Don’t like the primary winners? Go Green!
By Daniel Strum

At a spring forum on environmental issues in Brighton, the Green Party candidate Douglas Campbell tried to present his agenda. He wanted to say that he favored building a 100-megawatt, municipally owned wind farm to avert a California-style power crisis and protecting the Great Lakes from oil drilling by promoting alternative power sources. And rather than giving General Motors $188.7 million in tax exemptions to build a new factory, he hoped to call for supporting hybrid vehicles.
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Hip-hop scene in Lansing dealt a new setback
Five gunshots tore into a crowd exiting Spiral Dance and Video last Wednesday night, wounding three and, effectively, injuring the hip-hop scene in Lansing.
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Voices: Post-Cold War nuclear threat is still hot
The Creole Gallery was packed Saturday, Aug. 3, for Action for a Nuclear-Free World: A Day of Peace and Remembrance for Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In introducing the program, Creole Gallery owner Robert Busby described the audience as “ … a room full of people dedicated to peace. Common sense tells you that you can’t achieve peace by killing people. It really doesn’t make sense.”
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Lansing: John Pollard
Potty mouth Councilwoman mars parade

Civil Liberties : Henry Silverman
Confusion over public role of religion




Among my father’s Oldsmobiles
A man who has owned nothing but new Oldsmobiles since the second world war ought to find a sympathetic ear when surrounded by more than 1,000 mementos of the second-longest-running love affair of his life. (Mom takes the edge, but only by a few years.) That’s how many Oldsmobiles, REO’s and Durants, all originally produced in the capital city, assembled downtown for last weekend’s Historic Cars of Lansing show.
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Live & Local:
Your guide to live entertainment in Lansing and the surrounding area!

Film:
Local filmmaker to debut his musical at The Temple

Music:
Lady Veliquette’s Rendezvous
Folk fest fun returns this weekend with new name

Radio:
Shaffee speaks

Theater:
‘Tempest’ isn’t a storm, but is fun anyway
Purple Rose’s ‘Let It Be’ packed with action

Writing:
Writing groups: To join or not to join





Internet & Technology: Bonnie Bucqueroux
Hispanic voice: Web lets kids explore issues that are important to them

Advice Goddess: Amy Alkon
She had sex with you and sees other guys? It’s called dating

Restaurant Guide:
Previous restaurant reviews

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