Volunteers to clean up MTU’Äôs Princess Point, hillside An old mattress spring somehow found its way to this hillside near Princess Point and the Waterfront Path. Pieces of plastic are also among the litter that sometimes lands in branches of trees and bushes along the trail. MTU's Department of Humanities will sponsor a volunteer cleanup of the area from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, May 7.  HOUGHTON ’Äì The Third Annual Princess Point and Hillside Clean-Up, organized by the Michigan Tech Department of Humanities, will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, May 7. A rain date is scheduled for the same time on Wednesday, May 9.   Volunteers will clean the area between Cliff Drive (along the Portage side of Michigan Tech) and Portage Lake, from the Minerals and Materials Engineering Building south to the end of lot 10 and the Waterfront Path south to Isle Royale Sands. Michigan Tech Facilities Management will leave empty trash bags at Princess Point by 9 a.m.; volunteers can begin anytime thereafter. At 3 p.m. Facilities Management will pick up full bags left along Cliff Drive, the old railroad bed and the Waterfront Trail.    Volunteer groups and individuals are encouraged to join the Humanities volunteers in this annual clean-up. If you're able to help with this project, please dress appropriately (e.g., bring work gloves, sturdy shoes or boots, etc.). Several years ago, Michigan Tech created a small beach on its property at Princess Point (on Portage Lake just to the northeast of the new Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts). Two years ago, the Michigan Tech Department of Humanities informally adopted Princess Point and the adjacent Waterfront Path and hillside and cleared this area of a fifty-year accumulation of litter. Last year, the Department voted unanimously to make this arrangement official. Volunteers will clean up litter like this that spoils the viewscape along the Waterfront Trail near the MTU campus.    Two years ago, in addition to clearing the area of litter, volunteers also cleared an old, abandoned hillside trail. Northern Hardwoods of South Range donated wood chips to cover the trail, the City of Houghton donated the use of a small bulldozer to spread the chips and complete the trail (which had been cut off by the Cliff Drive roadbed). The Michigan Tech Facilities Management reopened this trail,  which begins directly across from the Rozsa Center and offers convenient pedestrian access to the Waterfront Trail from the Michigan Tech campus.   For additional information about the clean-up, contact Craig Waddell in the Michigan Tech Department of Humanities at 487-3261 or 482-1636.