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MICHIGAN

Proposed E.L. community kitchen might help hungry

The Rev. William Stein has seen people cut from jobs and negatively impacted by the economy. Stein, a pastor in Kalamazoo and chairman of God’s Kitchen, a community kitchen in Springfield, Mich., is spearheading a project to create Sparty’s Kitchen, a community kitchen that will provide five meals a week to members of the East Lansing community and students by spring 2012.

MSU

Event to support abuse victims

A candlelight vigil is being held at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at The Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame, 213 West Malcolm X St., in Lansing to honor victims and survivors of domestic violence.

COMMENTARY

Talk to loved ones while you can

Sitting in Noodles & Company in front of my mac and cheese and in the middle of a meeting, I read the text message my mom sent: “My grandmother passed away :(.” Buica, as we used to call her, lived in Romania.

COMMENTARY

State News CHM coverage unfair

I love Grand Rapids. I was born and raised in the city and witnessed its transition into a medical mecca firsthand. So I am perhaps slightly biased on the issue of the expansion of MSU’s College of Human Medicine. Then again, I’m allowed to be biased; I don’t write newspaper headlines.

COMMENTARY

University oversight committee not needed

Adding unnecessary, unwarranted bureaucracy for public universities is just another day for the state government.A bill was introduced in the Michigan House last month to create a single 11-person board to assess the efficiency of state universities. The bill primarily is sponsored by State Rep.