Burger lovers in East Lansing and at MSU have something to look forward to this fall. A franchise location of Five Guys Burgers and Fries will open in September at 623 E. Grand River Ave., replacing Take 2 Authentics, with construction beginning Monday, said owner Michael Abrams.
There are few 21-year-olds who can say they have complete financial independence. But entrepreneur and kinesiology senior Alex Maroko has just that. After spending his childhood dreaming of becoming a college basketball player, Maroko’s passion for the sport led him in a slightly different direction — helping others improve their game instead of working on his own.
If we are not friends on Facebook, don’t expect the opportunity to check out my default pictures. If someone enters my name in a search engine, there is a better chance he or she will come across my stories before the tweets I’ve written. If one types in, “Toscano, Cristina” in the MSU “Find People” box, he or she probably won’t know much more about me beyond my e-mail address.
According to a report released by MSU, the University of Michigan and Wayne State University last Wednesday, high-tech manufacturing holds the hope for Michigan’s economic future. The three universities make up the University Research Corridor, or URC, which commissioned the advanced manufacturing study that was prepared by East Lansing-based research organization Anderson Economic Group.
MSU junior quarterback Kirk Cousins has been named as the 14th quarterback to be put on the Manning Award Watch List for the upcoming season, the Allstate Sugar Bowl announced Monday. The award goes to the best quarterback in the country at the end of each season.
As East Lansing found itself in new and uncertain territory throughout the last quarter of the 20th century, community members recognized the need to confront residential and developmental problems afflicting the city. The policies and practices to deal with these issues have shaped the city and continued to influence its future.
As Big Ten institutions continue to increase their tuition, MSU will maintain its spot as the conference’s sixth most expensive university in 2010-11.
Although the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial races continue to tighten leading up to the Aug. 3 primary, the seven candidates’ financial situations vary widely, according to campaign finance reports filed Friday with the Michigan Secretary of State.
A 54-year-old male MSU employee reported damage to a vending machine inside the west lobby of Landon Hall on July 19, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
The Ingham County TRIAD Senior Prom provided dinner, dancing and live music for about 300 people who attended, and was sponsored by the nonprofit Ingham County TRIAD and Elder Law of Michigan, said Lansing police Sgt. Traci Ruiz, who organized the event and is the chair of TRIAD.
Area alumni and participants dodged rain showers and fly balls Saturday morning in the hope their team walked away not only a winner, but a bit richer for charity. The MSU Alumni Association hosted the MSU Young Alumni Softball Tournament, a first of its kind for the organization, at East Lansing Softball Complex, 6400 Abbot Road.
Inspired by a documentary he watched as a college student and the patients he now treats as a physician, John Goudreau is researching a protein called Parkin that might help prevent Parkinson’s disease. There is no cure for the disease, which kills brain cells and can cause tremors, loss of movement and psychological impairment.
Going pro twice, local BMX — or bicycle motocross — rider Greg Days has been racing since he was 10 years old. He went pro at age 17, but retired five years later to start a family, he said.
MSU’s Dean of the College of Nursing, Mary Mundt, was appointed co-chair of the new Michigan Nursing Education Council with the goal of upgrading the state’s nursing curriculum to a national level.
We need to think about the younger generation and things that might be useful and, more so, beneficial to the lives they will lead. The things we suggest to them, their parents and teachers shouldn’t be given as sermons or dictates from old “know-it-alls,” but rather as suggestions that could form a foundation for their personal, great new world.
MSU’s support of a bill that could extend university control over parking, traffic and pedestrian ordinances and fines feels like the university raising funds through ticketing. The university is strapped for cash and a good way to raise funds would be through increasing fines.
Former MSU cornerback Jeremy Ware wasn’t projected by many experts to be selected in the 2010 NFL Draft. But he was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the seventh round of April’s draft, and ended up being the only Spartan chosen. Last Wednesday, Oakland announced it had signed Ware to a four-year, $1.85 million contract, which included a $62,450 signing bonus. After Ware made his entrance into the NFL official, The State News spoke with the new Raider about his transition to the professional ranks, his future career and his time at MSU.
The Lansing Model Railroad Club was joined by the Capital Area Railway Society and the Grand Rapids Model Railroad Historical Society to host the inaugural Train Day at the Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden at MSU, and the garden plans to expand the clubs involved for next year.
A 22-year-old female from Haslett, Mich., reported a plastic hubcap stolen off her vehicle Monday outside the MSU Federal Credit Union branch on Crescent Road, MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said.
Thirteen students have been at MSU as part of an exchange program with an Australian university. The three-week trip, although brief, is providing the students an insight an educational opportunity, both educationally and culturally.