One of the key ingredients in a college experience is the music scene. Whether you're into thrash metal or laid-back acoustic performances, the college music scenes offer quenchers for nearly any thirst.But as of late, East Lansing's music scene has come under fire from the musicians who thrive on it.
New DVD titles and $2 VHS tapes are being offered to students by the Residence Halls Association movie rental offices this fall. Last year, RHA movie offices rented more DVDs than VHS by a margin of 4-to-1, said Adam Raezler, movie office director for RHA.
College comedies are a dime a dozen. But good ones are a needle in a haystack. Somewhere in the cliché world of "National Lampoon's Van Wilder" and "Sorority House Massacre," the good ones don't always get the credit they deserve.
Kinesiology sophomore Matt Lewis knows where to find shirts with funny sayings plastered on them, and it's not from the local mall. Students looking to update their closets with fresh styles of clothing for fall don't have to venture far from campus. Right across the street from campus are several stores that sell anything from MSU boxer shorts to Grateful Dead T-shirts. "A lot of the brands I had never seen before," Lewis said, describing what he calls the underground appeal of clothing found at Blue In The Face, 213 E Grand River Ave.
Most of us know who Jim Morrison is, and well, you're no Jim Morrison. But why should that stop you from throwing back a few shots of whiskey and belting out "L.A.
Get it while it's...raw. Sushi has recently become the hottest - or coldest - lunch and dinner option downtown and in neighboring communities. Local spots serving the dish have been popping up in past months since sushi popularity has been increasing in the Midwest.
If you're a freshman and tired of finding out where the closest house party is, you might want to consider heading out to the theater to catch the latest flick.
Students looking to travel do not need not to look very far for a game plan. East Lansing is home to more than 10 travel agencies, a study abroad office and other various plane, train and automobile stations students may look to make travel plans.
So you've finally made the transition to MSU. The dreaded orientation period is done, and now you're left on your own to figure things out.
The following sporadic thoughts and rants have been building up in my head for the summer, forcing me to spew forth a column on what makes me lift my butt off the pot. To begin with, I will no longer eat at a Subway.
What fits in your back pocket, plugs into your ears and is as useful as a jukebox? Many students say it's an mp3 player, an increasingly popular alternative to portable CD players. Winston Glass, a telecommunication, information studies and media senior, said he has two mp3 players. "If I go on a trip, I pack light, I take my laptop and this," Glass said pointing to the Apple iPod attached to the waist of his blue jeans. A MSU Computer Store employee, Glass said he sees lots of students coming in wanting to buy the small handheld music player. Most mp3 players cost $99 for about 64 megabytes of memory.
For college students, a 12-by-12 space serves as their kitchen, living room and bedroom all-in-one. Not a whole lot of room for furniture, let alone two people. And Welcome Weekend can sometimes be spent looking for decorations to turn their bland dorm room into the space of their dreams - and on a small budget, too. Drafting Professor Mary-Margaret Munski says in order to get the most out of their dorm room, students should focus on space-saving techniques. "Any time you have a small space and a lot of clutter, it makes your space look smaller," she said. Munski suggests buying crates or storage shelves that can be stacked to save space and are useful for storing anything such as books, food, clothes or shoes. Having a "design conference" with roommates also can make decorating easier, Munski said. "Sit down with your roommate, come up with a theme, budget out some money and go shopping," she said.
In the quest for the illustrious java, one can only hope to make the right decision about where to invest precious time consuming their coffee. East Lansing offers a variety of spots to suppress sleep.
Usually I don't watch "The Oprah Winfrey Show." It's not that I dislike the show or anything, but it's just not on my must-see TV list. But a few weeks ago "Oprah's Favorite Things for Spring" caught my eye. After the segment on neon pink flowered flip-flops, Oprah introduced a new gadget to her millions of viewers. It was the Apple iPod - a small mp3 player that stores thousands of songs.
Cult movie fan Andrew Bishop knows he has to keep with up the times if he wants to maintain his cinema collection."A lot of places only sell DVDs, they don't even sell VHS movies anymore," the merchandising management junior said.
Get ready to kick up your heels and enjoy some of fall's upcoming flicks coming at a theater near you.
Going away to college means making new friends, lots of studying and of course, parents coming to visit.
You walk down the dank, musty corridor past room 433 and hear your neighbor watching "Commando" at full volume on a surround-sound system bigger than his room.
"S.W.A.T." proves summer action films follow the same, tired good-guys-with-guns- beating-up-on-bad-guys formula.
The "American Pie" gross-out film series has only gotten, well, grosser. The third installment to the "American Pie" series, "American Wedding," has taken the tacky jokes and wacky stunts to a new low. While "American Pie" set a standard for scenes that make your stomach lurch - the infamous pie scene - the newest addition to the "Pie" family returns to those gut-churning moments in excess. From Stifler messing around with grandma to Jim's most recent mess-up moment with a dog, "American Wedding" crosses the boundaries of good humor. The first two films of the series gave the audience enough of a reprieve to enjoy a good laugh, while this movie just plain grosses the audience out. While gross-out comedies can be at times entertaining, the movie pushes the limits beyond what is tolerable.