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.
Nearly 450 students celebrated the weekend before Valentine’s Day on Saturday by lacing up their dancing shoes and bringing their significant other to the International Students Association’s, or ISA, seventh annual Valentine’s Day Ball.
There are 192 million Valentine’s Day cards exchanged annually. And although cards can be a nice touch to give that special someone, the statistic from Hersheys.com is a reminder that Valentine’s Day can be predictable. This Valentine’s Day weekend, spice it up and check out what the East Lansing area has to offer you, your friends and your other half.
For Brandon Foote, the best folk songs tell interesting narratives of the world. Whether it be something he hears on the street or reads in the newspaper, Foote, an East Lansing resident, said the stories of the world he lives in are what inspires the songs he writes. Foote and his wife Bethany comprise the folk band Gifts or Creatures. They will perform at the fourth annual Folk Festival at (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., which will run Friday and Saturday.
Elizabeth Dunham never has been a huge fan of pop music. The international relations sophomore certainly never thought she would suit up in a red leotard and prepare to impersonate Lady Gaga. But at 9 p.m. Friday at the Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing, Dunham will be one of the performers in the lip-sync contest, Fake the Funk, which is expected to draw more than 1,000 spectators.