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Letter to the Editor: GVSU vaccine mandate concerns

Thomas Frye Sep 20, 2021

Editor's note: The views in this Letter to the Editor don't follow those of the Lanthorn Editorial Board. This Letter to the Editor has been published to start a healthy dialogue between those who have received the COVID-19 vaccine and those who are still...

GVL / Katherine Vasile

As the vaccine mandate deadline nears, new questions arise

Lanthorn Editorial Board Sep 13, 2021

According to Grand Valley State University’s Data Dashboard, there are currently 86 active cases of COVID-19 in the GVSU community, including two faculty, six staff, and five on-campus student cases. But those numbers may begin to rise.  Days after...

GVL / Spencer Scarber

Letter to Editor: Student Treatment at Lubbers Stadium

Sep 13, 2021

Dear Campus Community, My name is Rae Tull. My fellow students and I experienced an incredibly sour experience from the football game on September 11, 2021. Myself, my husband, and hundreds of others went to attend tonight’s game. We knew going into...

Courtesy of Screenrant

This Week in Film: Remake, Remake, and Another Remake

Marybeth Stanziola, Columnist Sep 13, 2021

The film industry consistently favors remakes and franchise continuations, hanging independent filmmakers out to dry.  Indie film studios such as A24 and Annapurna Pictures exist – but without pre-established cast and director recognizability, these...

Celebrate the end of summer with cinemas biggest hits

Celebrate the end of summer with cinemas biggest hits

Chloe Brown, Columnist Sep 7, 2021

In past summers, Grand Valley State University students looked forward to catching the latest cinematic release with friends at their local cinema. However, with the pandemic still affecting theaters, more and more movies are getting released either direct...

GVL / Dylan McIntyre
An anti-abortion rally that took place mid afternoon on August 28th, 2017.

Texas abortion bill stirs unrest on campus

Lanthorn Editorial Board Sep 7, 2021

This past Thursday Sept. 2, a pro-life group organized a protest in GVSU’s Allendale Campus’ designated free speech space in front of the Cook Carillon Tower. There was an older man standing holding a huge cross with posters on either side of him,...

Lorde’s land of solar power and self-awareness lacks sonic diversity

Marybeth Stanziola, Columnist Aug 30, 2021

As summer draws to a close for students returning to Grand Valley State University this semester, it’s only beginning for singer/songwriter Lorde. Her third studio album, “Solar Power,” is born out of a fictitious land where worldly anxieties no...

GVL / Xavier Golden

Welcome back to in-person learning (for now)

Xavier Golden, Web Associate Editor Aug 30, 2021

GVL / Katherine Vasile

Advice to freshmen

Zack Goodrow, Editor-in-Chief Aug 30, 2021

The transition to college from high school varies for everyone. Some are nervous and stressed, and some aren’t fazed at all. As a senior at Grand Valley State University, there are some things I wish I had known to ease the process from a small high...

Courtesy / MiBiz

What does GV’s “new normal” look like?

Lanthorn Editorial Board Aug 30, 2021

The pandemic elicits a lot of conversation about “the new normal”, and what everything will look like in the aftermath of COVID-19. Now, in the back half of the second year of the pandemic, COVID-19 is still very much a public health crisis. But for...