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Vol 2. Issue 23
01-29-03





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January Calendar



GO LOCAL GO LOCAL GO LOCAL:
A coalition of small businesses and organizations is born

By DANIEL STURM
Seeds for a new garden may well have been planted last week at City Pulse’s first "Going Local" luncheon. Held at Tripper’s restaurant in Frandor on Jan. 23, the luncheon attracted a diverse mix of 50 participants--ranging in background from local retailers and restaurant owners, to designers, planners, and organic growers—but sharing in common a sincere interest in the theme posed by City Pulse publisher Berl Schwarz: "How can locally owned businesses survive and thrive in an era of globalization?"
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Letter from Dimondale:
Can the movie version be far behind?
I moved to Dimondale at the end of August. Whenever I share this detail with longtime Lansing-area residents, I receive the same response: “Have you been to Mike’s? Great burgers!” Mike’s Village Restaurant of Dimondale does have excellent hamburgers, not to mention fresh baked breads and pies. To hear non-Dimondale residents talk, one would assume that Mike’s is also the village’s largest employer and backbone of the local economy. Having lived here for five months, I know that Mike’s isn’t the only restaurant in town, nor does its revenue keep the village afloat.
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GSA Youth Summit: An ‘atmosphere of activism’
His freshman year at Portage High School, Nathan Triplett was assaulted in a locker room and knocked momentarily unconscious. The last thing he remembers hearing was the word “faggot.”
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Letters to the Editor



Health : Howard Brody
Prevention:Is it magic or medicine?

Health & Environment: Dave Dempsey
Recycling in Michigan barely holding its own
Guest Column: Rich Robinson
A case for campaign finance reform in Michigan



Of corn husks, bear fear and a vagina-numbing ride
City Pulse sponsored a contest for Lansing-area residents to write their own vagina monologue. Four women sent entries. One man sent an entry called “The Pecker Diatribes.”
This is the winning entry.


Live & Local:

Your guide to live entertainment in Lansing and the surrounding area!


Art:
Art ‘Unlimited’ at new Okemos business
First Sunday gallery walk


Music:

Coming together for a night of indie rock

DJ Battle enters Phase II: Trance Night at Club Paradise

Theater:
Nothing ho hum about grand, moving ‘Phantom’
Hot ‘Vagina’ performances make evening sizzle



Advice Goddess:
Amy Alkon
This studboy ‘victimized’ by gangs of little old ladies


Restaurant Guide:
Recent Reviews

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