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Grand Valley Lanthorn

The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

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Editorial: Winning works

Editorial: Winning works

Lanthorn Editorial Board Feb 26, 2024

It has been a great year to be a sports fan in the state of Michigan. With three Michigan-based teams, the Detroit Lions, the University of Michigan Wolverines and the Detroit Red Wings all having good 2023-2024 seasons, we are feeling good about how...

Super Bowl ads are failing to get Gen Z’s attention

Sam Nowotnik, Staff Writer Feb 19, 2024

Advertisements are everywhere you look. Companies allocate a lot of money to promote their products and push ads in the media. One of the biggest advertising opportunities is during the Super Bowl, which guarantees that millions of viewers will be watching...

Reminders of gun violence around Valentine’s Day

Chloe Schram, Staff Writer Feb 19, 2024

Valentine’s Day is known as a day of love, kindness and friendship. It’s a time for sharing moments of connection and affection with those we love. But to me, the sweetness of Valentine’s Day has been soured with the intensity of gun violence in...

Editorial: It is essential to educate people on womens health, hormonal birth control

Editorial: It is essential to educate people on women’s health, hormonal birth control

Lanthorn Editorial Board Feb 19, 2024

Women’s health, specifically reproductive and sexual health, are topics that are often glazed over and brushed past. We feel there is a critical lack of education surrounding hormonal birth control for women. Lack of education, understanding and information...

GVL Editorial

Elections and expirations: how old is too old to hold office?

Lanthorn Editorial Board Feb 12, 2024

As the presidential race comes closer and closer, we are getting increasingly concerned about the age and mental competency of the candidates proposed on the ballot. This year, it is forecasted that 81 year old Joe Biden will be the Democratic elect...

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know

Sam Nowotnik, Staff Writer Feb 12, 2024

From the time we began our first day of kindergarten to our last day of college, we knew we were at school for the purpose of acquiring knowledge to be successful later in life. However, networking should be talked about just as much because of the weight...

The Grammys were a night of excitement, surprise and disappointment

Chloe Schram, Staff Writer Feb 12, 2024

The 2024 Grammys, which took place on Feb. 4, simultaneously brought standout moments of exhilaration, along with some heavy-heartedness for fans of numerous popular music artists.  Many Taylor Swift fans, or “Swifties,” were expecting Swift to...

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie were deprived of Oscar nominations

Chloe Schram, Staff Writer Feb 5, 2024

“Barbie” supporters are outraged after nominations were announced for the upcoming Oscars which will air on March 10. Greta Gerwig, the film’s director, was nominated for Writing (Adapted Screenplay). She was not nominated for Writing (Original...

I couldn’t picture a worse Super Bowl matchup

Sam Nowotnik, Staff Writer Feb 5, 2024

Super Bowl LVIII is going to take place in Las Vegas on Feb. 11 and it can’t be ignored that this matchup has been many fans' worst nightmare. The Kansas City Chiefs will be playing against the San Francisco 49ers. The pair previously played head-to-head...

Muting music: TikTok is getting greedy, UMG is fighting back

Muting music: TikTok is getting greedy, UMG is fighting back

Lanthorn Editorial Team Feb 5, 2024

Recently, the world's biggest music company Universal Music Group (UMG) pulled their expansive catalog off one of the largest social media platforms, TikTok. The removal of UMG owned music comes after the label and social media giant were unable to come...

Viewing streaming service content isn’t the same anymore

Sam Nowotnik, Staff Writer Jan 29, 2024

Streaming content is part of many peoples’ daily routines. They come home from school or work, grab a snack and turn on their favorite show they’re binge-watching. It’s weird to think that not too long ago, we weren’t able to turn on shows whenever...

GVL Editorial

Swift Action: X leads curb in spread of celebrity Deep Fakes, legislation should follow

Lanthorn Editorial Team Jan 29, 2024

Nearly 20 years since the infamous sex-tape scandal involving former WWE wrestler Terry “Hulk Hogan” Bollea that resulted in Gawker’s unceremonious demise, celebrities are facing new privacy-invading tools that are going completely unchecked from...

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