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Deborah Lew: stories from Broadway

Submitted 01-31-2012 under OPINION

From early childhood Deborah Lew was dazzled by the promises of Broadway. Warm lights shining down from the rafters, a stage on which to sing with gripping exuberance, costume changes and endless rehearsals matching almost as endless rejections. In...

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Rapidian infuses Facebook commenting on articles

Submitted 01-30-2012 under OPINION

For many of us, social sites like Facebook are where we have conversations and interactions with people about anything and everything happening around us. Even here at The Rapidian, we use social media regularly to share our stories. In doing this,...

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So this is Grand Rapids: Welcome to winter

Submitted 01-30-2012 under OPINION

You know it’s winter in Michigan when you struggle to remember the last time you saw the sun. Maybe it’s just the memories of digging my car out of waist-deep snow last year in Boston, but the mild start to this winter leaves me with a...

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Introducing our newest interns

Submitted 01-25-2012 under OPINION

We searched high and low, long and hard, and we found four incredible people that will join our team to keep The Rapidian working towards excellence. While these interns just started, and you may never have the pleasure of meeting them, we thought...

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Creating content on The Rapidian: Embedding a video

Submitted 01-23-2012 under OPINION

In past "Tricks of the Trade" episodes, you've learned about adding an article, adding a calendar event, pitching a story and including hyperlinks in your Rapidian articles.  Sometimes, though, you...

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Activist Adam Taylor calls for mobilizing hope

Submitted 01-19-2012 under OPINION

Social justice has been a theme highlighted throughout this year's Calvin College January Series, not least by Monday's speaker Adam Taylor, an emerging voice among a new generation of Christian activists. Having worked in the Carr...

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Salatin dances with dinner, urges others to do the same

Submitted 01-19-2012 under OPINION

In a January Series lecture titled “Dancing With Dinner,” alternative farmer Joel Salatin promoted a radical change in the way we think about food and its production. Salatin, a self-proclaimed “Christian libertarian environmental...

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GRCMC and Rapidian sites go dark Wednesday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Submitted 01-17-2012 under OPINION

The Grand Rapids Community Media Center website will be going dark from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18th. As a part of GRCMC, The Rapidian will also be going dark during this time.  Purportedly aimed at curbing Internet piracy,...

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Lyons offers new vision for Christianity in America

Submitted 01-16-2012 under OPINION

For the last century, Gabe Lyons told to a full audience at Calvin College on Tuesday, Jan. 11, American Christians have been telling a half-truth, a message of sin and salvation that by itself is “incoherent.” Lyons compared preaching...

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Creating content on The Rapidian: Hyperlinks

Submitted 01-16-2012 under OPINION

When creating an article on The Rapidian, it's important to share the source of your information and the claims found in your article. You may also want to help your readers find more information about an issue, subject or event. If you were...

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