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Gerson on Christianity and politics

Submitted 01-13-2012 under OPINION

Nationally syndicated political columnist Michael Gerson brought his vision of Christian political engagement to Calvin’s Covenant Fine Arts Center on Thursday as part of the college’s 2012 January Series. Gerson, coauthor of City of Man...

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Fresh and new: New Picturesque gallery open to public participation

Submitted 01-12-2012 under OPINION

From January 12 to February 12, we will be featuring a special photo gallery, "Fresh and new," as the new Picturesque theme. Last year, we challenged our community to submit photos to a Picturesque gallery that asked people what they loved...

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Metaxas visits Calvin, discusses Bonhoeffer

Submitted 01-10-2012 under OPINION

Eric Metaxas did not set out to say anything new with his biography Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Prophet, Martyr, Spy. He simply wanted to tell some stories that various populaces—academic elites and the Church among them—“need to know....

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Marie Catrib's serves up Lebanese and Yooper influences

Submitted 01-10-2012 under OPINION

Local homemade cuisineThe above phrase excited me when my friends told me we were dining at Marie Catrib’s, known for its quality food. This popular multi-service restaurant is a hearty member of Local First, an organization dedicated to...

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Creating content on The Rapidian: Pitching a story

Submitted 01-09-2012 under OPINION

Sometimes you don't have time to write a story yourself. Sometimes the story is about you. So what do you do when writing an article yourself just isn't going to work? Pitch it to our reporters in our Storybank. Using this simple form, as...

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David Cobb of Move to Amend visits Grand Rapids

Submitted 01-07-2012 under OPINION

On Thursday January 12, Fountain Street Church will host David Cobb of Move to Amend as the next event in the Duncan Littlefair Great Speaker Series. Local representatives of Move to Amend and Occupy Grand Rapids are co-hosting the event, focused on...

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Uses, misuses and abuses of music: John Varineau at the January Series

Submitted 01-06-2012 under OPINION

Associate conductor John Varineau of the Grand Rapids Symphony demonstrated to the audience "The Uses, Misuses and Abuses of Music" this past Thursday at the January Series of Calvin College. After opening performance with Mozart's...

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Creating content on The Rapidian: Adding a calendar event

Submitted 01-04-2012 under OPINION

Last week, we showed you how to (as a reporter) add your article on The Rapidian. This week, we show you (and by that we mean anyone with a user account for The Rapidian) how to add your event to our Calendar pages. If you've been looking...

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Looking ahead: news bureaus on The Rapidian

Submitted 12-30-2011 under OPINION

As we ring in the New Year here at The Rapidian, we’re taking time to look back, but we're also busy planning for 2012. We just shared our staff’s favorite articles of 2011, and look forward to the articles that are coming in 2012....

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Looking ahead: beats on The Rapidian

Submitted 12-30-2011 under OPINION

We're always looking for creative ways to give our readers more information about the city of Grand Rapids. We are also know we have quite a lot of reporters that have strong, passionate interests in one specific topic. Some of us would be...

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