http://www.statenews.com Whenever Mark Stephens hears people call the Red Cedar River dirty, he’s always quick to defend it. “It’s an incredible river with a lot of life and top water quality,” he said. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:30:00 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47642 I’m surprised they didn’t find Jimmy Hoffa :O Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:12:05 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47642 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47668 Great article. I agree, we really need to take more pride in this awesome resource. Maybe MSU could start by giving the facts to incoming freshman at AOP, that way we might avoid having to pull 20 bikes out every year. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:21:52 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47668 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47670 Seeing 18” salmon jumping up the dam by the Admin building last month definitely made me more aware of how to take care of the river Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:02:31 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47670 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47672 I actually did a research project on the Red Cedar. It is as clean as the water people drink in buildings across campus. It is just a misconception that it is dirty because it LOOKS dirty, but that is only because of rainwater and such. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:44:39 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47672 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47677 One of Mother Nature’s most fascinating and amazing displays takes place on this campus every year and most of the 47,000 students miss it. It is the annual arrival of big, colorful Coho salmon completing a life-cyle unlike that of most any other creature on earth. This year there were 4 redds that could be viewed from the bridge behind the library. There you could watch female cohos prepare the gravel that would hold their eggs while super aggressive males fought each other to win first mating rights. This is their last hooray, but what a hooray it is. I suspect if the students fully understood the big and little miracles of nature that take place in the Red Cedar every day, they would view it – and treat it – very differently. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:33:01 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47677 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47730 When I was a student, people used to say the river had a rubber-coated bottom. I’m glad to see it is in much better condition than it was then. It is such a beautiful, enjoyable, and valuable resource for the campus. In fact, it is probably the single most important feature on campus. The beauty, recreation value, sound and sights it affords are invaluable. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:30:00 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/47730