Ask any college student in the country if being in college is difficult, and they’ll tell you that it certainly has its challenges, especially for those who live on the widely-popular ramen noodle diet. But for all of the challenges that today’s...

You can’t take it with you, and Frederik Meijer lived his life according to that adage, spreading his wealth far and wide to help a number of local causes, ranging from education, medicine, nature and the arts. The Meijer, Inc. CEO, who passed...

Today, I want to talk about “slimming,” or soaking a tampon in vodka. I’m so sorry, but I couldn’t think of any other way to kick this column off. I just needed to dive right into it… Okay, this is going to be difficult. Very...

In this age of promiscuity and casual sex there is a group of young adults who are saying no and promising to be true to their one and only. These couples are making commitments to each other and getting rings, and no, they aren’t engagement rings,...

There is an uncomfortable truth about sexual assault, both on college campuses and in the community at large: the numbers lie. While the two reports of assault near the Little Mac bridge have been recanted, that does not mean that the Grand Valley...

By the end of tomorrow, many of us will be going home for Thanksgiving Break. We’ve earned three days off, right? I mean, is it just me or has everyone felt incredibly stressed for the past month? Maybe it’s the depressing weather, or...

Right now, somewhere, a man named Ray Bradbury is weeping before a grave marked “George Orwell,” hoping that his magical tears will raise the body back to life just so the two can co-write a new best-selling novel titled “I Told You...

Whenever playoff time rolls around for any given sport at any given level, you always hear about someone or some team getting screwed out of a playoff spot, but this is especially true in American football. Whether it’s the 2008 New England Patriots,...

Why exactly did he pick World of Warcraft anyway? What about guys who play Modern Warfare all the time? It doesn’t even suggest the girl is obsessed with the game, just that she plays it and the guy will never compare. Why? That’s not funny....

Well its official, we are definitely in the trenches of the semester right now. You can’t just withdraw and fall back from your classes anymore. You are stuck. You are beginning to build immunity to the coffee I.V. that you plug yourself into every...

In case you haven’t noticed, the temperature is dropping and the days are getting shorter in Grand Rapids (city motto: “Hope you don’t mind wind”). Because of this, we students must switch on our lights and crank up our thermostats...

When it comes to dating, fall is the new spring. It’s getting cold. Really cold. Most normal people desire something a little warmer than their cat to cuddle next to them when the snow starts falling, but with the dating season comes various...