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Unsteady pace and cheap effects slay Jeepers

Drew Harmon
September 4, 2001

You know that moment in horror movies when the audience gets so angry at the people on-screen for being stupid enough to walk into a room when they shouldn’t or for doing something that will get them killed? Well, the new “Jeepers Creepers” is so jam-packed full of this cheap effect, you’ll be anxiously waiting for Darwinism to take over and get the heroes out of the way and you out of the theater. Starring Gina Philips and Justin Long as two college kids on their way home from spring break on the back roads, this flick jumps all over the place, leaving the audience confused - is this movie cheeky or funny?

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ASMSU fights for future of program

Ryan Wallace
September 4, 2001

One of the best visually impaired programs in the nation was placed under a moratorium, and ASMSU representatives are fighting to keep it running.In June, the College of Education’s visual impairment program, which includes hearing and mental disabilities, was put on a year long hiatus while university officials review the program.The freeze on the program was preceded by the resignation of one of its leaders, Susan Bruce, an assistant professor of counseling educational psychology & special education for nine years.

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Live miracles wow fair crowds

Eric Morath
September 4, 2001

Detroit - Screams from nearby carnival rides and smells of cotton candy gave way to wide-eyed youngsters witnessing more than 400 live animal births at the Miracle of Life exhibit at the Michigan State Fair during the last two weeks. MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine staffed and sponsored the Miracle of Life exhibit for the eighth year in a row. Calves, lambs, piglets and poultry are born and spend the first days of their lives under the big white tent, just off the midway. Kaylene Cipolla was one of roughly 500 people at the exhibit Monday, the fair’s final day.

NEWS

Monroe banned for year, investigation in works

Justin A. Rice
September 4, 2001

Head football coach Bobby Williams suspended sophomore center DeMarco Monroe for the entire season on Monday, because of his connection to an undisclosed “incident.” Williams kept quiet about the details surrounding the incident but did say the 20-year-old Monroe, the team’s back-up center, deserves the suspension as punishment while the situation undergoes further investigation.“He was involved in an incident, and until we get the details I believe this is the right thing to do,” Williams said.According to the Associated Press, MSU and East Lansing police wouldn’t release any information Monday.Monroe could not be contacted Monday night.The latest suspension comes after many other setbacks have plagued MSU’s team over the last two weeks.

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VOX using voices to increase awareness

Camille Spencer
September 4, 2001

A new student group, VOX, which is Latin for “voices,” is planning to educate students about reproductive health. “We hope to spread awareness and to get people politically active,” said Kathryn Paquette, co-director of the group.

COMMENTARY

SIRS questions help at semesters start

Do you sometimes think you have no power whatsoever, that you are at the mercy of everyone who stands ahead of you in line, that your destiny is pretty much a done deal because you have no way to influence anything that goes on around you? Well, I think we have all had that feeling in our lives at one time or another, and sometimes we have that feeling a lot more than we should.

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Critic ponders why students waste hard-earned cash on bad movies

I watch movies. Lots and lots of movies. It’s my job - as the film reporter here at The State News, I have seen nearly every movie that has made its way into theaters in the past four months, and I’ll probably see everything coming out in the next few months. But I have a problem. Most of the movies I see stink.

COMMENTARY

Strange bedfellows?

A peculiar alliance continued to develop during Labor Day weekend. President Bush visited Michigan on Monday - his fourth stop in the state since he took office - to visit Teamsters in Detroit.

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Survey: freshmen volunteering more than in past years

Okey Umelo
September 4, 2001

A recent survey showed the percentage of college freshmen who volunteer has steadily increased since 1990, and volunteer leaders say MSU has been no different.The survey, which was conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles, showed the percentage of freshmen who performed volunteer work in 2000 increased 15 percent since 1990.

COMMENTARY

Envy with green

Once again, MSU’s faculty will receive an increase in their salaries in October. But the question many are raising is if this increase will be enough. Despite lower-than-average state appropriations, for the third year in a row, the university has increased faculty salaries by 5 percent across the board.