I am writing this to report that I am shocked and offended by the recent advertisement taking up half an entire newspaper page in the Lanthorn to the Parkway Tropics strip club. Not only is objectifying women in that manner something that I personally...

Should The Pill be on the bill? Absolutely. While I understand dissenting viewpoints, I still think it’s silly that this is up for debate. Similar to the Equal Rights Movement back in the ’60s, this issue shouldn’t be black and white...

The goal of Restaurant Week was to get people to go to restaurants they might not normally try. For me, it accomplished this goal. After reporting on Restaurant Week, I decided I wanted to get in on the action and picked out a restaurant to try Saturday...

In this year’s Battle of the Valleys rivalry against Saginaw Valley State University, Grand Valley State University proved itself superior in football. And that’s where the praise stops. The other half of BOTV is an annual fundraising...

I am an alumnus of GVSU (class of ’02), who is forever thankful for the education and exposure to other ideas while attending. At the same time, I am very much a Christian who loves God, and loves my neighbor as I am commanded to do by God. I...

Facebook. It’s one of the most revolutionary inventions our generation has seen. It changed the way America conducts its social business. But there’s one category of people who can appreciate it even more than social butterflies, and that’s...

In the Monday, November 8th issue of the Lanthorn, there was an opinion piece, entitled “Blurring the Lines”, about the temporary meditation/prayer space on the second floor of Kirkhof and whether or not making this space permanent would...

Yet of all these issues and debates, students have responded most passionately to a discussion on underage drinking and whether or not the right to party is vital to the college experience. Since printing a letter to the editor on Oct. 25 that criticized...

I am an alumnus of GVSU (class of ’02), who is forever thankful for the education and exposure to other ideas while attending. At the same time, I am very much a Christian who loves God, and loves my neighbor as I am commanded to do by God. I...

I’m known for using a heavy amount of sarcasm, so I am going to put this as bluntly as possible: Michigan should not ban alcoholic energy drinks. And of course, this is where I insert my obligatory disclaimer that underage students shouldn’t...

Ever since Erika Witherspoon wrote her “We Won’t Stop Partying” letter to the editor in which she complained about campus police enforcing alcohol laws, I’ve heard a lot of people say that her stance on the topic is irrational...

Are we, as students, becoming reckless? Perhaps “reckless” is too ironic of a word to use in this situation, considering my position that students need to stop hitting things with their cars. “Reckless”? Maybe not … Before...