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.
What started as one man selling bikes out of his home has turned into three generations of local bike shops, currently in the form of Denny’s Central Park Bicycles, 1805 Central Park Drive, in Okemos.
Nothing can ruin a party for someone quicker than showing up overdressed or underdressed. But what to wear can get confusing in a world of formals, semiformals, black-tie events and cocktail parties, where subtle differences can be forgotten until people show up.
At some point, you’ll probably have to be in a wedding party. And when it comes to those cheesy “couples dance” moments, it’s impossible to not feel completely awkward. In hopes of being a bit more comfortable with whatever stranger you’re paired with, try whipping out a fancy dance move to shake off the butterflies.
Lil Wayne hit Breslin Center like a storm Sunday night. You know, like a lightning storm during a blizzard in the middle of July. That kind of storm. The crowd had a predisposition to mob mentality — Cedar Fest still fresh on their minds — making group chants of “Weezy! Weezy!” come as if it were second nature.
Dr. D., My boyfriend is an idiot. The other day we caught part of a podcast you did on the campus radio station where you said most MSU students were not sexy and lacked the knowledge to engage in fulfilling sexual relationships. That prompted an argument because he feels he knows all there is to know about sex. Would you please set him straight? -FS
The glitz of our high school proms might have dimmed, but reasons to put on the ritz for a fancy social situation never fade. Before the special event, consider how your etiquette skills will compare to those of others. “You have approximately 8 seconds to make some type of impression,” said Pamela Barc, executive director of the Lake Orion-based Etiquettes Edge.
You’ve got your plane ticket. You’ve got your passport. You’ve got your pickpocket-proof pouch that will likely make it even more obvious you’re a foreigner. But before you jet off to study abroad, get an idea about the etiquette you’ll have to learn in order to become an honorary citizen of the foreign country.
Red wine aficionados and light beer drinkers might not have many things in common, but there is a place where they can go to break bread.
When many people think of interior design, they might picture reality shows on TV networks such as HGTV and TLC — the hustle and bustle of redoing a living space on a tight budget in a short amount of time.
There’s no doubt in Zach Parten’s mind that the MSU dodgeball team gets some of its inspiration from “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.”
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.
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While some looks never go out of style, many fashion trends should have never been in. This spring’s hottest trends are more structured and focus on the shape of the female body’s natural curves.
It could have been the short black bobbed wigs atop his models’ heads. Or maybe the elegant pleated collar framing one gray shift dress. It might have even been the orange patterned jacket with the puffy sleeves. Whatever it was, it made apparel and textile design senior Tony Gianacakos the winner of MSU’s Project Runway.
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