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This
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Illustration by Nate Maldonado
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B
A T T L E
O F T
H E
B A N D S!
City
Pulse is hosting the final round of Battle of the Bands Friday,
Oct. 25 at Club Paradise downtown.
Find out more here.
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ELECTION-YEAR
LAG:
Pols, Media Go Greenless
By DAVE DEMPSEY
When
Maria Lapinski-LaFaive moved into her neighborhood on the west side
of Lansing, she says she thought her neighbors “were into home
improvement projects.” The frequent paint stench on days warm enough
for open windows was the reason. Before long, though, she learned she
was just one of many inhaling fumes from the General Motors production
plant on Verlinden Street. And, like many of her neighbors, Lapinski-LaFaive
insisted that GM clean up the odors.
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‘Ten-digit’
Proposal 2 is not so simple
Almost forgotten in the toxic swirl of commercials about the
ballot question that would direct tobacco lawsuit settlement money to
new uses is Proposal 2, a clean water bond. What both propositions have
in common is 10 digits – we’re talking about billions of dollars
in both cases.
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Same-sex
benefits close to approval by LCC trustees
Lansing
Community College appears set to adopt same-sex domestic partner health
benefits as early as next week, making it the second of 31 Michigan
community colleges to do so.
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Private club furor follows grand marshall to MSU
“This year’s Homecoming offers a golden opportunity
to celebrate what it means to be a Spartan,” said Joanne McPherson,
MSU first lady and Homecoming Committee co-chairperson in a press release
last week.
More...
Civil
Liberties : Henry
Silverman
MSU anthrax case: An important
lesson in public trust
Media Muckraker
Getting real in local TV
Live & Local:
Your guide to live entertainment in Lansing and the surrounding
area!
Art:
Kresge takes an academic
approach to ‘Toon exhibit
Local
artist shares healing through art
Film:
Eminem
gives riveting performance in ‘8 Mile’
Music:
Lady Veliquette’s
Rendezvous II
Symphony’s Gustav Meier will
lift lid on rich treats
Rexrode Records: A ‘community’
of musicians
Battle of the Bands, Round
3
Theater:
Daniels gets deep, deeper at
Purple Rose
Ibsen’s darkest tale: The
classic story of ‘Hedda Gabler’
‘Three in the Back, Two
in the Head’ plays at MSU
On Video:
‘Big Trouble’
Advice Goddess: Amy
Alkon
Tell this hairball you’re
through with his exes
Restaurant Guide:
Previous
restaurant reviews
Letters to the Editor
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