I usually tend to steer away from politics or anything over-stimulating that will rouse the masses into a frenzy when being discussed, but it has come to my attention that there are people in this great nation that still believe in the fear. If you’ve...

You’re in a 6-9 trying not to fall asleep while your professor lectures about Kant’s categorical imperative when your stomach begins to growl. But this isn’t just any growl; it’s as though a small raptor has spawned within your stomach and is...

Let’s face it: students don’t like research papers. In fact, most students don’t like research at all. So chances are that they’ve deliberately avoided it in all forms—including research regarding their future careers. They think: why invest...

Grand Valley State University played host to a disturbing sight this week: one that backs a student’s desperate Twitter plea for the attention (if not ridicule) of the likes of Daniel Tosh. The loss of the pendulum—now dubbed the “Wrecking Ball”...

The GVSU Wrecking Ball was first conceived in 1995 by Dale Eldred outside Padnos Hall, the place it called home. Originally called “Untitled,” the silver ball became affectionately referred to among its peers as “the GVSU Wrecking Ball” or “the...

This past Tuesday morning, GVSU removed the pendulum hanging outside the Padnos Hall of Science. By Tuesday evening, articles about the pendulum had been featured in the Detroit Free Press, MLive, and on Total Frat Move, a website dedicated to the...

Most of you would still remember the big twerking fail video on Youtube where a girl was filming herself twerking before falling back first onto a glass table filled with candles and her leg lit up on fire. Yes, that was hilarious. But, did you also...

The Executive Committee of the University Academic Senate recently posed a question about student representation on its various committees. Although Student Senate is allowed to appoint members to fill the seats, many remain empty as representatives...

Last week, The Lanthorn published two very interesting yet ostensibly conflicting articles: the first, a report on the current state of the Honors College and the expansion of its student body; the second, an editorial that suggests a hike in the selectivity...

Since “Batman Begins” (2005) and “Iron Man” (2008), the movie industry has been thoroughly saturated with superhero movies. Sure, there were superheroes on the big screen before that. Marvel had pumped out a couple of X-Men movies, and DC had...

Here is, to some, a frightening truth: syllabus day is long gone, which means that many of us we will be obliged to spend most of our remaining class meetings in discussion. Open class discussion, where the professor asks probing questions while pacing...

If you are like me, then you’re probably thinking about your love life a lot more than you should be. Regardless if you’re a guy or girl, we all suffer from I’m-Going-To-Die-Alone phobia, which I assure you is not the worst thing that could happen...