Drumsticks in hand, Adam Phelps started learning to play music before he even was able to walk. Before his second birthday, the LCC alumnus already was being taught to play the drums by his father, who also was a musician. “He gave me the influence that I have today,” he said.
Ever since she can recall, Allison Lanese has loved art. “I can’t remember a day that I have not wanted to have some sort of art supply in my hand,” she said. “ she said. “I’ve always been interested in art.” Throughout her time as an artist, the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, or RCAH, and studio art junior has produced many pieces, but she has not had many opportunities to showcase them.
With the first step she takes out her door each morning, journalism senior Eziaha Adibe takes on MSU’s campus, camera in hand, eager to find fashionable students to photograph for her street style blog. Adibe started her blog, titled “I.K.I.N.T.O.O.,” in February 2011 after several journalism professors coaxed her to make her online presence known. “(Blogging) is a way to express your own thoughts and individual passions, and fashion is the one thing I have the most passion about,” Adibe said. Street style blogging, which involves finding and photographing subjects on the street whose outfits a blogger considers fashionable and then posting the photos online, has become popular on MSU’s campus, with students creating and consulting sites such as “The Spartorialist,” “Pine” and “Memorable Spartan Uniqueness.” Apparel and textile design assistant professor Theresa Winge, who teaches classes to help students build fashion portfolios, said such fashion blogging is an important learning experience for students pursuing careers in fashion. “They develop their own voice about fashion (through blogging,)” she said.
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending, and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite. “Riverdance” Even if you’ve never seen it, you’ve probably heard of it.
Thanks to a bit of faith and encouragement from his brother, Craig Palm’s music career has blossomed.
With the premiere of the movie rendition of “The Hunger Games,” which was first a book by Suzanne Collins, quickly approaching, it’s interesting for me to see the chaos that has ensued on MSU’s campus.
After growing up in northern Michigan with about 90 acres of land surrounding her home, civil engineering senior Chloe Grabowski said her passion for helping the environment came as no surprise.
Shopping for a new date night outfit, TV or computer isn’t the same as it used to be. As electronic devices such as tablets and smart phones gain popularity in everyday life, retailing professor Patricia Huddleston said they also are making their way into the retail industry. “This generation has been so accustomed to technology and using Facebook and other social media to interact with people,” she said.
Suppose your mother’s birthday is coming up, and you’ve been nominated to make her birthday cake and banished to the kitchen. But you’re not sure exactly what kind of cake to make her.
Through movement and creative expression, Scott Stafford said he has learned to develop his own sense of home and belonging.
Being the anemic individual I am, I’ve never been particularly optimistic about Michigan weather. In the winter, it feels as though the constant chill never will leave my bones, and once it does begin to get warm, the persistent rain showers virtually cancel out the newfound heat.
About 20 community members, local artists and art enthusiasts came together Sunday to share their creative ideas and a hot meal at the first-ever East Lansing Sunday Soup.
For Okemos resident Ben Hassenger, all it took was one trip to Hawaii to fall in love with the ukulele, which he discovered at a ukulele festival in Honolulu in 2009.
Rather than spending St. Patrick’s Day covering her surroundings in green and shamrocks, political science and pre-law junior Bridget Sheehan grew up viewing the holiday as a time for church and to celebrate with family over a home-cooked meal of shepherd’s pie and corned beef and cabbage.
Inquisitive audience members will have the chance to help debunk myths with two of TV’s most well-known scientific sleuths this weekend. Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, co-hosts of the Discovery Channel series “MythBusters,” a program in which science and experimentation are used to prove or disprove urban myths, will bring their live show, “MythBusters: Behind the Myths” to Wharton Center and allow fans to join them as investigators for a day. The show will take place at 3 p.m.
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite. Dia de la Mujer Let’s get the more serious one out of the way first.
It is almost the weekend. Classes are ending and students are ready to unwind. Here is a roundup of events to attend during the weekend respite. Dia de la Mujer Let’s get the more serious one out of the way first.
Although media arts and technology senior Brandon Emerson signed up to participate in Bike & Build months ago, he still cannot fathom the prospect of biking 4100 miles from Charleston, S.C., to Santa Cruz, Calif., this summer to help raise awareness about affordable housing. “I can envision riding that far, but it’s not going to really hit me until we start actually doing it,” he said.
Laura Smith wants to open her students’ eyes and help them discover the artistic world surrounding them. To achieve this goal, Smith, an assistant professor of art history, will host the first Art History Alumni Symposium along with other Department of Art & Art History members from 3-5 p.m. Friday in room 108 of Kresge Art Center.
It is that time of year again. That time when imaginations are set aflame with visions of glory in March (April actually, but who’s counting), and millions of trees are sacrificed in the name of inflating the egos of those of us who think we know things about college basketball.