When November rolls around, all Grand Valley State University students brace themselves for the barrage of begging Battle of the Valleys entails. For more than a week, the campus becomes consumed with T-shirt sales, donation bins and fundraising events.It's...

I’ve written about taking additional credits in a semester and I’ve written about declaring minors. Now I want to address another topic that I find myself wondering about from time to time. As we all know, Grand Valley State University is an undergraduate...

As the intensity of the semester ramps up, we often find ourselves lost in books, assignments, professors’ offices, journal articles and projects. Getting lost in the sea of academia, it can be hard to find myself.“Time management!” the university...

While walking around campus, you often hear dramatic phrases like “freezing” when it’s really just a little cold and “starving” when, come on, you know you just ate two hours ago. It’s common to see people shake their head when the extreme...

I have officially been back in the United States for over a month, and I am still thrilled to be back. As much as I may miss food that has flavor, my Indian little sisters, the bus system and religious diversity, I have been thoroughly enjoying the comforts...

This past week, I read an interesting article about the need for change in the college admission process. It reminded me of my own preparations for undergrad and the various hurtles and frustrations that I faced. I was convinced that there were some inherent...

If you asked me to rank the states 1-50, Michigan tops my list every single time. Few states can parade all the features that the Mitten State has.How anyone would not want to live here is beyond me, yet I still see the same people complaining on my Twitter...

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, young adult voters between the ages of 18 through 24 have consistently voted at lower rates than all other age groups in every presidential election since 1962. To put that in college terms: that's 54 consecutive years...

Within recent years, Grand Valley State University has reached some pretty impressive milestones. The student population is now over 25,000 students, there are officially more than 100,000 laker alumni, and new academic buildings continue to pop up around...

It’s no secret that Grand Valley State University isn’t a glowing representation of diversity. Let’s look specifically at the African American demographic as compared to the ethnic majority. Compared to the U.S. Census statistic of 14.6 percent...

Now that we have some new adjustments this year, particularly at Fusion, I feel it’s necessary to write once more about nutrition on campus, especially since it still hasn’t been too long since Christmastime. After all, health is always important,...