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...

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,...

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...

The annual Battle of the Valleys competition between Grand Valley State University and Saginaw Valley State University isn’t so much about the competition between the two schools as it is about raising money for a charitable cause. That is to...

As much as it may pain my prejudiced little indie heart, I can’t think of many good reasons why alt-crap rock band Nickelback shouldn’t play at the Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving game. A recent petition has gone online where Nickelback...

In putting politics aside, everyone can agree that today’s college student is being forced to come out of pocket and take out far too many loans for higher education. In an effort to aleviate that burden, President Barack Obama recently released the...

With the passing of CBS’ 60 Minutes personality Andy Rooney this weekend, the journalism community lost one of its great personalities. After working for the Army’s newspaper, Stars and Stripes, in World War II and writing for a few television...

This past summer, I had the tremendous opportunity to work for an anti-human trafficking organization as part of a GVSU study abroad program. With this organization, I worked to aid former child slaves. You may be thinking to yourself: “Slaves?...

I’ve never felt it was my job to write columns about pressing issues. I may crack the occasional Occupy Wall Street joke or mention presidential candidates, but for the most part, I enjoy making jokes about Rebecca Black and poking fun at No-Shave...

November is a very strange month. It has the reputation as the “Month of Thanks,” and yet the only appreciation I see anywhere this month is for facial hair. Apart from Thanksgiving, November also includes such classic celebrations as...

The most important part of the Battle of the Valleys competition, which begins today, is not the glory of yet another football victory, but the impact of the funds both universities raise for the charities of their choice. While an eighth-consecutive...