An armed robbery took place Saturday afternoon at Little Caesars restaurant located on Lake Lansing Road in Meridian Township, police reported. A 19-year-old male East Lansing resident entered the establishment, said he had a weapon and demanded the money from the cash register, said Meridian Township police Sgt.
MSU President Lou Anna Simon will speak to area businesswomen tonight during one of her first speeches since becoming president Jan.
Despite a bumpy future ahead for domestic airliners, the number of satisfied travelers that flew out of Capital City Airport is up 10 percent from 2001, according to an MSU study. "People really like the convenience of going to a nearby airport," said communication Professor Charles Atkin, administrator of the research. The survey cited low air fares, convenience and fast security screening as reasons local residents prefer to fly from Capital City rather than Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
After a 26-year absence, Barbara Conley, a graduate of the MSU College of Human Medicine and a Michigan native, is returning to teach. On Feb.
East Lansing residents can experience art and culture they might not normally find in their daily lives with (SCENE) Metrospace art gallery, 303 Abbott Road. This weekend it was a human-sized beaver. Julian Stark, a performance artist from New Jersey, assumed the persona of a beaver and built intricate structures from wood that transported water, similar to a beaver dam. His art was the structure and his costume. "I wanted to create a character that would allow me to tell stories and build things," he said.
Michigan officials buckled down on drivers buckling up. A survey commissioned by the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning officials revealed 90 percent of Michigan drivers fasten their seat belts. Michigan is the first eastern state to achieve this benchmark.
With ASMSU elections nearly two months away, student government officials are preparing election blueprints, geared at getting more students prepared to vote. A three-phase election plan outlines three possible ways of informing students of the March election - sending out fliers, advertising on the student government's Web site and printing advertisements. The marketing and publicity plan, created by Joanna Lankerd, ASMSU's constituent activism director, was introduced to the Student Assembly last week. Last year, only 4.7 percent of undergraduate students voted in the student government election.
With horns blaring and streamers waving in the frigid air, a caravan of cars wove their way - slowly - through campus Monday morning. But some say the noise was unheard by those they were trying to reach. The cars carried Graduate Employees Union members protesting the administration's proposal to take parking rights out of the new GEU contract during a negotiating session. "Right now, we can park south of the river, but what they're proposing is to strike any mention of parking rights from the contract," GEU President Deborah Wilson said.
Patrick Pruitt knows the value of organ donations. Pruitt, a psychology senior, got a corneal transplant in 1990 to restore his sight. "As a child of six, I lost the ability to read - to play with my toys," Pruitt said.
Qdoba Mexican Grill pledged to give a portion of their proceeds on Tuesday to the Dec. 26 Southeast Asia tsunami disaster victims. Ten percent of the restaurant's proceeds for the day will be donated to Direct Relief International, an organization providing health resources to the areas affected by the tsunami tragedy.
The 16th annual MSU Museum Chocolate Party Benefit will be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m on Feb. 27 at the Kellogg Center.
The Michigan Aquaculture Association's annual meeting will be held Feb. 10-11, at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center, 3600 Dunckel Road in Lansing.
Sparty on, MSU. For the second year in a row, Sparty is the number one mascot in the country. After his 2004 national championship, Sparty began working on his next routine to bring to the 2005 Universal Cheer Association/Universal Dance Association College Nationals in Orlando, Fla.
By Blake SchmidtSpecial for The State News It was John Krcatovich's first time gambling.
The mail some students try to forward from their MSU e-mail accounts may not always reach their America Online inbox, a Computer Center official said. AOL uses an anti-spam device to block unsolicited commercial e-mail.
Ingham County Parks Department's winter activities are open for the season. Burchfield Park in Holt, Lake Lansing Park North in Haslett and Hawk Island County Park in Lansing are offering sledding hills, cross-country ski trails and toboggan runs.
About 30 people at the Harris Nature Center in Okemos murmured excitedly as Alex Walker brought out a large, tan-colored cage and put on a glove. The Potter Park Zoo docent hushed the crowd, then reached into the cage.
Lansing - A taste of pioneer life was brought to the information generation Sunday afternoon at the Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing.