Red Cedar Ice Cream Social

Hey everyone,

Another week has gone by and life is getting busy for many of us. You know the school year has officially started when you can’t call your friends from 9-10pm on Thursday because they are either watching Grey’s Anatomy or the Office. But you also know its fall semester when the CRC hosts ice cream socials! This Wednesday, the CRC welcomed students, city leaders, and long-term residents to Red Cedar elementary school for some MSU dairy store ice cream to mix and mingle. All of us interns hit the streets to recruit residents from the nearby neighborhoods to come out and meet each other. I think a lot of us were proud of the strong turnout from the long-term residents in the community, setting a great example for the rest of East Lansing to follow. I think it’s safe to say that once again, Buckeye Blitz was the favorite flavor among the crowd.

Personally, I had an opportunity to speak with City Council members Roger Peters and Nathan Triplett at the ice cream social. In particular, we spoke about the City Council’s recent accomplishment of passing a resolution to support Representative Meadow’s medical amnesty bill. The bill aims to allow minors who have consumed alcohol to call paramedics if medical attention is needed without facing legal ramifications. The issue seems really important to pass, especially from the perspective of a college student. Aside from talking politics, I was pleasantly surprised by how down to Earth both city council members were. I think a lot of people see politicians as being high and mighty members of a separate and elite echelon of citizens. Council members Peters and Triplett are great examples of how incorrect that line of thought truly is.

Now that our ice cream socials have come to an end, we get a quick break from the action. But we are right back at it a week from this Sunday when we host a football clean up. Come meet us at the East Lansing Police Department, Sunday October 4th at 10:30am for some doughnuts, juice, and an opportunity to make East Lansing a cleaner, more vibrant community.

Until then, remember that We All Live Here.

Go White!
Mike Berkowitz
CRC Intern