OK, look. There’s this thing you do, when you want to write an article (or, really, anything in a newspaper), called research. A cursory Google-search would have explained a whole lot of stuff Nathan Ruark obviously didn’t get about reparative...

This is written in response to Nathan Ruark’s article on April 15 titled “Benefits of reparative therapy for LGBT community.” Discrimination is defined as “the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people...

Friday is the Day of Silence. Thousands of people will stay silent throughout the day to raise awareness of the hateful and discriminatory treatment that LGBT receive every day … Even as LGBT use silence to raise awareness of hate and discrimination,...

After reading the dense review of the play, “Rhinoceros” (in Monday’s issue) I felt compelled to write a (hopefully) thought-provoking response to both the columnist himself, and any Lanthorn readers that were succumbed to reading the...

I recently read an article in The Lanthorn that a Miss Butcher wrote entitled “Study find sorority pledges more likely to develop eating disorders.” This article, although well written and factual, paints a negative view of Greek life at...

The current federal policy prohibiting gay and bisexual men from donating blood is a discriminatory one that must be repealed at the earliest possible date. The policy, which was adopted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1983, defers any...

The Student Senate is recognized by university administrators and the Board of Trustees as the official voice of the student body. As a public body, the Student Senate is held to the rule of the Michigan Open Meetings Act, which provides the public with...

The power of a woman is undeniable. It is her inward strength that is impossible to measure and her place in the timeline of evolution that cannot be substituted by any other being. Each person you know was born from a woman. At one point in time,...

In the interest of freedom, democracy and the Golden Rule, current generations cannot afford to ignore the voice of reason in favor of the tempting rhetoric spouted by political and religious extremists. In a few weeks, thousands of Grand Valley State...

Desperate times call for desperate measures. In a money-starved economy, with minimal jobs for the unemployed, people will do whatever it takes to make ends meet. Money makes the world go around, but when you’re out of money with no income...

I would like you to know from the outset I’m a good guy, and dating isn’t exactly easy for me. That’s why I was ecstatic when I read your article on Carrie Oakey. She was perfect. Was she joking in her interview? Was she really that...