FROM THE HEART: Heartside cleanup project turns 25

FROM THE HEART: Heartside cleanup project turns 25 (0)

April 28, 2009 • Category: Lead, News 

Walking down Division Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids, it seems inevitable that you will pass a homeless person. They may ask you for money, simply say “Hello” or the occasional “God Bless You!”
Often these remarks make the average person uncomfortable, unsure of how to respond. On Saturday, April 25 at the Heartside Pride Cleansweep Project, [...]

FROM THE HEART: Heartside cleanup project turns 25

Arts and Entertainment»

The Hazards of Love (1)

Press play, wait for exactly twenty one seconds, and listen closely. Feel the eerie organ keys slowly begin to fade in one after another as the stage is set for what some critics are calling a “Rock Opera.”
I feel like I’ve been a fickle fan of the Decemberists since their 2001 EP 5 Songs. Unlike [...]

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Reinventing Grand Rapids: Interview with Mayor Heartwell (0)

Reinventing Grand Rapids: Interview with Mayor Heartwell

BB: It’s been a few years now, but some people might not know you used to be chair of the Community Leadership program here at Aquinas.
GH: That’s right. I helped in the program for about six years. I was the program’s first director, and I taught in the major.
BB: What is the state of green [...]

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Tell Me Something New (0)

In the coming weeks, students all over the country will be leaving their college lives behind and will head out to the world. College graduation can be one of the most important events in a person’s life. Yet for many students, commencement is one of the most boring events of their lives. Why do many [...]

Sports »

What if? (0)

As March comes to a close, we near the end of the madness. College basketball will all be over come Monday (April 6), and all we’ll be left with is Lebron, Kobe and a whole lot of travelling.
Well I don’t want that. And I’m sure most of America’s sports fans don’t want that either.
If you [...]