Jessy McGreggor

Tired of spending Thursday nights stuck studying in a stuffy dorm room?  Try walking to the MSU Union for Open Mic Night. 

The University Activities Board has been putting on Open Mic Night for artists around campus and in the community to show off their talents.  Open Mic Night is every other Thursday night from 8-11 p.m. 

Rikki Jarvis, a member of the UAB, helped run the event last Thursday.  Jarvis said Open Mic Night is a way for new talent to get practice. 

While a handful of performers are return artists, Jarvis said, many are new first timers. 

On Thursday the audience consisted of a handful of students including myself; which is unusual for this event.  Audience members Amanda Taylor and Jaclyn Park said that during the winter season the event typically faces a lull, with a small crowd due to the winter weather.  However, as the night continued, more people began to show up.  

Lil’ Sibs Weekend, run by the University Activities Board, has been a tradition at Michigan State for the past nine years.  This is the first year I have attended the event and was surprised by the turn out. 

Arriving just a few minutes before registration began, the line for matching T-shirts and meal passes was already creeping down the front stairs of the MSU Union. 

Kaitlyn West, UAB Director of Spirit and Traditions, said the shirts and meal passes ran out earlier than they would have like this year, so as a minor change to next years registration, meal passes and T-shirts will be made available for purchase during online registration with a credit card to ensure all attendees will receive those items.

After registration, I tried to attend every event, making sure my sibs had a great weekend.