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Vol
2. Issue 32
04-02-03
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Sacred
Inspectors and America's Weapons of Mass Destruction
By DANIEL STURM
Last weekend the Pentagon announced that coalition forces have thus
far dropped 6,000 precision-guided bombs on Iraq in the effort to rid
the world of a regime that the Bush administration claims possesses
“weapons of mass destruction.” The irony has not been missed
by three Michigan nuns. On Oct. 6, 2002, the Roman Catholic sisters,
Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert and Jackie Marie Hudson, who belong to
the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) Congregation of the Sacred Hearts
in Grand Rapids, became troubled over a first-strike, 300 kiloton Minuteman-3
nuclear missile on high alert in Colorado, and decided to do something
about it.
More.
. .
A
pause to regroup in antiwar activity
Two
weeks after bombs began falling on Iraq, Lansing antiwar activists are
considering strategies to keep their momentum going. Some are planning
to boycott U.S. firms that produce for the military, others are signing
petitions to impeach President Bush, and some are encouraging actions
of civil disobedience. The Detroit Michigan Emergency Committee is organizing
a statewide rally on April 5 at the old Tiger Stadium.
More. . .
Results
of MSU environmental vote blowing in the wind two weeks later
Almost
no one on the MSU campus knows yet whether a March 19 student referendum
to levy a $5 per semester tax for renewable energy projects won or lost.
More.
. .
Award-winning
environmental author to speak at MSU
In
1948, when Devra Lee Davis was a toddler living in Denora, Pa., a massive
blanket of cold air settled over the town in October, trapping fumes
from the local steel mills, coke ovens and coal stoves. This fog killed
18 people within 12 hours. Accustomed to such fogs, the townsfolk carried
on their usual activities.
More.
. .
Letters
to the Editor
Health & Environment
:
Dave Dempsy
Earth
protection begins with small things, like dry cleaning
Health
: Howard
Brody
Medical
research for profit? The U-M breast cancer case
Live & Local:
Your guide to live entertainment in Lansing and the surrounding
area!
Art:
First Sunday Gallery
Walk
Literature:
Books
to touch, smell and flip through
Music:
Marsalis bebops to MSU’s Jazz Spectacular
Lansing’s
Flatfoot: Breaking out of the cellar
Radio:
LCC’s
radio station captures state broadcast award
Theater:
Seeing ‘Da Noise’:
Because of how you’ll feel afterwards
Contemporary British
theater his cup of tea
Directors bring extensive experience
to ‘Sound of Music’
Advice Goddess: Amy
Alkon
Booze a bad mixer with 3 a.m.
telephone calls
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Restaurant Guide:
Recent
reviews
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