Summer is here, the moment we have all been waiting for. We have successfully recovered from — and by recovered I mean drank away — our exam-induced psychotic breaks. Summer is here, but I can’t ignore that lingering question that hangs in the...

I think being serious is sexy. Now I know what you’re thinking and, no, I don’t lie awake at night fantasizing over Steven Hawking and Bill Gates. I am talking about the ability to be serious in moderation, an ability that I don’t see...

Summer vacation is (nearly) upon us at Grand Valley State University, and as we cram for exams and polish off our final papers, the thought of summer is what drives many of us toward the semester’s end. And while you all depart on what we hope will...

If you want to know a weird feeling, sit in a classroom during your last week of class. Another weird feeling: stepping on a puddle of peanut butter barefoot, but let’s just stick to that first thing for a second. Since the age of five or six,...

Dear freshmen, How did everything go? Did you have a good first year of college? I sure hope so. I hope you feel like you got something out of having me as your parental figure. But for now, I have to go out for a pack of smokes. Don’t worry, I’ll...

We could use this space to lecture or say that no one without a prescription should be using Adderall or other medications, but we’re all adults here — college is college, and you’re going to do what you’re going to do. That’s not to say...

“In a democracy people will always get the government they deserve.” This quote by some French man back in the day has always been true of representative government but is especially true today. The picking of competent politicians and...

The death of Trayvon Martin was not a random, unusual case of injustice. In regards to the circumstances surrounding his death, nothing separates Trayvon from every other black male in America. Trayvon was minding his own business when he was killed...

Okay, I don’t have very many of these left, so I’ll skip a prolonged introduction and get right to the meat of what I want to talk about (hey, it’s not Meatless Monday, so I can say that guilt-free). College changes everything. I...

I found that the editorial piece “Animal House” oversimplified the issue of a companion animal and unnecessarily defamed Ms. Velzen and others who struggle to cope with depression and other illnesses. To begin, a lawsuit is filed when...

On April 3, a Grand Valley State University student e-mailed the Lanthorn after he was deferred from donating blood at a Pew Campus blood drive. An O- universal donor, he had been giving blood since he was in high school, and had participated in GVSU-hosted...

The world is littered with questionable orange things: carrot-flavored jello, for example, prison jumpsuits, yams, the entire cast of “Jersey Shore.” Yet none of those things prove quite as disturbing as the no-good, dirty, rotten, little...