Columns – Grand Valley Lanthorn

News on News: institutional student censorship isn’t a strictly American phenomenon

April 2, 2020

Over the course of the semester, the Lanthorn will be conducting an editorial and column series titled “News on News” revolving around how news is consumed today, the concept of ‘fake news’ and the fight journalists con...

Opinion: Cassidy Boensch would headline all-decade team for GVSU

April 1, 2020

News on News: Matthew Kauffman talks justice for Ignace Sossou and leading efforts to free him

Kellen Voss, Sports Editor

March 26, 2020

By Kellen Voss ([email protected]) Over the course of the semester, the Lanthorn will be conducting an editorial and column series titled “News on News” revolving around how news is consumed today, the concept of ‘fa...

Communication nearly as important as medicine during COVID-19 crisis

Xavier Golden, Columnist

March 16, 2020

On Monday, I decided I was going to write speculatively about the coronavirus; who might be infected, who would be in danger and what we could do. Four days later, Michigan is in a state of emergency. This topic isn’t speculative ...

Lanthorn Reviews: Biscuit TCG embodies best, worst of card game creation

Nick Moran, Editor-in-Chief

March 16, 2020

I've had my hands on collectable card games for as long as I can remember. I started off with Pokemon, whose cards reminded me of my favorite characters on the shows I would watch and then eventually I moved on to refined Yu Gi...

Here’s why you might be immortal

Athena Jasman, Columnist

March 9, 2020

The possibility of being immortal has always been a speculative fiction, but fiction is only a few letters away from nonfiction. No one has ever killed me. Since birth, I have completely avoided being murdered — even when ...

Whitmer’s Biden endorsement a slap in face for those who don’t want Trump reelected

Dylan Grosser, Columnist

March 9, 2020

With eyes on the 2020 election, the Lanthorn will be featuring all angles of discussion on the political ecosystem. If you want to share your thoughts via a letter to the editor, please email us at [email protected] It’s ha...

News on News: Institutional censorship is nothing new for the Lanthorn

Kellen Voss, Sports Editor

February 24, 2020

Charity cannot be our long-term solution

Xavier Golden, Columnist

February 24, 2020

Poverty is one of those issues that feels very apolitical. People, I think we all agree, shouldn’t go hungry or be homeless. And our solutions to this problem seem equally uncontroversial; we raise funds, we donate and we v...

Let’s not trade one billionaire for another

Dylan Grosser, Columnist

February 17, 2020

We all knew that in this year’s election, emotions were bound to be high due to what is at stake. But even still, I don’t think anyone could predict the amount of ire inspired by a particular candidate who came into this race very...

Athena Jasman’s humor column announcement (official)

Athena Jasman, Columnist

February 17, 2020

Hello Grand Valley. It means so much to write this for all of you today. I want to take a moment to thank everyone who takes part in this organization we call the Lanthorn. And to all of the current and former columnists reading...

Busy for Love: Shakespeare’s modern tragedy

Emily Eaton, Columnist

February 10, 2020

We’re all so busy. I often find myself wishing there were just a couple more hours in the day, just enough so I could breathe, work, and do homework. We all complain about it, yet we still manage to fit in the things we enjoy. ...