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Screening and discussion planned to "Stop hate. Together."

Submitted 11-22-2011 under OPINION

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten we belong to each other." (Mother Teresa) When “other people” are victims of hate crimes and hostile discrimination, it’s expected for well-meaning people to shake...

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Eating local: when better isn't enough

Submitted 11-21-2011 under OPINION

Think about the last meal, snack, or handful of whatever that you ate. Did it contain meat? Was it organic? Local? Do you know how your meal, snack, or handful of whatever spent its living days? There has been an increase in the popularity of...

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Learning to live life while celebrating death: Día de los Muertos at the GRPL

Submitted 11-18-2011 under OPINION

Death is a part of life, something everyone deals with in his or her own way. When I was twelve years old and my grandmother’s organs were shutting down, I made wishes every day that by some miracle they would start working again and she would...

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GRAM Arts Symposium: Blind spots in "the Michigan perspective"

Submitted 11-18-2011 under OPINION

This past weekend, the Grand Rapids Art Museum hosted the Film Art & Literature Symposium, promising a conversation about “The Michigan Perspective.” As both a recent Michigan transplant and an artist interested in how geography...

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Until Love (and Money) is Equal

Submitted 11-14-2011 under OPINION

As a resident and business owner in West Michigan, I have been troubled by the (in)action of the Holland City Council pertaining to the failed June 15th vote that would have guaranteed basic civil rights to our LGBT friends, neighbors, customers and...

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Occupy GR to hold demonstration against Condoleezza Rice

Submitted 11-14-2011 under OPINION

The Kent GOP will host Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for the 124th Annual Lincoln Dinner on Wednesday, November 16th, 2011.  Secretary Rice will be launching her tour early in November upon the release of her new book, No Higher  ...

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The Rapidian adds photo of the day archive and expands media map

Submitted 11-09-2011 under OPINION

It’s been a little while since we rolled out the newest incarnation of The Rapidian, but we are still working on things behind the scenes. Here is a brief overview of a few of the new features our wonderful Drupal developer, Ron Woldyk, has...

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Fair Farm Bill Rally

Submitted 11-07-2011 under OPINION

This past Thursday was windy and overcast, with temperatures in the low 40s. That didn't stop the 20+ advocates who came out to support the Fair Farm Bill Rally held at Calder Plaza. Multiple signs read “Help Michigan Grow,” “...

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Grand Rapids Most Haunted: Local haunted history

Submitted 10-28-2011 under OPINION

My interest in the paranormal started at around age ten. I woke up one night sweating in my bed to see what I believed to be a dark-haired woman sitting on the edge of my bed while Marky Mark's Good Vibrations blared out of my boombox. When I...

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Life after the Arts Council

Submitted 10-27-2011 under OPINION

Recently, the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids officially announced its plans to disband after providing over forty years of service to West Michigan. As a former intern and employee of the organization, it was especially difficult to comprehend...

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