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.
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.
Last week, East Lansing officials recognized the 40th anniversary of the city’s decision to include sexual orientation protection in its civil rights ordinance, a move officials said still has repercussions decades later. On March 7, 1972, the East Lansing City Council voted to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in the city’s hiring practices, becoming the first city in the country to do so.
A bill aimed to provide legal protection for minors who turn themselves or a friend in to police for being dangerously drunk passed in the state House last Tuesday in a near-unanimous vote and now will move on to the Senate. The proposed law would shield minors from a minor in possession charge if they seek police help for themselves or a friend for being too drunk.
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.
As city officials take their first steps toward re-evaluating East Lansing’s strategic priorities, residents, students and members of the city council are stressing the need for increased community involvement and a positive relationship with the university. Members of the city council held their first discussion regarding a re-evaluation of the strategic priorities, a list of long-term goals that are examined every two years, at the council’s Wednesday night work session.
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.
Last week, the Michigan Department of Community Health issued a public health alert warning against eating raw clover sprouts — a topping on some Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches items — after two E. coli-related illnesses were reported and five more were suspected in central and southeast Michigan. The people who were ill all had a common link — they had eaten raw clover sprouts from sandwich shops.
As Courtney Borchard walked into her East Lansing home after Labor Day weekend last year, she found jewelry strewn across her counters, overturned drawers and a hole cut through the screen of her bathroom window. It led her to one conclusion — someone had broken in while she was away. For the political science senior, much more than her laptop and other tangibles had been stolen.
The night graduate student Susanna Joy’s daughter broke her arm at the beginning of this semester, she knew she would be late for class.
Michigan weather might slowly be taking a turn for the better, but many dread the approach of the change in seasons: Tax season has arrived. Filing deadlines for 2011 federal and state tax returns are quickly approaching on April 17, about one month after students return from spring break. Rich Smith, owner of Spartan Tax Relief, 2875 Northwind Drive, said the process of filing taxes can seem frightening for some students.
Tackling economics online wasn’t the best experience for chemical engineering senior Austin Kennedy, but he’s now closer to graduation in four years thanks to taking the summer course.
Yesterday, Southfield, Mich., resident Hope Sovran’s wish came true when she received a phone call from Ellen DeGeneres.
Students who want to hit the books on the weekend soon could utilize extended hours in the Main Library if members of ASMSU’s Academic Assembly have their way.
The Michigan House passed a bill Thursday that would strip graduate student research assistants’ right to bargain for wages and work conditions.The bill now will move to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk after quickly being pushed through both chambers, passing the House today in a 62-45 vote and the Senate last week.
When most students desert campus next week for spring break, many seeking sunshine and sandy beaches, members of the agriculture industry will be sprawling across MSU’s campus.
A 20-year-old female student reported her wallet was stolen at about 2:45 p.m. Feb. 27 from the Sparty’s Convenience Store in the Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
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.
Five students have been nominated for the vice presidential position for next year’s session of the Residence Halls Association, or RHA, following a period of nominations at RHA’s Wednesday night meeting.
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.