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,...

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...

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...

Eyes Wide Open would like to thank Kevin Vanantwerpen for writing a personal story about domestic violence. We applaud Kevin for immediately alerting the authorities once he realized his friend was in danger, not blaming her for the abuse, and for continually...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...