The city of Allendale, more specifically Grand Valley State University, is completely surrounded by farmland. It feels as though we were placed in the movie Shawshank Redemption, and if someone were to leave on foot, there’s not much to leave for....

I’m not sure if Apple is releasing a new product or if it’s the dawn of the next apocalypse, but based on the sheer number of Facebook posts and tweets regarding the iPhone 5 I’m betting on the latter. iPhone’s were revolutionary once, sure,...

Being healthy is hard. End of story. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a celebrity with a personal trainer and chef, or supremely neurotic. To top it off, we are in college which, by default, makes treating our bodies right that much harder. My first...

It’s that time of year again. Coldfronts are rolling in. Ugg-boot-girls are coming out of hibernation. Corn-mazes are once again the world’s most popular tourist trap. And let’s not forget that it’s election season: the time of year when you...

Although it still may be fresh in our minds, Rep. Todd Akin is not the first to call into question the legitimacy of rape. Akin suggested “legitimate rape” does not cause pregnancy, and in doing so, he implied that certain degrees of rape exist. More...

Dear Editor, Barely a week back and it seems that everything is going smoothly. The classes starting, the buses are rolling, and we even get crepes this year. Yet, as it is every year there are always bugs in the system: not literal bugs, but behaviors...

Keeping track of classes is confusing. Here at Grand Valley State University, every undergraduate must complete a minimum of 120 credits to graduate – that includes credits inside your major, your emphasis, your theme and your general education requirements....

Rhythm, or anything that closely resembles it, has eluded me my entire life. I can’t clap on beat or shake my butt, and even a non-committal head bob to the music leaves people wondering whether I am seizing or just experiencing a twitch. While I...

I live in such a fantasy world – one that includes a dream of living in a house made of candy, money trees and the Lions winning the Super Bowl this year. Throughout my life, I’ve surrounded myself with the idea of a certain utopia and the...

Funding. It’s a big issue for most us on campus. It’s not uncommon to see people pinching their pennies after buying the textbooks they need to make it through the semester. For many disability-related organizations, though, pinching pennies has...

Every semester, I have class with a professor (or two) that I find attractive. It makes sense that students have crushes on their professors: the professors have a position of power in relation to us lowly students, they are usually well-learned, and...