Post in 7/5/08 Headlines: North High staying open, Worshiping the earth, RNC-WC and the GOP Express

Jul 05 02:49 UTC

SATURDAY, July 5

HEADLINES

North High will stay open

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12541

by James Sanna, TC Daily Planet

Rumors have been flying this summer that Minneapolis school
administrators will close North High School, in Minneapolis' North
Side neighborhood, sometime this coming year.

"North High School closing has not even appeared on the School Board's
agenda," the Chair of the Minneapolis Board of Education, Lydia Lee,
said flatly.

Worship the earth

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12493

by Liz Rolfsmeier, Minnesota Women's Press

Several years ago, Lissie Rappaport Schifman was sitting at the High
Holidays service at Temple Israel, pregnant and between jobs. She
started thinking. Thinking about where she was going to now devote her
energy. Thinking about what kind of world she was bringing her child
into. Thinking about the current geopolitical climate, our dependence
on foreign oil, and the global warming crisis-all of the ecological
concerns that many people share. And she looked upward and found
inspiration in the roof. To Schifman, the roof was a place to begin.

  RNC-WC and the GOP Express

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12545

by Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

The RNC Welcoming Committee posted a link to the 24-page GOP Express
guide on July 3. As described by the RNC-WC, the plan is "a rundown of
proposed delegate transportation plans, including maps and photos."
The RNC-WC describes itself as "an anarchist / anti-authoritarian
organizing body preparing for the 2008 Republican National Convention
in St. Paul, Minnesota."

Selling out: Pride festival corporate involvement spurs criticism

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12459

by Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Does a deal on aluminum siding advance the cause of equality? It's a
fair question given the vast amount of corporate marketing present at
Twin Cities Pride last weekend. As LGBT people and their friends and
family gathered to celebrate community and identity, many event-goers
are left wondering when that celebration stopped being about queer
rights and became a mass marketing event for the Fortune 500.

INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET

Kimloan Thi Nguyen wins trophies at CPAA International Multi-Arts
Festival

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12524

by Nam Nguyen, Asian Pages

Kimloan Thi Nguyen, 22, of Burnsville, recently won a pair of 1st
places in both the International Chinese Folk Instrument Competition
and the International Dance Competition at the 2008 CPAA International
Multi-Arts Festival held at the Montgomery Theater in San Jose on June
1st.  Nguyen is pictured above with her trophies.

Teen Driving

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12297

by volunteers, MTN

South High students Dana Goetsch, Elora Koepcke, Makoto Miller-
Tsutsui, Benjamin Westley, Audrey Pallmeyer and Coleman Belton explore
the issues surrounding teen drivers, the high accident rate, and
efforts to change that with legislation. They made this video with
help from the Minneapolis Television Network (MTN) through the Voices
program.

Deutsche TageA celebration of German roots

by Trang Do, TC Daily Planet

Check out the slide show in the Multimedia box.

NEW IN VOICES

Confusing gun control decision

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12543

by Myles Spicer, TC Daily Planet

Well, constitutional law experts having been vetting the recent
Supreme Court ruling striking down D.C.s hand gun ban, with varying
opinions. But to a layman, the ruling makes no sense whatsoever, and
the majority opinion written by Justice Scalia is even more non-
sensical and highly confusing.

NEW IN BLOGS

Or perhaps we will write in Bill Richardson's name

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12247

by Hispanic Fanatic, 6/5/08

These are perplexing times for Hispanics, especially for those who are
Catholic. Actually, that statement is ridiculous, because these are
confusing times for everybody, unless theres some really enlightened
individual out there who has achieved inner harmony while the rest of
the world roils uncontrollably.

Coming to Minneapolis: Dirty-dancing Pop-Tarts

http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/12518

by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Its pretty sketchy when the opening act of a concert is a giant
strawberry/blueberry Pop-Tart dancing to Akons Smack That. Its
safe to say things can only go up from there.

Street fashion at the movies: Varsity Theater and Lagoon

http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/12517

by Ellen Dahl, The Minneapoline