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Two days and three nights at the Rescue Mission
Greg Mercer, a newcomer to Lansing, suggested he stay at the City Rescue Mission, on Michigan Avenue just east of Larch Street near Oldsmobile Park, for two nights and three days and write a firsthand account.
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Echoes of the Yates case from 30 years ago remind us how times have changed
I must have known her name once, the woman who moved in behind me decades ago, the now-nameless woman who had killed her three children.
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City can’t fight big pipeline blaze, fire chief says
During a Committee of the Whole meeting last week, Lansing City Council member Sandy Allen asked what the city’s Fire Department could do if a gasoline leak from the proposed Wolverine pipeline caught fire.
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Comfort Station fight may cost Old Town a festival
The Heritage Festival, which drew 14,000 people to Lansing’s Old Town last summer, may move elsewhere as a result of a fight between the city and the group that sponsors it.
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Diversity a priority at Midwest queer conference
The 10th annual Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Ally College Conference at MSU over the weekend required a five-letter acronym – BLGTA – to cover the 809 people who attended.
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Friendship forum brings communities together
On Sept.11, Dr. Farha Abbasi, a Pakistani who lives in East Lansing, was afraid to go out of her house wearing her traditional clothing. She feared she would not be accepted anymore.
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Groups plan forum on 9/11 ‘repression’
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Old Town holds health fair
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LANSING: John Pollard
Pipeline project classic example of discrimination

CIVIL LIBERTIES: Henry Silverman
Heckler’s veto threatens free speech, academic freedom

5 DAYS OF FILM
5 critics review a variety of films to be shown this week at the East Lansing Film Festival.

THEATER:
MSU offers scandalous, juicy opera
Sexton puts personal touch on ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
‘Three Days’ could have used a third act
Wharton has ‘Art’ on stage this weekend
Icarus Falling’s ‘Passion’ shows a man who’s very on edge

MUSIC:
Italo and The Chicken Shack: Keeping underground music on the map for East Lansing

ARTSCENE: Alison Corlett
Christian Art Show turns 40

VIDEO:
Review: “The Taste of Others"

LIVE & LOCAL:
Your guide to live entertainment in Lansing and the surrounding area!

ADVICE GODDESS: Amy Alkon
Hairy? There are women hot for grizzlies like you

DOCTOR'S IN: Dr. Melody Angel M.D.
If you want your child to have a healthy diet, provide one