The first time I actually articulated that I was a tourist, I was in Detroit’s Fisher Building. As I stared up at the beautifully intricate tiled ceiling in the bank lobby, I was approached by a friendly...
As a city in an abnormal position, Detroit is beginning to find abnormal (and wonderful) solutions. It is not only its financial structure that puts Detroit in a different category of dwelling, but also...
Imagine a near-future Detroit in which we had a summer bringing in tens of thousands of festival goers to see a mixture of extreme sports, film and music events. While this seems like a far fetched dream,...
For some time, we have had security guards with guns in schools. We have had metal detectors, evacuation drills and lock-down procedures. But lately, Michigan lawmakers are wondering if this is enough....
On March 5, the real estate broker Mike Murray, who works for Collier International, announced to the press that three stores would be coming to Grand Rapids in the near future; namely the two food retailers...
Despite my family’s thin connections to Catholicism, as I prepared to leave elementary and graduate to the sixth grade, I began to attend Catechism with a few other boys and girls at a local Catholic...
From time to time, we like to think what we do will live on in memory. Whether it be a small gesture of an individual or the corporate event of a larger conglomerate, we tend to magnify the importance...
As some of you may have already seen in student news, there has been talk recently about the public reading of the national apology to Native Peoples. Organizer-activist Mark Charles is coming on Dec....
I do not know if the constant quoting of Henry David Thoreau is, in a way, particularly fixed to my generation, or if he is another passing fad — a man too quotable for his own good. It is hard to meander...
Undoubtedly, the process in which Calvin College is led is complicated. If I wanted to oversimplify it, I could say that Le Roy or the Board of Trustees run the college. If I wanted to be cynical, I could...
Throughout Grand Rapids, Halloween is celebrated in a multitude of ways. Leading up to Halloween there are hayrides, haunted houses, shows and corn mazes. Read on to find all there is to do in Grand Rapids...
When I think about the 2012 presidential election, I must confess: I get a little queasy. I feel like I should vote, but I know little of the two candidates. I think my uncle told me that Obama is a communist?...
Some people think public radio is a dying art, but they are wrong. In a generation that grows up with iPods and auxiliary cords for their cars, it may seem like radios are becoming more and more out of...
It’s a great year for film; there is no doubt about it.
Last week, Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” was sent into wider release, Terrance Malick is premiering his latest work “To The Wonder”...
In high school I had a Bible teacher who asked the easiest questions. I didn’t have to listen really. I would just raise my hand and say, “Jesus” or “salvation” and he would give the students...
Jason Silva is a rock star. Kind of. He’s an optimist to be sure.
Jason Silva calls himself a “performance philosopher.” After earning degrees in both philosophy and film at the University of...
Philip Roth is no idiot. Let’s get that out of the way first. But Roth, author of “Zuckerman Unbound,” “Ghost Writer,” “Portnoy’s Complaint” and short stories students will most likely...
