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Grand Valley Lanthorn

Racism, politics and burgers with my friend Donald

Malik Harvey Aug 29, 2022

With my 28th birthday around the corner, my old bones aren’t good for much else besides eating and talking; when I’m feeling frisky, I’ll do the aforementioned with other people. Yesterday was one of those occasions. My friend Donald, whom...

Courtesy / Ayron Rutan

Artists bring abortion rights to center stage

Ayron Rutan, Staff Writer Aug 1, 2022

In the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade numerous artists across all areas of the musical landscape have voiced their support for women’s reproductive rights. These verbal protests have come in the form...

GVL / Donovan Lopez

Cartoon: College changed me

Donovan Lopez, Layout Editor Aug 1, 2022

Courtesy / GVNext

Editorial: Mitigating monkeypox misinformation

Lanthorn Editorial Board Aug 1, 2022

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic emerges the looming presence of monkeypox, a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  With the emergence of another primarily...

Courtesy / Maddie Zimmerman

What I wish I knew my freshman year

Maddie Zimmerman, Staff Writer Aug 1, 2022

Buying dorm decor, moving out, moving into a dorm, making new friends, exploring campus for the first time: these are just a few things that freshman year entails. When it comes down to freshman year there are some things I wish I would have had an...

Column: A reflection on gun violence in America

Elizabeth Schanz Jul 18, 2022

One of the clearest memories from my childhood is the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012.  I was in my local library probably getting some young adult book or a movie when I looked up at the television screen and saw the news coverage of the shooting. The...

Courtesy / MLive

Column: Detroit Tigers will bring optimism to fans this season and earn playoff berth

Brian Bloom, Staff Writer Apr 11, 2022

Fans of Detroit's professional sports teams have seen very minuscule success out of the Lions, Tigers, Pistons and Red Wings. For Detroit baseball fans, the misery and sorrow have continued to mount as the Tigers have only won 70 plus games in a season...

Courtesy / Jay Godwin, LBJ Library

Editorial: Uncertainty plagues discussion around student debt crisis

Lanthorn Editorial Board Apr 11, 2022

The pause on student loan payments – which began in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic – was extended this past week to Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022 by the Department of Education. There’s also a plan in the works to reset borrowers’ accounts....

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Column: There is no such thing as being too ready for finals

Madison Zimmerman, Columnist Apr 11, 2022

We are getting to the end of the school year and ready to go into the warm-summer months. Along with the amazing feeling of school ending soon, there are sadly finals. If you don’t have finals, I imagine you have some sort of big project to make up...

GVL / Xavier Golden

Column: I can’t play the Unofficial GVSU TTRPG, so now you have to

Xavier Golden, Web Editor Apr 4, 2022

In September 2021 I, alongside my roommates, wrote the rules for the Unofficial Grand Valley State University Tabletop Role-Playing Game. Truly, this was a time before final projects, exams and medical school applications.  We came up with roles,...