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Grand Valley Lanthorn

The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Lanthorn

The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Lanthorn

Navigating the technologized campus environment

Peter Zhang Oct 24, 2011

It’s unthinkable nowadays to function as a college student without a laptop computer. The technological environment of the university presupposes that we are equipped with certain gadgets. And for God’s sake, we do end up having them. We...

Dating in college, part 6: Better together?

Oct 24, 2011

Do you want a big congratulations, huh? Are you looking for a pat on the back? A parade? So you finally found someone who’s not embarrassed to be “Facebook official” with you? Big whoop. Being single sucks, but relationships are...

Things looking up for the Mitten

Andrew Justus Oct 20, 2011

Though the Tigers, Lions and Wolverines all lost last week and the temperatures have begun their fall plunge, our state of Michigan still has much to be cheerful about. The auto industry has been solidly recovering. Grand Rapids is coming off another...

Dating in college, part 5: Becoming a cat lady

Chris Slattery Oct 20, 2011

You really put yourself out there, wore your heart on your sleeve like some Bravo reality show told you it was “in” this year. You tried so hard to please that special person in your life — maybe by changing who you were or maybe...

Help them be themselves

Oct 20, 2011

Dear Editor, October 11th was the National Coming Out Day, a day when people show their support for individuals self-identified as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender to come out and live as they understand and experience themselves. Unfortunately,...

Response to Slattery and Swift:

Oct 20, 2011

Dear Editor, Like Swift, there are a few things that led to this note. As a quiet sophomore girl, I have had my share of trouble with the college dating scene. After picking up a copy of The Lanthorn to find Slattery’s first article on Dating...

What’s inside?

Oct 20, 2011

To buy or not to buy should be the question that consumers are forced to ask when it comes to genetically modified organisms (GMOs), but instead, the question has become, “How do I tell?” Today’s consumers expect to see information about...

Dating in college, part 4: First dates

Chris Slattery Oct 17, 2011

5 p.m. Big date tonight. Really excited. Also nervous. Whatever, all I need to do is be myself: charming as hell. 6 p.m. OK, one hour until we plan on meeting at the restaurant. Might as well figure out what I’m wearing. I don’t want to...

Why the new keg-tag law is stupid

Kevin VanAntwerpen Oct 17, 2011

Nov. 1 is a day that will live in infamy, a day that shall henceforth be known as Underage-Drinking-Apocalypse-Day. The day minors will be stripped of their power to drink without adult permission. Or at least that’s what the governments of...

All Voices Heard

Oct 17, 2011

Now, before our inbox gets flooded with letters to the editor this week (which we actually encourage and look forward to, believe it or not), we want to first tell everyone that we already know. Some Some of Kevin Swift’s statements in his letter...

Response to Slattery: ‘Guys, we are the commodity!’

Oct 17, 2011

Two things led to this note: first, I read Slattery’s Oct 6 article on dating (and don’t worry Chris there are at least 6 people that read you daily) and second I actually heard this quote from a GVSU girl while walking: “I want a boyfriend,...

Dating in college, part 3: Asking someone out, without sounding juvenile

Dating in college, part 3: Asking someone out, without sounding juvenile

Chris Slattery Oct 13, 2011

Telling someone that you like him or her is really difficult to do without sounding like you are still in junior high. The only alternative is to sound especially creepy, so it’s up to you how you wish to proceed: “I, um, like-you like-you…”...