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...

When students ask other students what the most popular organization on campus is (and this gets asked a lot), the most common answer is, of course, the Harry Potter Club. And why not? While the Twilight franchise divided the world into Team Edward and...

An excessive $11.1 million passed through Michigan in the past several months as part of gubernatorial campaign efforts from both Rick Snyder and Virg Bernero. On Tuesday night, Snyder was named Michigan’s new governor, but was the cost worth it? Snyder...

Dear overwhelmed student, I don’t want to alarm you further, but it’s only going to get harder from here. Do you feel better? No? Okay, well, that was really my only plan … How about this: let’s work together for a solution....

The scene was shocking, surprising and strange to people in D.C. Some stopped and stared, others started walking backward so they could get a better look at us. From pedestrians to drivers and taxi riders it was the same reaction. The question that many...

Are social issues really an issue? Of course they are. The word “issue” is right there in the name. But when it comes to equal rights, Michigan gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder seems to disagree. During a Q&A session at the Wealthy...

The emergency notification system at Grand Valley State University has planned ahead for just about every instance of severe weather. Making the students aware of the system and procedures, however, is a whole different matter. The severe winds last...

Two bicycle accidents in less than a month should reinforce the idea that motorists and pedestrians on Grand Valley State University’s Allendale Campus need to take responsibility and exercise good judgement to reduce the frequency of accidents...

When the boys in Chasing the Sky and I recorded our debut EP, “The Empty Chair”, we spent hundreds of hours in the studio and dropped almost $8,000 (most of which was generously donated) in the process. That being said, if you can find our...

If the changing of the color of the leaves is any indication (and it isn’t), the season for parties is now. Midterms are over and done with and homework is already beginning to become an afterthought in the minds of the fatigued student body. With...

Full disclosure: I know less about football than I do about quantum mechanics. And while it’s common knowledge that the Everett Many-worlds Theory states the implication that alternative histories/futures and the possibilities that thus derive...

GVSU hosts hundreds of different student sub-groups from student organizations to musical groups, theater fans and professionally-based alliances. Every student can find his or her niche, and yet it is important to come together as Lakers. Sports typically...