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Grand Valley Lanthorn

The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Lanthorn

The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Lanthorn

They are women – hear them roar

Zee Fossett Apr 8, 2010

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,...

Reps for 2010-11 Student Senate elected

Tracy Gershon Apr 8, 2010

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...

Race over self

Apr 8, 2010

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...

Finding new ways to make ends meet

Matt Kuzawa Apr 5, 2010

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...

Letter to the Editor: Duped!

Apr 5, 2010

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...

Watch out for the big, bad LGBT cliques

Nicole E. Avery Apr 5, 2010

Remember the cliques and stereotypes we were all so desperately ready to escape when we went to college — jocks, Barbies, geeks, weirdos and in-betweeners? They are the same cliques our parents faced and the same cliques our own children must tackle....

Imperfection breeds much-needed equality

Zee Fossett Apr 1, 2010

I was the queen of arts and crafts as a youngster. Finger painting, macaroni plaques of recognition for mom and dad and even sand art figurines. You name it, I mastered it — or so I’d like to think anyway. I know that there had to have...

Census counts

Apr 1, 2010

Students who fail to fill out the U.S. Census or do so incorrectly are doing a disservice to their city of residence by contributing to a cycle that decreases federal funding and limits political representation for one’s region in the House of...