My fellow Lakers, I write to you now as a single guy hoping to catch a break. It’s been many years since I’ve been involved with another human being, and during that time, there have been too many unmentionable tribulations. It’s ironic that the...

When Grand Valley State University acted in compliance with state law last year, it published online exactly what it had published for years in the library: employee salaries, title, departments and names. This open access to a broader audience made...

You have two options: you can look at this week as Homecoming week and consider your potential as a Laker, or you can look at it as midterm week and consider your limits as a student. Perhaps you’d rather focus on the latter, but for just a moment,...

Contrary to popular belief, we’re not the first generation to have hipsters. Back in the late 1930s, hipsters (known then as “hep-cats” or “hepsters”) were part of the thriving counterculture of swing-music fanatics. A hepster was “a guy...

During my first couple years of college, I spent a lot of time trying to understand why so many other students simply didn’t try hard at school or take every opportunity thrown at them to build their resume. I’ve always been career-focused, an...

We at the Lanthorn would like to take a moment to commend the Student Senators for their attempts to make Grand Valley State University more inclusive for religious students. A recent summer issue of the Lanthorn bemoaned a sort of apathy that the...

I have a variety of friends who, guided either by thoughtful prudence or deep wisdom, pursue both “practical” and “impractical” majors in college. The combinations they’ve chosen are numerous: journalism and biomedical science; philosophy and...

There comes a time when one movie changes the whole dimension between the “then” and the “now.” The Jazz Singer made the advent of sound like The Wizard of Oz popularized the use of color. And 2001: A Space Odyssey gave us a glimpse of space,...

Grand Valley State University is hosting its first career fair of the school year next week. This provides students a great opportunity to practice their interviewing skills if they’re not looking for an internship or job, and allows students who are...

“Peacocking,” according to Urban Dictionary.com, happens when males wear flashy colors, like the exotic bird, with hopes of attracting a mate. The other day, I saw this ritual at work on a small scale. My lovely friend and I were on campus enjoying...

Joe Hogan’s October 6 column, “Studies show 79 percent of literature ennobles humanity,” provides an excellent opportunity for the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (OURS) to further address the disparities in the representation...

Last week’s undergraduate research fair in the Grand River Room was packed, a sign that research is alive and well at GVSU. Throughout the evening, interested students surrounded the many chemistry and biology stations at the event. However, significantly...