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R-rated trailer removed from Internet site

Culver City, Calif. - Sony Pictures Entertainment has pulled an R-rated trailer for the upcoming comedy “Not Another Teen Movie” from an Internet site. The Motion Picture Association of America, which rates films and advertisements, complained to the studio last week that R-rated trailers should not be shown on the Internet, where underage children can view them. MPAA President Jack Valenti said the ad, which featured profanity and partial nudity, was withdrawn immediately by Sony from the Redbandtrailer.com preview site. The site could not be accessed at all last Friday. The trailer was only approved for theaters showing R-rated movies, Valenti added. Sony officials told the Los Angeles Times the company wasn’t aware of the MPAA regulations.

FEATURES

Department aims to attract younger crowds with schedule

The MSU Department of Theatre certainly wasn’t aiming for the mundane when it scheduled this year’s performance season.Those who are used to “Guys and Dolls,” may feel a little uncomfortable sitting in the audience of shows like “SubUrbia” or “Been Taken.”If all goes well, these plays will provoke emotions and thoughts aside the from run-of-the-mill entertainment found in traditional productions.“SubUrbia” will kick the season off on Sept.

COMMENTARY

Bike registration is mob-like scheme

The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety is running a protection racket.At the beginning of every year, the DPPS sends out a bulletin saying that all bikes on campus must be registered for a fee of $2.

NEWS

Socialist activist condemns globalization

Eric Morath
August 29, 2001

Anti-corporate globalization and visions of a stronger socialist party were on activist Ramy Khalil’s agenda when he spoke to about 50 people Tuesday, at Morrill Hall.“I’m here to find people who want to continue the movement against corporate globalization that started with the WTO protest in Seattle,” he said.Khalil shared his experiences as an organizer of about 2,000 University of Washington students in the 1999 protest against the World Trade Organization and his participation in the protests earlier this year at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City.“We think we have to mobilize workers and unions to take big corporations into public ownership, under democratic workers’ control,” he said.Students for Economic and Social Democracy, a registered student organization, hosted Khalil.

FOOTBALL

Henry burned by bad grades

Eric Lacy
August 29, 2001

Projected starting cornerback Cedric Henry has been ruled academically ineligible and will miss the entire season, head coach Bobby Williams said Tuesday evening.

COMMENTARY

Distracted

Some members of MSU’s undergraduate student government have a plan to enable students who feel underrepresented among the university’s leadership. At the Aug.

MSU

Incident prompts safety awareness

Jamie Gumbrecht
August 29, 2001

When Joseph Clark locks the door to his Williams Hall room at night, he wouldn’t be afraid.The journalism sophomore said although he was surprised to hear about two instances of criminal sexual conduct in his residence hall, he’s not worried.“I don’t lie awake at night scared,” he said.

NEWS

Rogers learns from Mideast visit

Steve Eder
August 29, 2001

After an eight-day trip to Israel, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers says the region’s conflict needs immediate American intervention.“I felt that we got to see both sides of the story,” he said.

MSU

Freshmen: better than rest of U

Ryan Wallace
August 29, 2001

Student enrollment numbers may not have increased much from last year, but the academic talents may have.Although exact numbers won’t be available until a quarter of the way through the first semester, more than 6,800 students have enrolled at MSU, and the grade-point averages and ACT scores were at an all-time high.“This is academically the strongest group we’ve ever had,” said Director of Admissions Gordon Stanley.According to statistics, the average freshmen GPA is 3.5 or higher, and the average ACT score was 24.

COMMENTARY

Donate furniture to charities, not curb

A suggestion to students now changing residences, and something to consider for later in the year to others: When semesters change and students move out of their houses and apartments many put usable furniture they no longer need out to the curb with a big “free” sign attached.

COMMENTARY

SN lacked facts in Knott case editorial

As aspiring journalists you should remember what is taught in class and stick to the facts when reporting (“Cold reception,” SN 8/15). Leave the speculation to the tabloids. The little known facts in the Eric Knott case point not to rape, but at worst to sex between an eighth grader and a high school junior.

COMMENTARY

Perceived rank

The review’s 2002 edition of “The Best 331 Colleges” hit bookshelves recently with good news and bad news for MSU.

MSU

Police say oops to illegal parking

Jamie Gumbrecht
August 28, 2001

Kelly Downey racked up $53 in parking ticket charges while moving in this Welcome Week.Oops.But MSU’s Department of Police and Public Safety introduced a system to warn and inform parents and students about illegal parking without the cost: the “oops ticket.”“I’d rather have that on my car than a ticket,” said Downey, an advertising sophomore who ended the week with four parking tickets.