MSU Dance Marathon Meeting Recap

The MSU Dance Marathon Executive Board decided at their last meeting that they will be more strict with the committee members by having weekly progress checks on their tasks.

Vice President Shelby Nadolski conducted the meeting with the e-board in a casual manner, but was strict when all committee members showed up.

"We have to make sure all of them are coming and that we're making progress. We have to know they're getting their stuff done for each subcommittee," Nadolski said.

At their meeting on Wednesday night President Maria Guracech discussed how much farther ahead they are in planning compared to last year.

"By this time last year we didn't even have a date. We waited until February last year, so this is a good progress," Guracech said.

They met as a whole committee then broke off into subcommittees, in which each chair discussed how to make progress in the different sections.

Some of the subcommittees are fundraising, recruitment, advertising and public relations, and sponsorship.

Advertising and Public Relations Chair Megan Dean said they are trying to advertise by contacting different newspapers.

Nadolski said the next fundraisers are at Noodles & Company on 205 East Grand River Av. on November 18.

MSU Dance Marathon Meeting Preview

The MSU Dance Marathon has been preparing for their annual Dance Marathon and will hold a meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

The Dance Marathon will happen on March 29 and it is a 12-hour event in which all participants must stand for the full 12 hours.

The executive board of the organization has been preparing all year by having weekly meetings - not only with the e-board but also with the all committees members - and has multiple fundraisers throughout the year that will help cover the final event.

Dancers that attend the event will be required to pay a participation fee of $15 and raise $100 or more for their foundation, which has been The Cassie Hines Shoes Cancer Foundation.

The foundation they support is local and was made to remember a former MSU speech pathology student - Cassie Hines - who died at the age of 21 when she was a junior at the university.

Registration for the Dance Marathon is already open to anyone who wants to participate.

Last year was MSU DM's most successful year. They raised over $25,570.92 and "hope to raise more this year," Vice President Shelby Nadolski said.

Dead Teen Comes Back to Warn Others in Ravenswood

Miranda Collins, teenager who died in the car accident on the show Ravenswood, returned to warn others of the danger coming.

Caleb Rivers, another teen in the accident, thought he was dreaming when he envisioned her a few times. He read the letter from Collins' mother to Collins and she walked in while he was wide awake, so he realized she was actually there.

Collins said "it's cold" coming back, "like swimming in an ocean and into a cold current."

Remy Beaumont helped Rivers get Collins' bag back from Beaumont's car, which Collins said contained important things, and discussed the curse that was supposed to kill five people and suggested answers on why it only killed one of them - Collins.

Luke Matheson got angry at Rivers for involving his "girlfriend" in his plans to get the bag back.

While Matheson, Beaumont and Rivers were in the junkyard, Olivia Matheson - who won homecoming queen the day of the accident and was getting her picture taken - broke ties with her best friend because the supposed best friend lied about a boy.

The episode ends with the camera weaving through Collins' uncle graveyard like a maze, leading to episode three.

Ravenswood Preview

The second episode of the season one of Ravenswood replays at 7 p.m. tonight on ABC Family.

Ravenswood is a spinoff of the TV show Pretty Little Liars, also on ABC Family. It is about five teenagers, one boy from the town of Rosewood from Pretty Little Liars, and there is a curse that every time a soldier comes home from war, five people die in a tragic accident.

On the previous episode, the pilot, the five teens, Miranda Collins, Caleb Rivers, Luke and Olivia Matheson and Remy Beaumont, are brought together in a car ride after Beaumont is in her car with Collins and Rivers, sees the Mathesons walking and offers them a ride.

Beaumont continues driving when Collins supposedly sees someone standing in the middle of the road of the bridge, grabs the wheel and drives the car into the river.

Collins was haunted by the creature before in her uncle's house and is the only one that saw the woman wearing black.