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ASMSU allocates $25k to event addressing the stigmas of failure

Olivia Dimmer
January 20, 2014

MSU students soon will have the opportunity to witness an educational event aiming to erase the stigma associated with failure. ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government, has allocated $25,000 from its Special Projects fund to host Failure:Lab, a storytelling event that allows spectators to listen in on strangers’ stories of failure. The student government hopes to be able to recover their investment in this event through ticket sales. Failure:Lab, which previously has performed shows in Grand Rapids and Detroit, invites well-known, successful people to share intimate stories of personal failure in their lives. The storytellers are not allowed to explain how their failure helped them later achieve their goals, but must instead focus on how failure is a normal component in reaching success. Jonathan Williams, co-founder of Failure:Lab, has been brainstorming ideas of bringing notable alumni into the event as a way to localize the event to a campus environment. The event is meant to reduce the fear many people have of taking a risk and falling short, Williams said. “Failure:Lab is an honest conversation about the struggles behind success,” Williams said.

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Juicy J makes late entrance to concert at auditorium

April Jones
January 20, 2014

When rapper Juicy J took center stage Saturday night at the MSU Auditorium, the eager crowd — who waited more than two hours for him to grace the stage — was more than ready. Opening rappers Fowl, Ahmad & Warhead, Bootz Bub and Sincere led the concert off with original pieces, and the MSU chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity also performed a step show. But by 8:30 p.m., the impatient audience heckled the rappers and yelled for Juicy J to come on stage. After the opening acts finished, it was quite evident the rapper still was not ready to perform.

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Globe Trotter

Zach Smith
January 20, 2014

It’s minutes before tip-off in Champaign, Ill., and Lisa Schilling is sitting inches from her TV, waiting for her son’s name to be called. Gavin Schilling, a 6-foot-9, 240-pound freshman forward, only sees the court for five minutes against the Fighting Illini, but it doesn’t matter to his mother — she’s as excited as anyone else decked out in green and white. “I feel like I want to be right there in the stadium,” she said.

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Community Music School hosts open house

Ben Stram
January 20, 2014

People of all ages played instruments and learned about what the Community Music School has to offer at an open house on Sunday.

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MSU Ballroom Dance Team teaches beginners basic steps

Casey Holland
January 20, 2014

The Union Ballroom was transformed into a dance floor for both the graceful and the clumsy on Friday night. “So You Want to Learn to Dance” gave students of any dancing background a chance to learn the basic steps of three types of dance: cha-cha, swing dancing and waltz. The event, put together by University Activities Board and hosted by members of the MSU Ballroom Dance Team, was free for students with ID.