‘Burg and Beyond

This Saturday, September 22, will be the 10th annual Bike Shenandoah event, organized to be a fun event for cyclists of all ages. With routes varying in length from five to 100 miles, bikers can choose the route they would like to take according to their age, skill, or physical ability.

Thousands of protestors, an estimated 10,000, were in attendance at the anti-war protest in Washington, D.C. last Saturday, organized largely by the ANSWER Coalition and the Iraq Veterans Against the War. Spirits were high as protestors gathered at Lafayette Park across from the White House to demand an end to the war in Iraq. One might even say the protest looked more like a weekend outing at the local fair as vendors sold pretzels, musicians gathered crowds, and children ran playfully around their parents. Some people wore costumes comically depicting the President and others dressed in attire related to their individual causes such as the CODEPINK ladies.

Perhaps you heard about Martin’s at the downtown block party two weekends ago, and maybe you even have a water bottle with the Martin’s logo hidden somewhere in your dorm room. But what exactly is Martin’s? Is it just a normal grocery store? I visited the new supermarket with my grandmother to get the scoop.