Researchers Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh have created a formula that can predict the Social Security numbers of many people with considerable accuracy, using only the person’s birthday and state of birth.
Jane Briggs-Bunting said Tuesday she is still in the dark about the status of her job, nearly one week after being told she was to step down or face suspension from her job as director of the MSU School of Journalism.
A male off-campus student reported his backpack and four textbooks stolen Thursday from the Clara Bell Smith Student-Athlete Academic Center, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
For the third year in a row, East Lansing city officials will be creating leaders in the community through the Emerging Leaders Program. The program, which started in 2007, is a 10-week course in civic engagement, encouraging residents to actively get involved in their community and understand different aspects of what city officials do on a day-to-day basis.
Students might have access to more affordable birth control and other contraceptive methods if state lawmakers vote on legislation aimed at preventing unintentional pregnancies. A multiple-bill package, called Prevention First, was introduced June 23 in the state House of Representatives and the state Senate by state Rep. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, and state Sen. Gilda Jacobs, D-Huntington Woods.
Younger and older generations might not always see eye to eye, according to a study from the Pew Research Center released last week. The stereotypical perceptions in differences of opinion and priorities between the older and younger generation is the largest it has been in 30 years, according to the report.
The first economist to run the MSU Asian Studies Center wants to reach beyond languages and humanities. Siddharth Chandra, who was the director of the University of Pittsburgh Asian Studies Center, was hired as the director of MSU’s center in June and will start Aug. 15. He said the MSU center is ready to move beyond the basics.
In a world where the cost of attending college keeps increasing and paying off tuition loans becomes harder and harder, the federal government is trying to ease the burden. The government has enacted a new plan that will allow college graduates to pay off their federal loans based on their incomes.
As summer temperatures begin to creep toward 80 degrees and higher, MSU students have been finding ways to keep cool and beat the heat around East Lansing. “I just stay outside and have some fun,” said Ania Bieciuk, a comparative cultures and politics senior, who said she finds ways to keep cool both inside and outside, be it through swimming at her apartment complex’s pool or shopping at the mall.
Grand Haven — As Troy Brake was led out of the courtroom where he was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole, members of his family called out, “I love you, Troy,” while a supporter of one of the people he was convicted of killing said, “Rot.”
Students who panic at the thought of answering more than 100 questions on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, might feel more relaxed after changes to make the process simpler were announced June 24. President Barack Obama’s administration announced changes to the applications, which will affect the more than 25,000 MSU students who file FAFSAs each year. Shorter online applications will result as part of the changes.
For Jay Lennon, an MSU assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, federal stimulus money will help fund research into some of the smallest organisms in the ocean. Lennon is the lead researcher on one of eight MSU projects funded with federal stimulus money. He said the stimulus money helps by keeping people working. “The great thing is that the money goes to people in my lab who do research — it funds grad students and research assistants and people — it’s their job to generate data and figure problems out,” he said.
Ready, set, rock ’n’ roll. For the first time, middle school and high school students will be working with Grand Rapids-based band The Outer Vibe for the School of Rock Camp. The camp started Monday and will end Friday, with the cost to participate in the camp at $120.
Peer pressure, a force decried by many health teachers, actually can convince people to be more environmentally friendly, according to an MSU study. The study’s lead author, MSU graduate student Xiaodong Chen, said he and other researchers studied Chinese farmers’ decisions about conserving less productive land.
Residents of East Lansing who rely on the city to pick up trash might be paying more for garbage removal in the next fiscal year. City officials increased the waste collection program fees for the first time since the inception of the program to help meet higher equipment costs and rising fuel prices.
Troy Brake was sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday in Ottawa County’s 20th Circuit Court for the slayings of four people, including MSU student Katherine A. Brown.
A spiderweb crack in a glass door leading to the lobby of the Amtrak station, 1240 S. Harrison Road, was reported May 29, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Downtown Lansing businesses are hoping the Common Ground music festival will be a high note in a summer dominated by news of job losses. The festival begins today and runs through Sunday in Adado Riverfront Park and at the intersection of Shiawassee Street and North Washington Avenue in Lansing. Five stages will feature both nationally known and local performers.
Some East Lansing officials are making financial sacrifices to help maintain the city budget by taking five furlough days. The unpaid furlough days were not mandatory for city officials, but 67 nonunionized city employees volunteered to take the days in the upcoming fiscal year.
Confusion is swirling over the status of Jane Briggs-Bunting, who was asked Wednesday to resign as director of the MSU School of Journalism by Pamela Whitten, the newly appointed dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.