3.7 percent less applicants in 2000, the figure for 2001 isn’t expected to rise either, said Robert Beran, vice president of student affairs and educational services at the Association of American Medical Colleges.“The difference I expect to see is the 2000-2001 figures to be about the same,” Beran said.

FEATURES

Weekend Guide

Friday:Mac’s Bar, 2700 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing will host the bands Novadriver, Boulder, and Kung Pao.

MSU

Motorists to yield to new traffic signs

Rajnish Sharma is getting a little help crossing the street.Yield to pedestrian signs were placed in the middle of the roadway Tuesday at crosswalks on Shaw Lane, between Farm Lane and Red Cedar Road.“People do stop their cars when they see signs and let you go,” said Sharma, an environmental engineering graduate student.

NEWS

New task force aims to improve student-police relationships

Fifteen students and 15 university employees will make up the Taskforce on Student-Police Relationships, university officials announced Wednesday.The group was appointed following the recommendations of an independent panel created to investigate the placement of an undercover officer into United Students Against Sweatshops, now called Students for Economic Justice, beginning Feb.

FEATURES

The Foolish Heads prepare for Commongrounds

Common Grounds Coffeehouse, located in the basement of Akers Hall, is kicking off its concert season with performances by The Foolish Heads and The Polyphonics on Friday night. Augie Visocchi, the lead guitarist of The Foolish Heads, said the concert is an important event for both the band and students. “It’s really a huge gig for us,” Visocchi said.

COMMENTARY

Alumnus withdraws football support

On May 29 I wrote to three MSU offices - the president, the athletic director and the football office - with my objections to recruiting two student-athletes who had been accused of assaulting a teenage girl.

MICHIGAN

Posthumus intends to run in 2002

Lansing - Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus will run for governor in 2002, he told a group of supporters at a Capital-area picnic. But Posthumus’ announcement Tuesday was not a formal declaration of candidacy. “It’s the first step in a long journey,” he said.