Mike Neller is ripped. He’s got the kind of body you see in infomercials for workout tools, with the torso of a Mortal Kombat video game character.
Downtown Chicago and downtown East Lansing don’t bear many similarities. One has tall skyscrapers and is bustling with tourists and business professionals. The other sports small, local hangouts and the comings and goings of college students.
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 her perspective on her new frontier.
Jana Simmons’ day usually starts at 7 a.m. After dressing and feeding her 15-month-old daughter Angela, she drops her off in a Lansing daycare before returning to the MSU biochemical department where she works as a research assistant.
Rock climbing, hiking and caving are just a few of Matt Murray’s regular activities. As co-president of MSU’s Outdoors Club, the history and economics junior said he came to college wanting to meet other people who shared his interests.
For some artists, a studio is a place to work in privacy without interruptions or distractions. But that much solitude was unfamiliar to Gretel Geist Rutledge, which is part of why she joined Grove Gallery Co-op, 325 Grove St., an East Lansing artist cooperative opening in early May.
The student Sarah Meyer, a communication and apparel and textile design senior, brought tropical flair to her Grove Street room.
Cardboard boxes, glitter puff paint and jewel-toned rhinestones were piled high in the Union food court during Wednesday night’s last University Activities Board-sponsored craft night.
When learning to master the art of baking, it isn’t a cakewalk — it can take some time to get on a roll. From handling fickle ingredients to deciphering industry lingo, care is required before you can bake your favorite breads, cookies and cakes.
Sometimes being innovative, trendy and environmentally friendly can be achieved in one fell swoop. The old saying of “reduce, reuse, recycle” has been ingrained into many people’s minds. But when it comes to actually implementing it, there isn’t an easy mantra to get started.
The State News gave three students with different styles, different majors and different interests a challenge: Make something with a yard of fabric and a spool of thread. They were free to add their own details and some of their own fabric, but their creations had to feature the particular fabric they chose.
Dr. D., The way (Cedar Fest) ended was definitely disappointing, and I’m somewhat embarrassed. I guess I just really thought it could go off without this type of ending. As for the police, I pretty much completely agree with you (that they were restrained, proper and acted according to the plan), at least with everything I saw, although I did not witness what happened after they made the announcement that it was an illegal gathering. (I can’t explain why it went the way it did. What are your thoughts?) -CF
With a résumé that includes spots on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Will & Grace” and “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody,” Carla Renata’s latest role in the Broadway hit “Avenue Q” adds playing Gary Coleman to her versatile repertoire.
MSU’s student comedic improvisation group, Your Mom Improv, and the University Activities Board, or UAB, are teaming up to present an evening of comic relief at 9 p.m. Saturday in the International Center.
During the cold winter months, as many as eight members of the MSU Cycling Club could be found in Julian Simioni’s McDonel Hall dorm room, all riding their bikes on stationary “trainers” with the windows wide open, everyone watching a movie or listening to music.
Browsing the Internet for new bike pedals one Saturday night, Jon Barth stumbled across the opportunity of a lifetime. On the computer screen in front of him was an application to spend the summer biking across the U.S. and building homes as part of affordable housing projects.
If it involves bikes, Tim Potter has probably done it. Potter, 44, has been a newspaper delivery boy, opened a bike shop out of his parents’ garage and served as a translator for bike tours in Japan and Canada.
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.