In (the April 15) issue of the Lanthorn, there was a letter to the editor titled “Benefits of reparative therapy for LGBT community” by Nathan Ruark … His claim of reparative therapy hold no peer reviewed scientific evidence or credibility....

Hope College’s refusal to recognize LGBT advocacy groups on the grounds of church doctrine rejects the most basic definition of education and the Grand Valley State University community should not let this discriminatory practice go unchecked....

As a therapist of 25 years and as Assistant Director of the LGBT Resource Center, I am writing to respond to Nathan Ruark’s Letter to the Editor (April 15, 2010) regarding reparative therapy for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)...

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The current federal policy prohibiting gay and bisexual men from donating blood is a discriminatory one that must be repealed at the earliest possible date.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...