The College of Music will celebrate classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven in Everything Beethoven at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Music Building Auditorium.
There are nearly as many similarities as differences when it comes to comparing the two student ballroom dance organizations on campus — but the differences are important if you ask Nick Mizesko. Mizesko, a journalism junior and president of the newly established Spartan Ballroom Dance Team, said his organization reaches for different goals than the original ballroom dance organization on campus, the MSU Ballroom Dance Team.
At two different points in her life, Chelsea Hill has been a victim of sexual violence. The psychology senior said it often is hard for women to find an outlet to talk about their experiences and the negative things that have happened to their bodies. For Hill, “The Vagina Monologues,” a series of stories that was performed this past Friday and Saturday at Wharton Center, has given her and many other women that outlet.
Annie Rzepecki said she has two specific reasons to be part of “The Vagina Monologues” — two of the closest people in her life have been sexually assaulted. Rzepecki, a public relations graduate student, is one of the directors of “The Vagina Monologues,” which will debut at 8 p.m. Friday in Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. The play is supported through VDAY, an organization globally working to end violence against women.
Christopher Schuster has had a curiosity of the paranormal since he was in high school. Schuster, a criminal justice, microbiology and physiology senior, was a fan of the show “Ghost Hunters” on the Syfy network and wanted to branch out his interests with like-minded people at MSU. During his junior year, Schuster co-founded the MSU Paranormal Society
Wes Haskell said the latest role he’ll be playing onstage is one he has idolized since he was a child. Haskell will portray the straw-stuffed character in the Department of Theatre’s “The Wizard of Oz,” which premieres Friday at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium’s Fairchild Theatre. The show will run through Feb. 27.
MSU Career Services Network will sponsor the Summer Employment and Internship Fair from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Kellogg Center.
The University Activities Board, or UAB, will hold the Frozen Fifties Festival from 9 p.m. to midnight this Saturday at Munn Ice Arena.
Before she came to MSU, Kirsten Selley said she couldn’t remember a time in her life when she wasn’t overweight. At her heaviest, Selley, a medical technology freshman, reached 263 pounds and was ready for a change before she went off to college.When Selley was approached by a friend for an opportunity to appear on MTV’s “I Used To Be Fat,” she jumped at the chance and sent in an audition tape.
The MSU Public Relations Student Society of America, or PRSSA, will host its annual career fair, PR Links, from 2-5 p.m. Thursday in the Union Ballroom.
The Broadway musical “Hairspray” will premiere at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Riverwalk Theatre, 228 Museum Drive, in Lansing, and run Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
The MSU Museum will sponsor a lecture by Jim Hoesterey, “Building the Islamic Work Ethic?: Tailoring Global Capitalism for the Indonesian Workplace,” at 12:15 p.m. on Friday at the MSU Museum Auditorium.
After experiencing the death of a close family friend because of suicide, Monique Dean made the decision to move forward by volunteering her time to a place that helps children and families who have gone through similar situations. The supply chain management senior watched as the younger siblings of her late friend went to Ele’s Place, 1145 W. Oakland Ave., in Lansing, and saw the positive changes and growth they experienced while in the bereavement program.
Amber Bembnister, an apparel and textile design junior, won a contest through The Man Repeller, a style blog, which gave her entrance into a show by fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff at New York Fashion Week this past week.
After an evening of filming the Ozzy Osbourne concert at Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Wash., Colin Marshall was down among the pit of fans with his camera, wrapping up footage of the show. Marshall, who would have been a media arts and technology sophomore this year, took a semester off from MSU to tour with Osbourne when the opportunity arrived.
With a teacher for a mom and a coach for a dad, David Rosin said working with kids runs in his family. Rosin, an MSU alumnus, is one of the directors of the Mid-Michigan Youth Symphony, which will perform its Winter Concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the East Lansing High School Center for the Performing Arts, 509 Burcham Drive.
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or fewer, at a new face on campus and her perspective of her new frontier.
The Lansing Art Gallery, 119 N. Washington Sq., Suite 101, in Lansing, is seeking 2-D and 3-D artists to exhibit work in the City Streets Outdoor Exhibition, which will run from May 19 through Sept. 15. Tuesday is the last day for the artist application deadline.
Dee Dee Bridgewater, a Grammy and Tony Award-winning musical artist, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall.
Students and community members can nominate a local hero for the annual Crystal Awards, presented by the East Lansing City Council, to honor individuals, groups, organizations, and local businesses and enterprises.