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The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Lanthorn

The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Lanthorn

Letter to the Editor

Feb 21, 2011

Dear Emmanuel Johnson, I am writing to you, on behalf of the Multicultural Greek Council, in regards to the article titled, Office of Student Life invites GV to ‘Meet the Greeks.’ The Multicultural Greek Council received two letters from...

Page is not responding: Taking the Internet for granted

Chris Slattery Feb 17, 2011

Last week, the Grand Valley Lanthorn asked students how the Internet works. And while I first scoffed at the fact that no one really knew what makes the World Wide Web work, I then concluded that these selected students explained their hypotheses more...

‘Vagina Monologues’ empowers women by openly addressing taboo topics

Feb 17, 2011

To the Editor, I am writing in response to the Feb 13 editorial cartoon comparing the Vagina Monologues to porn. It should go without saying that this comparison is highly offensive, and it is clear that the author of the cartoon either hasn’t...

‘Love and Monsters’ written with permission only for classroom submission

Feb 17, 2011

A letter to the Editor. Hello, My name is Nicholas Fiore. On 2/14/2011 an article was printed about the unusual circumstances by which my girlfriend, Amanda Rzucidlo, and I came together. Though Amanda and I were interviewed for the class paper...

Lanthorn should get all facts straightened out before printing cartoons

Feb 17, 2011

Wow, you truly put your voice out there on the Vagina Monologues which makes me believe I should have mine as well. I actually believe you missed the entire point on the Vagina monologues and think it was one big mistake to have put that out there seeing...

With Respect

Feb 17, 2011

This past Monday, we at the Lanthorn decided to publish an editorial cartoon concerning “The Vagina Monologues” that has since drawn criticism and outrage across Grand Valley State University. With such a strong response to the cartoon, we...

Monologues only funny to those whose maturity is stuck in seventh grade

Feb 17, 2011

Letter to the Editor, While I’m sure every misogynist currently attending Grand Valley found the Lanthorn’s most recent editorial cartoon about The Vagina Monologues positively hilarious, I personally found it lacking in any sort of sensitivity...

For the price of a cup of coffee

Chris Slattery Feb 14, 2011

As midterms begin preparation stages and professors start to make mountains out of homework molehills, sleep tends to take a back seat. Of course, with how much college students abuse slumber time, sleep not only takes a back seat, but it gets the middle...

Roses are red

Feb 14, 2011

Valentine’s Day is not the enemy. I repeat, Valentine’s Day is not the enemy. To be fair, it’s a flawed holiday. It tells us that we have one day a year for grand gestures – one day to prove to our loved ones how much we care....

Why you shouldn’t talk to anyone on the bus

Kevin VanAntwerpen Feb 14, 2011

A recent problem with the radiator on my ’96 Saturn SL2 transformed THE Green-Love-Machine into a smoky death trap that spurts oil and growls whenever I put Adam Lambert on the radio. This led to my first encounter with the bus (where there’s...

Students should embrace los foreign languages

Chris Slattery Feb 10, 2011

Foreign languages are sexy. There is something about those Spanish rolled ‘r’s and the German phlegm-inducing ‘h’s that get me all hot and bothered. Too much information? Apologies. This is why a poll conducted a couple of weeks ago by the...

Letter to the Editor: Response to Feb, 7 editorial

Feb 10, 2011

I have no doubt that the author of the 02/07/2011 editorial about the Egyptian uprising had decent, even noble, intentions. However, the editorial merely evinces how powerful the culture of imperialism in America is. The author’s main contention...