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May 15, 2008

MSU grad dances, lives dream

Recent MSU graduate Lauren Martinich teaches Sherree Croley, 8, left, and Alayna Nye, 7, a pose during a Ballet 2 class she teaches Monday evenings at the In Motion Dance Center on 800 Thomas L. Pkwy, in Lansing. Martinich, owner of the center, has been dancing since she was 3 and started teaching classes in high school. Hannah Engelson
The State News
Updated Tue 8:58pm

While most MSU students were soaking up their last few days of summer sunshine last August, Lauren Martinich was remodeling her newly-acquired dance studio.

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Kresge exhibit spotlights ancient Asian ceramics

Updated Mon 8:21pm

With vividly colored Chinese pieces from the last millennium in tow, the Kresge Art Museum is out to prove art doesn’t take a vacation during the summer.

Kresge kicked off the semester with a brand new exhibit, titled Silk Road to Clipper Ship.

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    Updated 04/24/2008 7:36pm

    I never thought I was bad at goodbyes until I had to say it a million times.

    Whether it was to friends or family or, more recently, in various ways as I prepare to graduate, I have had to fight tears and wax lyrical about life, college and closing this chapter of life too much.

  • Triple threat

    Updated 04/22/2008 11:56pm

    It’s 9 p.m. Thursday, and 32 Spartans form a circle in the parking lot of the Days Inn Suites Hotel, stuffed from the pasta they scarfed down at Olive Garden no more than two hours ago.With discussions of the next day’s schedule out of the way, it’s on to the business of cheers and nicknames. The majority of the group requests their names or classic Spartan chants, while other members of the MSU Triathlon Club laugh at suggestions such as “Weezy,” or sarcastic remarks such as, “Don’t be a Sally!”

  • Hello, my name is Kaveri Korgavkar

    Updated 04/22/2008 8:56pm

    In order to spread the word last year about the MSU Meditation Club, chemistry and comparative cultures and politics junior and club president Kaveri Korgavkar took matters into her own hands.

  • Sound designers create jingles, effects heard around country

    Updated 04/22/2008 8:55pm

    Making something out of nothing might sound like a daunting task — unless you’re a sound designer. “(Sound design) is taking sound and creating an environment that doesn’t really exist,” said Steve Curran, co-owner of Harvest Music + Sound Design, 1011 N. Washington Ave., in Lansing.

  • Freshman fifteen Q's

    Updated 04/22/2008 9:07pm

    College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these brave explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or less, at a new face on campus and his perspective on his new frontier.

  • Okemos clothing store offers personal service, authentic boutique atmosphere

    Updated 04/22/2008 8:45pm

    With shaggy-carpeted floors and plenty of full-length mirrors, Talula boutique, 3536 Meridian Crossings, in Okemos, bears much resemblance to an avid shopper’s bedroom.