If you haven’t read any of my columns in the past few months or talked to me recently (consider yourself lucky), I’m supposed to graduate in about a month. My parents are very proud, my friends are already toasting to getting me out of here...

To validate their art with sales is a goal for many artists, and thanks to a university program that seeks out student artwork for purchase, some students find their work lining the walls of Grand Valley State University — and some additional cash...

A Letter to the Editor: I am not at all thrilled about picking up Monday’s issue and seeing such derogatory language published within it. I am an avid reader of The Lanthorn, oftentimes encouraging peers to take a gander at the newspaper as well....

Quick, nighttime runs to the store — like the trip Florida teen Trayvon Martin, 17, took on Feb. 26 — are a frequent occurrence for many college students, but few worry that they could be killed during the trip. Since that night, the case has become...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...