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The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Lanthorn

The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Lanthorn

Keep safety in mind, despite the reopenings

Lanthorn Editorial Board Feb 8, 2021

We here at the Lanthorn have written a lot about the pandemic over this academic year; the university imposing safety guidelines, students struggling to follow those rules, the times that we’ve succeeded at keeping each other healthy, and the development...

GVL / Nick Moran

A colorful carribean oasis with affordable homestyle eats

Nick Moran Feb 8, 2021

There’s something about just walking into Art Caribbean Fusion Cuisine that radiates excitement. From the splashes of colorful paintings to the hodge podge of primary colored furniture, the restaurant is vibrant and energetic with the food to back it...

Navalny’s voice echoes through Moscow

Josh Rochette Feb 8, 2021

Five months ago, Alexei Navalny laid in a Berlin hospital bed, seeing nothing but the inside of his eyelids as doctors worked hard for his life. Now, he sees thousands of people standing up for him through the bars of a Russian jail cell. Russian authorities...

GVL / Xavier Golden

McConnell’s Monster

Xavier Golden, Cartoonist Feb 8, 2021

GVL / Mary Racette

A sizzling steak house known for unique dining experience

Mary Racette Feb 8, 2021

It’s the first weekend since November where Michiganders can resume indoor dining and while I’ve spent months thinking about the first place I wanted to go, I found myself through the doors of the steak place I missed most of all.  When we put...

GVL / Katherine Vasile

A delectable social study spot near GV’s Allendale campus

Nick Moran and Mary Racette Feb 8, 2021

Following the closure of Mully’s at the end of 2018, the closest college bar to Grand Valley State University at the time left GVSU students without a proper spot to sit down, grab a bite or a drink and socialize off campus.  But at the same location,...

GVL / Jessica Hollenbeck Flash brought us many happy memories in the computer lab.

Flash marks the end of an internet era

Fabian Segura, Columnist Feb 1, 2021

After 25 years of its existence, Flash Player is gone from the web. Having started out under the company FutureSplash in 1992, who went on to be bought by Macromedia in 1997 and subsequently Adobe in 2005, Flash has been around for nearly the entire lifespan...

Audrey Plaza in Black Bear. Courtesy to Momentum Pictures.

Ranking 2020’s top five flicks

Simon Wagner Feb 1, 2021

Well, the time has come. Now that we are firmly set in a new year, I have decided to take a look back at some of the best films I saw in 2020. I’ve done my best to condense the overwhelming amount of great pictures I watched into my top five films of...

Courtesy / TikTok

TikTok: The new guy on the block

Josh Rochette Feb 1, 2021

I can’t be the only one whose eyes bulge a bit when they scroll down their Instagram feed to the suggested posts. Nothing makes me want close the app faster than watching all my daily SportsCenter clips, just to get those same highlights a few posts...

Courtesy to Deseret News

Moving forward requires optimism, reconciliation

Xavier Golden Jan 25, 2021

On Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 — the day after Election Day — I walked through my high school between classes, a significant portion of my classmates wearing Trump campaign merchandise and celebrating, now emboldened to publicly express their support....

Internet trends must strike balance between issues, entertainment

Lanthorn Editorial Board Jan 25, 2021

When it comes to the unpredictable landscape of digital dialogue, it seems like social media is the grand arbiter. There seems to be an ecosystem of discussion that’s reflective of our international dialogue, but starkly different – and this is often...