The Fall Classic in the City of Brotherly Love

By Dan Herd Sun contributor PHILADELPHIA—The section of tables was “reserved,” but that didn’t stop Phil from asking the waitress if we could sit there. It was the only open area in the bar, and probably the only open tables within 30 blocks. We took our seats, ordered another round, and Phil said “Hey, maybe […]

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Superman comes to the Rockies

Obama’s arrival at the Democratic National Convention By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Inspired by the late Norman Mailer’s essay on John F. Kennedy, “Superman Comes to the Supermarket” (Esquire magazine, November 1960). DENVER, August 28 — Could you hear it? The roar of 85,000 people rising to the upper stratosphere of Mile High Stadium (officially […]

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Dispatches from the Democratic National Convention

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Founding editor Jacob Wheeler was in Denver last week reporting for Chicago-based magazine, In These Times (www.inthesetimes.com), on the Democratic National Convention and the coronation of Barack Obama as the party’s presidential nominee. Here are his dispatches: Was Hillary’s speech a turning point? Many Clinton supporters in Denver swallow doubts, […]

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Returning to Tibet

By Peter Richards Sun contributor September 25, 2005 is a day I will always remember. On that day I flew for 24 hours from Marquette, Michigan, to Nirita, Japan, to Beijing, China, to Chundu, Tibet. Once I staggered off of the plane, I could see the Himalayas, and realize of my goal of hiking Mt. […]

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Travels in Deutschland

By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor Glen Lake School started its German exchange program 10 years ago when Carla Gipson set up a sister school relationship with the Anne Frank Gesamtschule in Havixbeck, in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. Since then, students from our local school district and German students have traveled back and forth […]

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Cooperative living in a college town

By Corin Blust Sun contributor Last fall, I moved into a broken-down yellow house on Kingsley Street in Ann Arbor along with 11 other people. Sound familiar to a reality show you’ve seen on television? The only difference was that we were not regular tenants. Our goal was to fix up the house and make […]

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Immersion under the crescent: an exchange experience in Istanbul

By Codi Yeager Sun contributor “The city is CRAZY!” wrote Zambak Bayrakcan, aka Lily Springsteen. Her e-mail, dated June 10, was flowing and excited, a rush of words that, piece by piece, created a wonderful, jumbled picture of her Turkish home. For the past year Lily, a resident of nearby Long Lake Township, has lived […]

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Death of a hero, yet her vision lives on

In recent years the Glen Arbor Sun has written about a humanitarian non-profit organization in Guatemala that has touched the lives of numerous northern Michigan locals and sent them on service-learning trips to Guatemala City to lend a hand in and around the massive garbage dump where Safe Passage is a guiding light for hundreds […]

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Art Forum Berlin In 1,000 Words or Less

By Steven Matthew Brown Sun contributor Steven Matthew Brown, a former Artist in Residence at the Glen Arbor Art Association, is a native Detroiter. Brown is currently pursuing his Masters in Fine Arts at the Bauhaus Universität in Weimar, Germany. Photo by Norm Dagen “121 galleries from 22 countries will show new works by their […]

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Local artist falls deeper and deeper in love with Provence

By Jo Anne S. Wilson Sun contributor In the winter of 2003, I fell in love. I was living in one of five stone cottages on an old restored lavender farm in the Provence region of southern France. Several weeks ago, I returned from residing for 10 months at that same farm, and I’m still […]

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