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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…”...

Diversity dilemma

GVL Staff Oct 13, 2011

We applaud Grand Valley State University officials for making efforts to attract more minority students to campus, especially when the current minority enrollment rate sits at a dismal 8.9 percent among all GVSU students, 12.2 percent But for all of...

Dating in college, part 2: Single and still fickle

Dating in college, part 2: Single and still fickle

Chris Slattery Oct 10, 2011

Last issue, I established that we have unfair expectations for other people. Today, I want to talk about the expectations of others that weigh us down. As we speed toward our quarter-life crises, it seems that we need to find a mate. And quickly, because...

â??You gave me … my best daysâ??

Oct 10, 2011

Dear Editor, Shane was an amazing guy and an extraordinary friend. If he cared about you, which was almost everybody, you knew you meant something to him. He went out of his way to help people even when he wouldn’t/didn’t benefit from it....

I was ‘blessed’ to know him

Oct 10, 2011

Dear Editor, This past week has taken a toll on me after the loss of my best friend, Shane Anthony Peoples-Welch. It’s difficult to face the reality that he’ll no longer be here with me. It’s going to be really hard for me, as well...

	Kevin VanAntwerpen
GVL Columnist

Domestic violence: A true story

Kevin VanAntwerpen Oct 10, 2011

She called me because she was scared, and I heard it all happen. She’d just moved into a loft on Division Avenue in Grand Rapids with two boys she barely knew. She’d been romantically involved with one (we’ll call him “Owen”)...

Midterm as a ritual: Further provocations on liberal education

Peter Zhang Oct 10, 2011

The midterm exam is not really about “stuff.” It’s more about what we can do with the stuff. A transparency theory of the exam is fallacious. It goes like this: you get information from the professor, and try as hard as you can to...

International confusion

GVL Staff Oct 10, 2011

Grand Valley State University’s mission to greatly increase diversity among its faculty members by 2015 seems like a noble cause on the surface, but there are some underlying student concerns that administration should keep in mind during the recruiting...

The answer matters less

Oct 6, 2011

I am usually a silent curmudgeon. However, I believe that the treatment accorded the billboard sponsored by the Center for Inquiry—whom I have no affiliation with— has been unjust. That billboard advertised an atheistic response to the question...

The answer matters less

Oct 6, 2011

I am usually a silent curmudgeon. However, I believe that the treatment accorded the billboard sponsored by the Center for Inquiry—whom I have no affiliation with— has been unjust. That billboard advertised an atheistic response to the question...

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Shane Welch

Untimely reminder

Oct 6, 2011

A 21-year-old junior majoring in public administration, Shane Peoples-Welch died Tuesday night after collapsing during a break from a pick-up game of basketball in the GVSU Recreation Center. He complained of having chest pains before exiting the court,...

Dating in college, part 1: Expecting the unexpectable

Dating in college, part 1: Expecting the unexpectable

Chris Slattery Oct 6, 2011

When writing a column, I try to make it universal. The last thing I want to do is to polarize or turn off a large portion of my readers (large portion = 5), but I may have to be the curmudgeon here: Dating in college sucks. This may be difficult...