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Grand Valley Lanthorn

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Grand Valley Lanthorn

The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Lanthorn

Perspective

Dec 12, 2011

A 12-page paper here, some final exams there and a strenuous presentation in between can be enough to make any college student want to scream, but those trifles are minor compared to the plight of Jacob Bouwman, a Grand Valley State University junior...

Letter to the Editor: Graduate student wants more say in funding

Dec 12, 2011

Dear Emanuel Johnson, After reading the story posted in the Dec. 8, 2011 Lanthorn’s article “For us, it’s really about governance and funding”, I feel appalled about how the money from the Student Life Fund is distributed. As...

Letter to the Editor: Slattery response was ‘appalling’

Dec 12, 2011

Dear Editor-In-Chief, In regarding the response, or should I say the sheer uprising, that has occurred after the December 6th article “There is Only Room for One Holiday” in the Lanthorn, I would like to say that I am quite disappointed...

Letter to the Editor: Slattery’s satire should not be taken seriously

Dec 12, 2011

Dear Editor, Let me start off by saying that this is my first semseter here at GVSU and for the most part I have been unimpressed with the Lanthorn’s quality overall. However I have enjoyed Mr. Slattery. They have been exactly what I’ve...

Faculty Column

Dec 8, 2011

With a recent report of an attempted sexual assault on Grand Valley’s campus that has since been determined to be false, it is important to understand the dynamics of sexual assault. Both college women and men hold misconceptions about sexual assault...

Beer and knowledge are hard to return

Chris Slattery Dec 8, 2011

Do you remember all of that money that you spent at the beginning of this semester? No, not for those prostitutes (we said we weren’t going to talk about that again). I’m talking about the thousands upon millions of hyperbolic dollars...

GVL/ Rane Martin
Robbie Sullivan

COLLEGE CONVERTS

Lizzy Balboa Dec 8, 2011

Many students use college as a time for not only physical and mental transformation, but spiritual conversion, as well. Sociology Professor George Lundskow said religious transformation during college is fairly common. “In college, students...

Letter to the Editor: Katy Flaherty

Dec 8, 2011

To the editor of the Lanthorn, I understand that the goal of the article “There is Only Room for One Holiday” was to create a satire to show the ignorance of the person who poested that comment on facebook. However, the way this article...

This is a time to learn from each other, not create further divides within our society

Dec 8, 2011

Dear Editor, This morning I received a link to a column written in the editorial section of the Lanthorn. I should begin by saying, that during my time at GVSU, I looked forward to reading the newspaper and considered it a campus staple. However, with...

Letter to the Editor: Justin Sugerman

Dec 8, 2011

To whom it may concern: My name is Justin Sugerman and I am a student at Michigan State University. My religious beliefs do not matter. Like my title says, I am thoroughly disgusted that someone would write such a thing, let alone a publication publish...

Letter to the readers

Letter to the readers

Emanuel Johnson Dec 8, 2011

Dear readers, Let me first start off by saying that I appreciate the wave of letters to the editor (namely the ones printed on the next page from readers who had the guts to put their name with their opinions) and comments on our website from readers...

Disclaimer: Slattery is controversial

Dec 8, 2011

To Whom It May Concern- I too, read Chris Slattery’s article in this week’s Lanthorn and I am not outraged, and am in no way near some angry outbreak as many of these other students seem to be. I do happen to be a religious Jewish adult...