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The
scandal that wasn’t there
By DANIEL STURM
“The
gangs all here let’s give a cheer, give a cheer for Sexton High,
we will keep that name a symbol here.”
It’s a song of good times and innocence, the cheer of the west
side Lansing high school built a few miles away from the one-room, wooden
schoolhouse where classes were first held in 1847. But there’s
a hushed controversy that kept the class of 2002 from hearing any valedictorian
speeches at Saturday’s graduation ceremony at the Breslin Center,
and that leaves graduating seniors feeling anything but innocent. High
school is no shelter from the tooth-and-claw competition that awaits
them in the “real world,” once the rites of passages of graduation
were over. This year, there were no songs at commencement.
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Firings
create dilemma for Unity forum
Except
for a burned-down Pakistani grocery store in Eagle, there’ve been
no severe attacks against local minority citizens since Sept. 11. This
success in preventing hate crime is due in part to work of the ambitious
multicultural group Unity in Community Forum, founded by the city’s
former director of the Human Relations and Community Services Department,
Genice Rhodes-Reed, to promote a no-tolerance policy on ethnic intimidation.
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‘The
mayor didn’t think anybody would care’
Daniel Sturm interviewed Genice Rhodes-Reed, the Human Resources Department
director fired by Lansing Mayor David Hollister, on Monday.
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Visiting a Priceless Lansing treasure
When Betty Price graduated from Michigan State University
in the 1930’s, she was set to teach English, like many women of
her generation. Yet, Price had a different idea for her future.
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Lansing:
John Pollard
Minority hiring under Hollister
shows slight growth
Health
& Environment: Dave
Dempsey
Geography of hope
Secret Lobbyist
‘Capital lunch’ annoying
political tradition
Retailing: Shawn Hardy
Last
chance to buy items at Ma-Ah’s
The
festival season is upon us
I have mixed feelings about
community festivals. I do enjoy them. It’s just that the first
one I ever attended resulted in my having a broken leg and shoulder.
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Michigan Pride 2002
Although none of the performers
Saturday at Riverfront Park have quite the national following as last
year’s headliner, Melissa Ferrick, it was a strong and diverse
lineup of more regionally popular artists.
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Live & Local:
Your guide to live entertainment in Lansing and the surrounding
area!
Music:
The
DJ behind the ‘Vinyl Side of Midnight’
After hitting its stride,
Flatfoot ready for a break
Art:
Art in the Park is back for sixth
year
Theater:
Current, upcoming shows
Television:
‘Mid-Michigan in Focus’
takes time to tell its stories
Writing: Anita Skeen
Summer reading
Commentary:
Elaine
yaw
Proud
but divided
Internet & Technology:
Bonnie Bucqueroux
Wasting
bandwidth: E-mail takes urban legends global
Advice Goddess: Amy Alkon
Moving thumb on remote doesn’t
count as a job
Restaurant Guide:
Brannigan
Brothers brightens the days and nights downtown
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restaurant reviews
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