Community Profile | Rachel Lee, the accidental historian
Submitted 11-22-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Rachel Lee has sound advice for Grand Rapids city residents: “Get involved with your city.” Lee can talk the talk because she has certainly walked the walk. The East Hills resident and now “retired” president of the East Hills Neighborhood...
The Fight for Chickens in Grand Rapids Not Over
Submitted 11-15-2010 under NEWS
Just a couple of short months back on August 10th, the City of Grand Rapids Commissioners voted no on a resolution that would have amended the law to allow backyard chickens in the city. The vote was held after much input from the public was heard...
Here's some food for thought, Grand Rapids
Submitted 11-02-2010 under OPINION
No matter where you're from, food is a popular topic. Whether it's finding the best po-boy sandwich in New Orleans, picking out the largest lobster at a shore diner in Maine, finding out what you can (although maybe you shouldn't) fry at a state...
Moral Ground 2010: Resisting the Dominant Culture
Submitted 10-25-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
"Progressive environmentalists are often opposed to resistance or have trouble accepting it. They think it can’t work. But how can you say that the movement for women’s suffrage and civil rights movements weren’t successful?”~ Max Lockwood,...
Moral Ground: Sustainability and Social Justice
Submitted 10-25-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
“Sustainability begins as a criticism of development."~ Melissa Baker-Boosamra, GVSU Faculty Melissa Baker-Boosamra has dedicated her career to the study of social and environmental injustice. She is an affiliate faculty member in the...
Moral Ground 2010: An Interview with GRCC Student Teresa Kokx
Submitted 10-25-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
"A lot of animals in the arctic, like the polar bear, are going extinct or being harmed. Actually, they say in a few decades the polar ice caps will be melted.” ~ Teresa Kokx, GRCC Student Across the country and particularly in...
Voters give proceeds from Sunday Soup #8 to music collective
Submitted 10-24-2010 under NEWS
Organizers started early today to set up for Sunday Soup #8. By the time the first volunteer cooks trickled in, the Division Avenue Arts Collective (115 S. Division) had been tiled with homemade benches, decorated with freshly carved pumpkins and...Moral Ground 2010: In the Hands of the People
Submitted 10-23-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
“Has anyone answered ‘no’ to this question? We definitely have a responsibility, but at what cost?” ~ Aaron Bundy, communications sub-contractor The ever-pondered question of how the people of today impact our planet’s future is once again...
Moral Ground 2010: A Responsibility to Fido and Fluffy
Submitted 10-23-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
“Unlike humans, animals cannot defend themselves. The animals are not the ones damaging things here, we are. Why punish those who are innocent?” ~ Stacie Kreiser, Pre-Veterinary senior at GVSU Ghandi once said, “Be the change you want to see...
Moral Ground 2010: A Seminary Student's Perspective
Submitted 10-22-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
"We should care for [Earth] because God obviously does." ~ Leslie Montgomery, seminary student at Cornerstone University Do we have a moral or ethical responsibility to preserve planet earth? Many Christians hold the conservative view...