A few days ago, I was walking with my friend Alexandria in Meijer. I was jokingly complaining about the fact that I couldn’t find all the products I needed. I said “I’m going to sue Meijer!” Alex responded “How you gon’ sue Meijer Amina,...

I was getting tired of the repetitive question to which I was giving a consistent answer: “actually, I’m going in blind with three roommates for next year.” Yeah, yeah, a risk, I had already gotten that response quite a few times. And yes, I...

One year. That’s how long it has been. Some students, faculty or staff at Grand Valley State University may have forgotten, but for the family and friends of Shane Peoples-Welch, his memory is far from gone. Last year, the 21-year-old public administration...

Erotic fiction isn’t exactly new, but the novel Fifty Shades of Grey seems to have thrust (pun intended) the salacious genre into the limelight. These days you can hardly go anywhere on campus without hearing girls giggling over the domineering “Christian...

How do men get women to like us? We’re not particularly smart, God knows we have no sense of hygiene, and most often than not we are loud, crude and over the top obscene. So, why do our female counterparts find us attractive enough to go out with us? Women...

With the rapid evolution of the Internet through the years, so too has there been a rapid evolution in Internet scams. Today, a scam can come in all kinds fo clever shapes and sizes and it really can come at you from all angles. Some are now targeting...

I was having such a good day. Smiling as I strolled along, there was literally a skip in my step. I was happy to enter the classroom, looking around at my fellow classmates, curiously wondering what knowledge we would soak in during today’s lecture....

Money burns a hole in my pocket. And, seeing as it would be irresponsible to be so careless with money (letting it fall through the burnt hole and such), I usually think it appropriate to spend my money whenever possible. Unfortunately, that line of...

Tonight at midnight, Grand Rapids’ ArtPrize 2012 competition will close it’s final round of voting, and one lucky artist will take home the $200,000 grand prize. With so much money at stake – something GQ magazine called “a colossal sum in the...

To Whom It May Concern, I would like to express my feelings and opinions regarding the “Hazy Waters” article in the Lanthorn on October 1, 2012. As the President of a Greek organization, I feel closely related to and responsible for the reputation...

On Monday, an article was written called Hazy Waters in the editorial section that discussed the issues with hazing on college campuses. From what I understand, this article was not meant to say that hazing happens on our campus behind the scenes, but...

There is nothing like a 25-hour plane ride to make you hate sitting down forever. That was exactly what I endured when my Delta flight took me all the way via multiple transits from Malaysia to this great country. I was optimistic, excited, thrilled...