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February usually brings film slump
It's that time of year again — the quality of new motion picture releases has been progressively dropping, and it's about to hit the low point.
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Alumnus follows dream; creates record label in NYC
An MSU education has fueled alumni on the road to exciting careers all over the world. For 1999 graduate George Katsiris, his philosophy degree served as a catalyst for the creation of a record label based in the Big Apple.
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Five favorites
Every week, The State News presents five things going on in the world of pop culture that might make your life a little bit better.
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Number puzzle gains popularity
Crossword puzzles across campus are feeling spurned as more and more people turn to the number game Sudoku to tease their brains. The game that requires no math has become a staple in newspapers around the country, including The State News. It was reintroduced to the nation last spring, according to an article about the game in the current issue of American Scientist. Some students, such as accounting junior Sean Brennan, imported the game after spending the summer abroad. "I went to Ireland over the summer and they had that all over the newspapers," Brennan said, who now has a Sudoku day calendar and completes about two puzzles a day. Sudoku puzzles can usually take between 10 minutes and a half hour, depending on the puzzle's difficulty and player's skill, according to www.sudoku.com.
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Online dating won't work; Internet sites provide daters with false sense of status
A sick feeling hit my stomach all of a sudden. While sitting at my desk in my dorm room surfing the Web and eating an evening sandwich, I couldn't help but feel rather repulsed. The fact that I blew off studying for a test — MacGyver marathons get me every time — did not have an overall effect in deterring my appetite. I had just received a pop-up from www.AdultFriendFinder.com, the popular Web site with its home page indicating that it is in fact "the world's largest sex & swinger personals site." After nearly regurgitating the sandwich, I was caught off guard by the (ahem) revealing shots in the member profiles. Being a self-described rugged bachelor, I curiously decided to take a gander at what the site had to offer. Filled with thousands upon thousands of "sexually liberated members" with such names as "2HoT4u" or "BuTtErCup420," these swingers were more than willing to "hook up" or allow access to their "sexy webcam videos." Long walks on the beach need not apply.
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Jazz redefined
When you hear the word "jazz," what comes to mind? Smoky clubs in Chicago in the '50s?
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Proof's show rowdy, alcohol-fueled
The snow outside couldn't stop The Temple Club from transforming into a hip-hop hotbed Friday night. Booming beats, bouncing butts and booze were the catalyst for Detroit rapper Proof's rowdy headlining performance at the club, 500 E.
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Nun performs 1-woman act
Sister Nancy Murray made her way through the crowd in St. John's Student Parish Friday night, greeting the audience with a heavy Italian accent, embodying her alter ego — St.
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'Murderball' star discusses life, documentary
Mark Zupan vividly remembers the night of the accident — or at least until it happened. Following his Florida Atlantic University soccer game, Zupan went out to the bar with his friends.
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'24' addictive, best show on TV
I'm not an avid television watcher — in fact as a general rule I hate TV shows. But like all rules, there is an exception, and that exception is "24." It doesn't matter how much schedule rearrangement is necessary; I will not miss that show. I started watching "24" last year during its fourth season.
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Globe fashion best aspect of award show
Let's face it: One of the greatest pleasures of the Golden Globes is the fashion. We like to follow stars — such as Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow and Natalie Portman — to see what fabulous gowns they have donned this time.
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Golden Globes predictable; good for scrutinizing celebrities
Monday night was the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards. The award show spans both television and motion picture achievement, and is often used as a predictor of Academy Award winners.
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Five favorites
Every week, The State News presents five things going on in the world of pop culture. 1. Enthralled by tattoos?
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'Glory Road' enjoyable, moving story of underdog sports team
All right sports fans, here's yet another feel-good movie brought to you by Disney in its recent series of inspirational sports films.
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Diet damage
January is traditionally the month for self-improvement. We stay up late to bring in the New Year, and then we vow to change for the better.
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Blige recruits artists' help with album
Rapper Jay-Z and rock band U2 lend their waning musical credibility to Mary J. Blige's new album "The Breakthrough." Yes, the album is catchy and at times lyrically inspirational, but it took a small army of musicians and producers backing Blige to create the new songs.
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Getting in tune
Just before the competition began, hordes of people were scalping tickets to watch MSU's quarterfinal phase of the largest collegiate a cappella competition in the world. The crowd that did make it past the ushers watched as Capital Green and the Accafellas, a cappella groups from MSU, became first runner-up and quarterfinal champions, respectively, for the MSU divisional round of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, or ICCA, on Saturday night at the Wharton Center.
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Twist on classic fairy tale sometimes amuses; plot could be dark, more adult
"Hoodwinked" is a new version of the Little Red Riding Hood story that tells what really happened at Granny's house, and in case you didn't know, Granny is a baked goodies tycoon.
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Media stereotypes of disabled people inaccurate, wrong
When I heard Johnny Knoxville was going to be in a movie in which he pretends to be mentally impaired so he can fix the Special Olympics, I cringed.
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Jazz performance to honor King Jr., Parks
Wharton Center's Pasant Theatre will be hosting two free jazz performances this Sunday to pay tribute to the life of Rosa Parks and commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Tickets are free for both the 3 p.m.