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Stay healthy with Olin Health Center services
Moving away from home can be a big first step. It's important to understand that when you get sick, you have to learn to take care of yourself — and Olin Health Center can help. Olin offers a wide variety of services to help you make it through all of the sickness seasons, including cold and flu season.
Program contributes to sex education in MSU community
Educators from Olin Health Center promote safe sex on campus — and they have the numbers to prove it. Since the beginning of the school year, Olin's various sex education programs have given away nearly 80,000 condoms. Many have been given away through a program called Condom Connection which provides residence hall mentors with information on sexually transmitted diseases, healthy relationships and, of course, condoms. To fund the programs, the Residence Halls Association has granted Olin $2,000 per semester for the past few years, said Paula Wade, RHA director of health and safety. A 2000 survey reported 54 percent of MSU students used condoms the last time they had sex.
Proposed legislation may restrict trash importation
Some Michigan Democrats want to use the power of economics to reduce the amount of Canadian trash in state landfills. A bill sponsored by Rep.
How 'bout them apples?
After graduating from MSU in 1983 with a degree in horticulture, Mark Doherty was optimistic. His apples and those of other Michigan growers were selling enough to make the state the third largest apple producer in the nation. He thought he had been equipped with the knowledge to produce quality fruits and vegetables capable of selling in the most competitive markets. For the first time, the institution that taught Doherty how to grow apples is using a majority of the products his Michigan colleagues are growing in its cafeterias. Doherty wonders why it took this long. This year, MSU purchased 1,093 units — or more than 100,000 Michigan apples — to be served in its cafeterias.
Volunteers clean up river
As they paddled Saturday morning through the waters of the Red Cedar River, Danielle Abshagen and Carolyn Schwedler were praised for the bounty they had collected. Other volunteers yelled out compliments as the pair returned with a pile of bikes so heavy it nearly tipped their canoe. "It's always the most fun finding the interesting stuff," said Abshagen, an environmental soil science senior.
