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Polymer clay artist sells children’s book at Broad Street

In addition to purchasing gourmet food and Craft Michigan beers, Broad Street Downtown Market & Tavern customers can now pick up a piece of local literature. A children’s book called, “What Does The Monkey Know?” by local artist and author Rhonda Peters is on sale. “We are about all things local at Broad Street,” marketing...

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PC(USA)’s marriage decision ignores its members

The Presbyterian Church (USA) taught me something this week: Apparently, changing one’s denominational constitution to redefine marriage is a peachy keen idea even if it will alienate about a quarter of one’s presbyteries (i.e., congregational districts). First, a disclaimer: As a professing member of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, I don’t know all of the details....

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Charger Chatter: Bekah Kastning

Sophomore Bekah Kastning, the first Charger softball player to record five home runs and five triples in a single season since 1995, talks about her team’s goals for for this season. So you had a stand-out game over spring break? Yes, in a game against Dominican College. I hit a walk-off triple to win the...

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Netanyahu is an ally, not an enemy

President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have always been at one another’s throats. In a recent interview, Obama stated that Netanyahu’s rhetoric during Israel’s national elections was such that it had started “to erode democracy.” All of this raises the question: Who is really the aggressor in this international feud? Last week, the...

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Chargers’ scorekeeper to retire after 40 years

When the baseball diamond was behind central hall, the Roche Sports Complex did not yet exist, and Jack McAvoy and Frank “Muddy” Waters were working in athletics on campus, Joan and Bill Van Arsdalen moved to Hillsdale, and Bill soon began working with scorekeeping for the football team, then for the basketball team. That was...