Dear Gen Ed professors,Hey there, sirs and madams. My name is Chris Slattery. I don’t know if you remember me or not (I was not a star pupil, by any means) but I remember you, all of you. Not names, because I’m not really a “names”...

There are myriad aspects I could focus on about the death of Trayvon Martin: subtle racism in our society, inconsistent law enforcement across the country or the role of neighborhood watches would all be suitable topics, but I cannot talk about all of...

On Wednesday evening, March 21st, activist Macrina Cárdenas de Alarcon spoke to nearly 80 members of the Grand Valley community about the social and economic situation in Mexico. A resident of Tijuana, a city of 1.6 million and site of the world’s...

Dear Editor: On February 29th, 2012, 210 advocates for quality health education and physical education gathered at our state’s capitol to meet with legislators. Our message: strengthen requirements for quality health education and physical education...

To those of you who read my first letter on health care and rights, I want to first thank you. I received one common criticism regarding that letter, which was that under Obamacare, doctors, nurses, and other health care providers still get paid,...

Sometime last year, I wrote a column detailing one of the more hectic nights of my life — in short, one of my ex-girlfriends called me around 2 a.m. during an assault by one of her male roommates (sometime during the event, she’d managed...

Dear Editor, As we are already approaching the end of March of our “new” year, many people are beginning to step away from their New Year’s resolutions and restore back to what’s normal. Specifically, we are concerned about...

It’s commendable that the university is making an effort to keep its resources up-to-date and continually accessible for students, both through university-wide upgrades taking place over the summer and by surveying students about the accessibility...

An amateur philosopher from Columbia University is about to interview for a philosophy position at a secondary school and asks me what else I could tell him about philosophy. I’ve thought up the following points for myself, for him, and for anybody...

Interview with an actual (fictional) GVSU student about the recent heat wave. CHRIS: Thanks for sitting down with me. STUDENT: Thanks for wishing me into existence. C: Shut up. People need to think that you’re real! S: I’m so happy...

Please join us as we create a space for college men to explore male identity development, men & masculinities, social responsibility and violence against women. We are seeking students to be a part of weekly discussions where men can relax and...

Ask any student at Grand Valley State University who has bought a semester’s worth of textbooks, and they’ll tell you that the only thing worse than wasting money on things you want is wasting money on things you need. When it comes to filling...