A Voice for Students An Opportunity for Students	Volume 24, Issue 2-October 1, 2002
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	INSIDE: Recycling State of Emergency    Down Under      The WebfootFiles                         Headstart             Teacher Feature
		A day caring for the community By Erik Morrison Whalesong Editor  University of Alaska Southeast student Kean Nuttall got down and dirty while picking up litter Saturday during the second annual Day of Caring, learning firsthand how much trash is dumped along Juneau’s roadsides… UAS addresses campus security problems By Sean Smith Whalesong Reporter  You all see them, pulling up slowly next to your vehicle, seemingly breathing down your neck, watching your every move, just waiting for an excuse to stop you… Elections for the students, by the students By Liesl Schuepach Whalesong Reporter  The polls are closed, the results are in, and two new student body senators will be taking office. Recently elected UAS student senators… PITAS program affords students many opportunities By Jenni Hotch-Hill Whalesong Contributor  With the Preparing Indigenous Teachers for Alaska Schools (PITAS) program beginning its third year, and the great news that funding for the next three years has been approved, PITAS is starting this year on the right foot… Return to the Whalesong home page		A head start for college life By Rosa Fonseca Whalesong Reporter  Would it have helped you to complete your Associate of Arts by the time you finished high school… Australia: more than just a U.S. down under By Tyler Gress Whalesong Contributor  It started on the Qantas flight here. With 16 hours and a television screen all to myself, I could certainly absorb some Australian culture on the way. No such luck… Student Government Profile  Justin Whittington… Teacher Feature: Jane Terzis By Rosa Fonseca Whalesong Reporter  Jane Terzis, who previously worked as an adjunct for the University of Alaska and taught art to prisoners all over Alaska for over 20 years, has accepted a job as the new professor in the Art department at UAS… The Webfoot Files By Liesl Schuepach Whalesong Reporter  Not that anyone cares about the biography of a mere UAS freshman, but a lot of people care about having fun, and so I feel I should introduce myself… Recycling state of emergency By Erik Morrison Whalesong Editor  What is going on with the recycling here at UAS? This issue has reached absurd, disgraceful, and humiliating lows and the situation needs to be immediately reassessed… Letter to the Editor: Watch out for the Fascists with crackerjack badges By CPL Feldspar   Officer Barney Fife, Don’t you know? I don’t like the way you treated me… Mental illness defined: Can you imagine what it feels like? Editor’s note: This story was submitted by a UAS student. Because of its personal nature, names have been omitted.   Try to imagine for a second that you are mentally ill…