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MSU remembers 2011 earthquake in Japan

Rebecca Ryan
March 11, 2012

Nozomu Hida remembers the fear he felt for his family and friends a year ago when he heard about the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear explosion in Japan. Luckily, the accounting senior’s family reported back to him that they were safe. But even today, he can feel the weight of the devastation that still is affecting his native country, he said. Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan, which was followed days later by a tsunami that caused severe flooding and a nuclear power plant explosion.

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Google's new privacy policy might affect students

Stephen Brooks
March 11, 2012

Google’s new privacy policy, which was implemented March 1 , has no effect on MSU’s online activity according to officials, but could be worth a look for concerned students. Under the policy, Google can track and share data about users across its various applications and platforms, such as Gmail and Google searches, to provide better search results and more accurate advertisements.

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Students look to professors for letters of recommendation

Rebecca Ryan
March 11, 2012

Economics professor Steven Haider is teaching more than 1,200 students this semester. With two sections of 600-student, lecture-style economics classes, he said it is impossible for him to get to know most of his students well enough to write them letters of recommendation. Yet each spring, students in his classes approach him for letters of recommendation for graduate school or summer jobs and internships, hoping he can vouch for their character.

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Wells Hall nears completion

Andrew Krietz
March 11, 2012

It’s out with the old and in with the new as construction at Wells Hall is expected to be mostly complete toward the end of May. Contractors currently are working on the interior of the Wells Hall addition by commissioning the heating and ventilation systems, university engineer Bob Nestle said.

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Student juggles school, work and parenthood

Anthony Thibodeau
March 1, 2012

Social work senior Natalie Kyles spends her days as most MSU students do. However, before she makes the trip from her East Lansing townhouse she has already done her daily morning tasks along with those of her daughter, 3-year-old Kadence. Kyles is a single mother, an MSU student and a social work intern at NorthWest Initiative, 530 W. Ionia St., in Lansing.

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Resident mentors to see changes to program

Darcie Moran
February 29, 2012

Jason Warner has referred to resident mentors as RAs since he first arrived at MSU simply because he was more familiar with the term. Soon, however, the sophomore in the landscape and nursery management program who lives on campus won’t have to worry about this accidental misnaming — resident mentors officially will be renamed resident assistants in the near future.

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MSU innovations help save race car drivers in crashes

Stephen Brooks
February 29, 2012

When race car drivers crash on the track, such as at Monday’s Daytona 500, a neck device innovated by MSU researchers is helping some stay safe from harm. The HANS neck device is one of many examples showing MSU’s success at bringing bright ideas to fruition, business professor Roger Calantone said.

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Students use various E.L. delivery services

Rebecca Ryan
February 28, 2012

When marketing freshman Mia Jefferson came to MSU in fall 2011, she heard rumors from students that the laundry room in her building would damage her clothes, and she did not look forward to spending hours doing laundry.

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Nubian skeletons reveal secrets of ancient times

Caleb Nordgren
February 28, 2012

“From the banks of the Nile to the banks of the Red Cedar.” That’s how Todd Fenton, an associate professor of anthropology at MSU, describes his current project, in which he and students working in his Giltner Hall lab are observing medieval Nubian skeletons, which four MSU graduate students helped excavate from Africa, on loan from the British Museum.

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Phi Sigma Pi hosts panel discussion to address bullying concerns, solutions

Darcie Moran
February 28, 2012

In 2002, East Lansing resident Kevin Epling dealt with a tragedy few can dream of: his son’s choice to take his own life. Epling discussed bullying, which led to his son Matt’s mental distress and eventual suicide, in a panel discussion Monday evening in the Engineering Building. The event was hosted by the national coed honors fraternity Phi Sigma Pi.

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Students take care of business during spring break

Kellie Rowe
February 28, 2012

After spending a week relaxing and lying on a Florida beach during her spring break two years ago, Erica Swoish felt like she got nothing out of her vacation. So last year, when the communication junior heard about a program that would help her explore a number of businesses in her future career field, she jumped at the chance.