MICHIGAN
City Council to address issues today
The East Lansing City Council will discuss the status of the Hannah Community Center construction project during its work session tonight.
NEWS
Plight for student trustee continues
Both support and concern were expressed to members of ASMSU at a forum to discuss the possibility of adding a voting student seat to the MSU Board of Trustees.
MICHIGAN
Whitmer tackles new issues, lessening tuition gap
This is the second in a three part series about the Michigan House and Senate reconvening. When the Legislature reconvenes in a few weeks, Gretchen Whitmer wants to give students a tuition refund. Whitmer, D-East Lansing, said when the session begins on Sept.
MSU
RHA still committed to goals, serving U
It’s a new semester and that means new faces, goals and attitudes for MSU’s Residence Halls Association’s executive board. The university’s RHA is the largest residence hall association in the country and the second largest student organization on campus behind ASMSU, the university’s undergraduate student government. Jeff Donofrio, the new director of public relations for RHA, said its main goal is to address the concerns and to be the voice for more than 14,000 undergraduate students throughout the 20 residence halls on campus.
COMMENTARY
Freedom of speech requires all views be heard - even if wrong
I’ve always considered myself a sort of maverick of the First Amendment. “Congress shall make no law...” Y’all know how it goes - at least you should.
MICHIGAN
Michigans economy, job market still going strong
Even though unemployment is on the rise nationally, a spokesman for Gov. John Engler says Michigan is doing just fine.“We’re building the economy through tax cuts and job training,” said Matt Resch, a spokesman for Engler.
FEATURES
Aaliyah dies in plane crash
R&B singer and actress Aaliyah, 22, was killed Saturday when the small Cessna plane she was traveling in crashed in the Bahamas.
COMMENTARY
Mishandled
The committee’s report is in - and its recommendation is to create another committee. On Friday, the four-member panel appointed by MSU President M.
FEATURES
Cast shows promise with Master Class
Directing a cast of entirely MSU students and alumni, Ken Beachler put together a amazing group of local talent for the Riverwalk Theatre’s recent production of Terrence McNally’s “Master Class.”The play ended its two-weekend run Sunday.
FOOTBALL
What Big Ten football team will rise above the competition? Good question.
I don’t know what I’m doing. Usually I don’t admit so openly to that - I let the reader make that fairly obvious deduction based on my work. But now I’m charged with predicting the final order of finish of the Big Ten’s 11 football teams and I’m way overmatched. Have you seen these teams?
MICHIGAN
U argues legislative issues
This is the first in a three part series about the Michigan House and Senate Reconvening. With the second half of the 2001 Michigan Legislature’s session fast approaching, MSU students are hoping to see a greater emphasis on higher education in the legislative agenda. Students from the MSU Democrats and the MSU College Republicans say they are hopeful the tuition tax credit is repealed and funding is lifted to 3 percent when session reconvenes Sept.
FEATURES
Despite constant care, fish becoming pet of choice for U
Sure, they can’t cuddle.They don’t sit, curl up in a cozy ball by the vent or lap warm milk off a plate.Nonetheless, fish are sweeping the dorms as students warm their new homes with the cold-blooded critters.
MICHIGAN
Bags welcome student renters to neighborhoods
Police and resident volunteers distributed about 4,000 bags to student renters as a way of welcoming them back Friday morning.Volunteers representing the East Lansing Police Department, the East Lansing Parking and Code Enforcement department, MSU’s greek community and other interested residents showed up at the Bailey Community Center, 301 Bailey St., Friday morning to pass out the bags to their student neighbors.This is the second time in the past three years the Community Relations Commission has sponsored the program.
MICHIGAN
Students protest, claim human rights Gap
Fall fashion and student opinions clashed like stripes and plaids Thursday night at Gap, 435 E. Grand River Ave. Members of MSU’s Students for Economic Justice protested the store’s fall fashion show to raise awareness about sweatshop labor. “We came out to educate the public,” said member Zak Bleicher, an international relations and political theory and constitutional democracy sophomore.
COMMENTARY
Football team could change players life
Just because a person makes a mistake doesn’t mean all opportunities should be taken away from them.
MSU
Peepholes show residents new view of dorm safety
Knock knock. Who’s there? Students living in the dorms can now have the satisfaction of knowing who’s knocking at their doors now that peepholes have been installed in just about every dorm room.The installation of the peepholes took place over the summer and was a result of careful deliberation among the Residence Halls Association, Residence Life and University Housing said Angela Brown, director of University Housing. “We discussed safety awareness and created a safety committee, which reviewed night receptionist safety and overall dorm safety,” Brown said, adding that students have been asking for peepholes for years. “(The peepholes) are great,” said Emmy Gregory, a pre-vet freshman.
SPORTS
No.1 no more; Spartans top Old Dominion
When MSU field hockey coach Michele Madison scheduled tough season-opening contests against No. 1 Old Dominion and No.
MSU
Free yearbooks return this year
For the second year the Red Cedar Log yearbook is available to all students at MSU - and anyone else who wants to pick one up.The Red Cedar Log is the largest college yearbook in the country with more than 20,000 copies available this year. In 1996 the yearbook was shut down for financial reasons.
MSU
Groups greet students, look for new members
To kick off the school year, minority organizations are welcoming students with programs that will allow them to gain information about their groups.Asian Pacific American Student Organization will be sponsoring a Welcome Back Banquet today at 6 p.m.
COMMENTARY
Welcome action
Campus’ silence was suddenly broken last week as minivans loaded with futons, mini-refrigerators and computers flooded into campus, clogging roadways as they headed to unload their precious cargoes. And while the influx of students back to campus ends the summertime splendor of short lines at night hot spots and nearly non-existent traffic, it’s a welcome sign to a new school year. The puzzling fact is most students are ready to be back to East Lansing - well, at least we are.